Results

Brooklyn, NY --- The Brooklyn College Men's Swimming & Diving team fell to the Panthers of SUNY College at Old Westbury earlier today in a non-conference meet by a score of 91-84. With the loss, the Bulldogs end their regualr season with a 1-7 overall record, while the Panthers improve to 3-8 overall on the year.

The Bulldogs took home five first place finishes out of the 11 events that were held on the day. Leading the way for BC was Maxim Kravtsov, who posted a pair of first place finishes in the 200-Yard IM with a time of 2:33.70 and the 500-Yard Freestyle with a time of 6:24.50.

Wilson Lee, Patrick O'Leary-Gullo and Roman Vilnyanskiy all brought home fist place finishes as well. Lee came in first in the 1,000-Yard Freestyle with a time of 15:32.46, while O'Leary-Gullo bested the field in the 200-Yard Freestyle with a time of 2:20.47. Vilnyanskiy won the highlight event of the day in the 50-Yard Freestyle just edging out Old Westbury's Michael Ceko with a time of 24.61. Ceko finished with a time of 24.71. Vilnyanskiy nearly missed a second first place finish, this time being edged out by the Panthers' Cameron Russo in the 100-Yard Freestyle, who finished with a time of 57.37. Vilnyanskiy took second with a time of 57.42.

The meet came down to the final event, as the Panthers entered the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay trailing 82-76. The Old Westbury foursome of Chong Guo, Luis Montoya, Jonathan Rosado and Joe Shi took home first place with a time of 1:58.51; giving the visiting Panthers the eventual 91-84 victory.

The meet marked the final home event of the 2010-2011 season, as assistant coach and former Brooklyn College swimmer Sean Kellar ('76) recognized many former BC swimmers who were in attendance prior to the start of the meet.

Brooklyn will now set its sights onto the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Swimming & Diving Championships, which is scheduled to be held February 3-5 at The Apex Pool on the campus of Lehman College.