2013 Swim Champs Day 2

Men's Swimming & Diving

Gaspar Completes Sweep of Diving Events; BC Men Remain in Third, While BC Women Remain in Fourth After Day Two of CUNYAC Swim/Dive Champs

Results

Bronx, NY --- The Brooklyn College Men's Swimming and Diving team maintained its third place position, while the BC Women's Swimming and Diving team remained in fourth place following the second day of the 2013 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships that are being held at The Apex Pool on the campus of Lehman College.

Senior Antonio Gaspar completed the sweep of the diving events, posting a first place finish in the Men's 3-Meter Diving event with a total score of 317.65, beating out seven other divers, to pick up his second gold medal of the championships. Gaspar also took first place in the 1-Meter Diving event that was held yesterday, with 313.10 total points to beat out seven other divers. With the sweep of the diving events at the CUNYAC Championships, Gaspar finishes the 2012-2013 undefeated.

Coming in the Men's 200-Yard Freestyle, BC had three swimmers in the top-10, as Brian Fay (2:22.19), Seth Weiss (2:31.19) and Shneur Fomin (2:38.85), came in seventh, eighth and 10th place, respectively.

The Bulldogs also had three top-10 finishes in the Men's 100-Yard Backstroke, as Kevin Barros (1:09.81), Daniel Nero (1:17.07) and Fong Zeng (1:20.11) came in eighth, ninth and 10th place, respectively.

Brian Clarke (1:18.47) and Wilson Lee (1:19.59) posted a ninth and 10th place finish, respectively, in the Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke.

Emil Isaakov (1:01.72) came in eighth in the Men's 100-Yard Butterfly and Terry Tsui (5:54.89) came in eighth in the Men's 400-Yard IM.

The quartet of Fay, Patrick O'Leary-Gullo, Barros and James Marty came in fifth place in the Men's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 9:21.52.

On the Women's side, Valentina Monroy earned a silver medal in the Women's 400-Yard IM with a time of 5:31.50 to take second place.

In the Women's 100-Yard Butterfly, Jenny Lee (1:15.29) came in fifth place and Laura Rodriguez (1:24.52) came in 10th place.

Megan Pendergast (2:19.06) came in fifth in the Women's 200-Yard Freestyle, while Stephanie Caravello (1:15.37) came in sixth place in the Women's 100-Yard Backstroke.

In the relay events, the team of Caravello, Pendergast, Monroy and Patricia Velloza came in fifth place in the Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay with a time of 2:14.03, while the foursome of Monroy, Rodriguez, Angela Redekop and Lee came in fifth in the Women's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 9:54.22.

The CUNYAC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships will conclude tomorrow, Saturday, February 2nd with the third and final day of competition. The day will start at 9:00 am.
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