Brooklyn, NY----On Thursday evening, the Brooklyn College men's swimming and diving team cruised to a 143.50-95.50 win in their Season Opener at home over Maritime College.  The Privateers dropped their Season Opener this evening. Next Up: Brooklyn will travel to Mt. St. Mary on October 23rd for another non-conference meet.  

Michael Kravets led Brooklyn in the distance and freestyle events, capturing first place in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.99) and 500-yard freestyle (5:20.21). William Forrest also delivered an impressive performance, winning the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.95, the 100-yard backstroke in 56.75 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.01.

Andrew Woo added a pair of victories, touching first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.30 and finishing second in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:06.26. Or Volpert tied for first in the 50-yard freestyle with SUNY Maritime's Rowan Hayes, as both swimmers recorded a time of 22.45. Volpert also won the 100-yard butterfly in 55.31.

Additional top performances came from Lomeyko, who placed second in the 100-yard freestyle (50.63) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.64), while Anthony Zarvovskiy finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.30.

In the diving events, Jayden Diaz led the Bulldogs with a second-place finish in the three-meter dive, scoring 132.97 points. Christian Diaz followed in third with 131.70 points. In the one-meter competition, Christian Diaz placed second with 156.22 points, followed by Jayden Diaz in third with 145.50 points.

Brooklyn's B relay team also secured a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, clocking in at 1:58.58.

The Bulldogs closed out the meet with three entries in the 200-yard freestyle relay, with the A team finishing third in 1:44.85.