Newburgh, NY----Improving to 2-0 to start the season, the Brooklyn College men's swimming and diving team rolled to a 151-53 at Mt. St. Mary College on Friday. Next Up: Brooklyn travels to St. Joseph's Long Island on October 30.
The Bulldogs opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of William Forrest, Andrew Woo, Or Volpert, and Samuel Ochoa touched the wall in 1:45.00 to lead the field. Brooklyn also placed third with its B relay team of Aung Kaung Payae, Samuel Gorodetsky, Jayden Diaz, and Christian Diaz (2:00.00), while the C team of Angel Hernandez-Silva, Arsenii Tkachenko, Martin Najera, and Max Sharov finished fourth in 2:01.00.
Michael Kravets led the Bulldogs in distance events, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:00.00 before capturing the 500-yard freestyle in 5:25.76. Anthony King added a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:15.00 and placed second in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:56.09.
Brooklyn continued to excel in the freestyle events. Woo won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:57.57, followed by Forrest in second at 2:02.94. Coren O'Brien led a strong showing in the 50-yard freestyle, placing first in 23.29, while Ochoa finished second in 24.54. Woo added another first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 51.97, with Forrest taking second in 54.17 and Ochoa finishing third in 55.80.
In the individual medley, Anthony Zarvovskiy claimed first place in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:07.66. Ilyan Lomeyko followed in second at 2:12.02, while King finished fourth in 2:25.67.
The Bulldogs also secured the top two spots in the 100-yard butterfly, as Kravets won in 55.90 and Volpert finished second in 1:04.36. O'Brien added a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking 1:01.88, while Max Sharov placed fourth in 1:13.00 and Lomeyko finished fifth in 1:15.68.
Zarvovskiy continued his strong meet in the 100-yard breaststroke, taking first place in 1:03.96. Samuel Gorodetsky added a third-place finish in 1:16.06, followed by Arsenii Tkachenko in sixth at 1:26.23.
Brooklyn closed the meet with another first-place performance in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Lomeyko, O'Brien, Zarvovskiy, and Najera combined for a winning time of 1:35.49. The Bulldogs also placed third with their B relay of Gorodetsky, Jayden Diaz, Christian Diaz, and Erik UmKeev (2:00.65), while the C team of Chris Duffy, David Greenblum, Adam Magwood, and Diyorbek Soliev finished fourth in 2:10.87.