Bronxville, NY----The Brooklyn College men's swimmers put on a dominant performance at Sarah Lawrence on Saturday as the Bulldogs defeated the Gryphons, 148-29. BC improves to 5-0 with the non-conference dual meet victory. Next Up: Brooklyn hosts St. Joseph's Long Island on Saturday, November 21, at 1:00 pm.
The Bulldogs opened the meet with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay, as the quartet of Coren O'Brien, William Forrest, Michael Kravets, and Ilyan Lomeyko touched the wall in 3:55.90 to claim first place.
Anthony King led Brooklyn in the distance events, capturing first place in both the 1,000-yard freestyle (12:36.55) and 200-yard individual medley (2:29.15). Erik UmKeev and Max Soltsman joined King in sweeping the top three spots in the 1,000 freestyle, finishing in 13:03.65 and 13:28.86, respectively.
In the 50-yard freestyle, O'Brien paced the Bulldogs with a second-place finish in 23.45, followed by Vlad Tsoy in third at 24.01 and Max Sharov in fifth at 25.31.
William Forrest added a runner-up finish in the 100-yard butterfly, touching in 54.27, while Kravets placed third in 55.54 and Tsoy finished fourth in 58.99.
O'Brien continued his strong showing with a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking 1:02.81. Sharov followed in third place at 1:08.66.
Soltsman captured first place in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:19.88, while UmKeev finished second in 6:51.16 and Sharov took third in 7:21.01, completing another Brooklyn sweep.
Samuel Gorodetsky added a first-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching in 1:18.62. Anthony Zarvovskiy also led the Bulldogs in the sprint freestyle events, taking first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.40) and 100-yard freestyle (52.18).
Brooklyn closed the meet with another relay victory in the 400-yard freestyle. The team of Kravets, Forrest, Zarvovskiy, and Lomeyko combined for a winning time of 3:31.89.
The Bulldogs also placed second in the second 400-yard freestyle relay, as King, Tsoy, Nicholai Krylyuk, and Angel Hernandez-Silva finished in 4:12.57.
