Day 4 Results |
Championship Central
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Highlighted by junior
Garrett Chin's runner-up finish and freshman Tommy Haggerty's school-record performance, the Boston University men's swimming & diving team concluded the Patriot League Championships on Saturday evening at Bucknell's Kinney Natatorium.
The Terriers had a combined nine top-eight finishes on the final day to finish third overall in the team standings at 498.5. Navy defended its title with 846 points, ahead of runner-up Army (786). No. 4 Bucknell (429), No. 5 Lehigh (343.5), No. 6 Loyola Maryland (234), No. 7 Colgate (154), No. 8 Holy Cross (131), No. 9 American (108) and No. 10 Lafayette rounded out the list.
Sophomore
Trevor Winans, who broke two school records during the week, was named Turnpike Trophy MVP for helping the Terriers place ahead of Holy Cross in the final standings with a combined five top-eight finishes in individual and relay freestyle races. BU now leads the Crusaders, 8-1, in the all-sports competition, as the BU women also boasted a higher score than Holy Cross.
Hagerty opened the night for the men by placing fourth in the 1650 with a time of 15:37.10, topping the previous record of 15:38.44 held by Tyson Slesnick ('10). Sophomore
Judson Balding took eighth in the same race at 16:02.32.
Chin boasted the highest finish of the night for the Terriers by placing second in the 200 back at 1:45.41 with Bucknell's Chris Devlin winning at 1:43.86. Sophomore
Michael Choate took fourth in the same race at 1:47.20.
Winans placed eighth in the 100 free, and senior
Daniel Andronov recorded the same result in the 200 breast at 2:01.70. Junior
Chris Downing just missed out on competing in the A final alongside Andronov but came back to win the B final at 2:02.27 for a ninth-place overall result.
In diving, BU had three men record top eight finishes with sophomore
Cameron Schoffstall posting a score of 289.30. for fifth place. Junior
Eric Mitchell and sophomore
David Thiede took sixth and eighth, respectively.
The Terriers ended the competition by placing fourth in the 400 free relay with a combined time of 3:00.57 set by Winans, sophomore
Matt Traub, senior
Brian Habacivch and junior
Quinn Smith.