Dec 6-8, 2013
BRONX, N.Y. (December 6, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s swimming team opened competition at the 2013 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Lehman College in the Bronx Friday.
Only two events were swam Friday night, with the rest taking place throughout the day Saturday and Sunday. TheDucks are currently in fifth place with 111 points, while NYU is in first with 188. SUNY Oneonta, Fairfield University and St. Francis College are all ahead of the Ducks in the early going.
The 200-yard medley relay team placed second with a time of 1:32.11, as sophomore Ravi Sun, sophomore Joshua Lefeber, junior John Rees and senior Tyler Hessler combined for an NCAA B-cut and earned 56 team points.
Freshmen Mark Lippert and Conner Arnott finished second and third in the 1,650-yard freestyle, combining to net the Ducks 55 points. Lippert touched in an NCAA B-cut time 16:08.49 and was just 1.02 off the top spot, while Arnott clocked a 16:27.06.
Check back all weekend for recaps from the ECAC Championships. Fans looking to follow the meet live can download the app “Meet Mobile” on iPhone or iPad.
For complete Day One results, click here.
BRONX, N.Y. (December 7, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s swimming team is competing at the 2013 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at Lehman College in the Bronx, N.Y.
Stevens came in to Day 2 in third place after a solid showing Friday night.
Saturday Morning Session:
Sophomore Ravi Sun continued his excellent start to the year with a win in the 200-yard backstroke, clocking an NCAA B-cut with a 1:50.93 and earning 32 points to start the day for Stevens. Senior Nick Noga and freshman Doug Sholander were ninth and 10th and racked up 37 points for the Ducks.
The Ducks swam remarkably in the 100-yard freestyle as seven team members finished in the top-10. Sophomore Tomasz Wolinski, senior Shawn Hanak and Noga went two-three-four to earn 86 points (46.01, 46.08, 46.89), with Hessler, junior Alex Xu, senior Elijah Davis and senior Henry Hernandez finishing 7-through-10.
Junior Price Hu clocked an NCAA B-cut with a second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.73) to earn 28 points, and he was followed by Lefeber in third (27 points) with a 1:54.89. Rees and freshman Austen Young were fifth and sixth as the four Ducks combined for 104 points.
In the 200-yard breaststroke, sophomore Dane Pilcher took third with an NCAA B-cut time of 2:05.97. Hu was second, placing 13th with a 2:18.17, while the 800-yard freestyle relay recorded a 6:50.03 which was good for a B-cut, a first place and 64 team points.
After wrapping up the morning session, the Ducks had 604 team points, second only to NYU (655).
Saturday Evening Session:
The first event in the evening session was the 200-yard freestyle relay and the Ducks earned a win with a 1:22.97. The victory brought home 64 team points and was just shy of a B-cut.
Sun and Hanak went one-two in the 100-yard backstroke with times of 51.08 and 51.15. Both times were good for B-cuts as the duo earned 60 points. Young was 10th in the 100-back.
Wolinski took the top-spot in the 200-yard freestyle, clocking a B-cut time of 1:41.08, and he was followed by Noga in second, Xu in fourth, Davis in sixth and Arnott in eighth as the Ducks placed five in the top-10. The four combined for 132 points.
Lefeber led Stevens in the 100-yard breaststroke after touching at 58.58 (third place), and he was trailed by Pilcher in sixth (58.99). Rees was second thanks to a 50.54 in the 100-yard butterfly, with senior Mitchell Epperly in fourth, young in seventh and Hanak in eighth. Stevens earned 127 total points on the back of the 100-breast and 100-fly.
Capping the Saturday action was the 400-yard individual medley and the Ducks did well with 83 points as Sun, Lefeber and Xu all cracked the top-10. Sun won the event and 32 team points with a B-cut of 4:04.48, Lefeber was third with a 4:09.80 and Xu was sixth on the back of a 4:11.64.
After two full days, Stevens – with1,205.50 points – is in second place. BYU is in the lead with 1,244.50.
The third and final day of action will begin Sunday at 12 p.m. in the Bronx.
For complete Day Two results, click here.
BRONX, N.Y. (December 8, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s swimming team claimed its fourth-straight Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) title Sunday. The Ducks overcame New York University and finished with 1,741 points.
NYU tallied 1,672.50 points with SUNY Oneonta taking third place with a team total of 777. A total of 14 teams competed at this year’s meet hosted by Lehman College in the Bronx, N.Y.
Sophomore Ravi Sun was named the Swimmer of the Meet after totaling 124 individual points, 11 more than sophomore teammate Tomasz Wolinski who had 113. Five Ducks and five Violets made up the top-10 point accumulators at the meet.
Stevens opened Sunday with a win in the 400-yard medley relay, clocking a new meet-record and NCAA B-cut with a 3:30.53. The victory by Sun, sophomore Joshua Lefeber, junior John Rees and senior Shawn Hanak earned 64 team points.
Senior Nick Noga won the 500-yard freestyle and 32 points with a 4:40.67, and Wolinski placed second with a 4:41.72. Freshman Conner Arnott and classmate Mark Lippert were fourth and sixth, respectively, while Hanak and senior Tyler Hessler tied for second in the 50-yard freestyle (21.11). Rees was fourth, senior Joe Huyett was sixth and senior Henry Hernandez was seventh as Ducks were in placements 2-through-7.
Sun was second in the 200-yard individual medley with a B-cut time of 1:53.23, and junior Alex Xu placed third (1:56.27). Sophomore Dane Pilcher was fifth as the trio combined for 80 points and essentially sealed Stevens’ win.
In the final event of the afternoon, Wolinski, Lefeber, Noga and Hanak set a new meet-record and clocked a B-cut with a 3:04.07. The group brought in 64 team points.
Stevens will now head in to winter break before taking a team Training Trip in early January.
The above are press releases taken from the Stevens Athletic Website. For complete meet results, click here.
