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Men's Swimming Captures Win Over Brandeis
November 10, 2003 | Swimming
Nov. 10, 2003
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The men's swim team had a great weekend against Brandeis University to open the first home meet of the season on Sunday. The Eagles defeated BU 147-114.
The BC Medley Relay teams placed 1-3-5-6. Captain James Russo (third) led teammates Chris Hawkins(fourth), Joey Van Saun (sixth) in the 1000 Freestyle. Freshman Matt Northrup and David Herman swam fast races in the 200 Freestyle placing second and third. They were followed by Dan Kollar and Jonathan Salibra who finished fourth and sixth.
Andy Naumann picked up points for the Eagles with his second place finish in the 100 Backstroke. Also swimming the event was freshman Brandon Solarana, Tom Nececkas and senior David Bliss. Brandon Twitchell won the 100 breaststroke by over three seconds, David Lin fought for a second place finish and was just edged out into third with a 1:04.98.
The Eagle's Tim Tully picked up another win in the 200 Butterfly while teammates Michael Cartwright and Kurt Zwald earned third and fourth place honors. The 50 Freestyle sprint was a tough event for the men, but Andrew Faughnan, Brad O'Brien, Michael Moore and Brian Tichenor all swam well. Going into the second half of the meet, the Eagles trailed 66 to 65.
The diving break brought the Eagles points with the first and second place finishes by Chris Wilson Byrne and Sean Mayes. The 100 freestyle after the break was a great race for Boston College, Matt Northrup led the way with a first place finish (49.36) followed by Andy Faughnan, (who tied for second place) Brian Hill and Dan Kollar.
That race put the Eagles ahead to stay. Tim Tully racked up his second win for the day in the 200 Backstroke with Naumann right behind him in third place. Twitchell also won his second event for the day in the 200 Breaststroke (2:14.17), Jack Naylor picked up third place points to help out the Eagles.
The men's distance crew swam a fast 500 Freestyle, Tully brought home a second place followed in by Herman in fourth and Nececkas in sixth. Salibra, in a close race, surged from behind to touch out Brandeis's Berman to win the 100 Fly in 55.56. Twitchell and Naumann went 1-2 to the wall in the difficult 400 Individual Medley race.
The Eagles closed out the meet by capturing the 200 freestyle relay as Northrup anchored with a 21.72. He was given an even race with the two Brandeis relays by Faughnan, Kollar and Brad O'Brien.
The Eagles record stands at 2-1 and they face off against Binghamton University on Saturday, November 15th at noon.
Outstanding Performer Brandon Twichell '05 Matt Northrup '07
Outstanding Performance Tim Tully '05 (200 Backstroke)
