Boston College
Georgia Tech & Pittsburgh
Eagles Fall to Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh
October 11, 2016 | Swimming
The Boston College men's and women's wwim and dive teams kicked off the 2016-2017 season with a home opener against ACC opponents Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. With a promising new crop of freshman on the team, the Eagles were competitive throughout the meet.
RESULTS
Women
Georgia Tech 249, Â Boston College 40
Pittsburgh 237, Boston College 62
Pittsburgh 162, Georgia Tech 137
Men
Georgia Tech, 231, Boston College 68
Pittsburgh 203, Boston College 96
Georgia Tech 199, Pittsburgh 100
HIGHLIGHTS
•   Ina Elcott '20, Taylor Covington '20, Grace Kunkel '17, Victoria Lin '20 and Grace Kunkel '17 kicked things off in the women's 200 yd. medley relay and took sixth with an overall time of 1:49.61.
•   Josh Williams '17, McKenzie Cole '18, David Howard '17, and Colin Derdeyn '19 took third place in the men's 200 yd. medley relay with an overall time of 1:33.92.
•   Erika Freeman '19 took fourth in the 200 yd. freestyle with a time of 1:56.51, beating the fifth place finisher by almost 2 seconds.
•   Freshman Michael Hinton was the first Eagle to finish and took sixth place overall in the 200 yd. freestyle with a time of 1:44.43.
•   Cole Malatesta took third in the 3 m. diving with a final score of 288.80, only 5 points off of second place.
Players Mentioned
