Eagles Best Bulldogs in Dual-Meet

Friday, October 12

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

5:00PM

Boston College

Bryant University

October 13, 2018 | Swimming

Complete Results

The swim and dive team combined for over 20 first-place finishes vs. Bryant

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College swim and dive team topped Bryant in a dual meet at home on Friday evening. The men's team racked up a score of 183 compared to Bryant's 115, while the women's team totaled 215 points to Bryant's 85. Highlighting the meet for the Eagles were over 20 first-place times.

The team of Maura Grimes, Alexa Lantin, Victoria Lin and Haley Dolan placed first in the women's 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:46.88. The Eagles also took second in the same event as Ina Elcott, Taylor Covington, Ashleigh Scott and Maria Abrams recorded a time of 1:47.68.
Ali Kea, Ashleigh Scott and Aileen Coyne swept the top three spots in the women's 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:55.12, 1:55.60, and 1:56.38, respectively.
Michael Hinton, Zander Santana and Sam Roche found similar endings for the men's 200-yard freestyle: Hinton placed first with a time of 1:44.51, Santana recorded 1:45.41 and Roche recorded 1:46.56. Matthew Shelton tied with Bryant's Matthew Mastroianni for fourth place with a time of 1:48.07.
Maura Grimes pushed her way to the top of the scoresheet for the women's 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.77.
Taylor Covington and Alexa Lantin placed first and second in the women's 100-yard breaststroke with times of 1:06.84 and 1:07.54 respectively.
Taylor Cortens, Charlie Kleinsmith and Billy Miller swept the men's 100-yard breaststroke with times of 57.48, 58.93 and 58.99 respectively. Sami Fares earned the fifth-top spot with a time of 59.88.
For the women's 200-yard butterfly, Eagles placed in the top four spots: Victoria Lin placed first with a time of 2:08.01 while Isabel Blaze (2:08.65), Maria Russo (2:12.43) and Sarah Hanning (2:12.92) followed behind.
Ali Kea and Haley Dolan took the top two spots in the women's 50-yard freestyle with times of 24.47 and 24.48.
Damion Ribeiro (21.83), Kevin Chandra (21.84) and Max Threlkeld (21.97) found the top three spots in the same event for the men's side.
Ellie Uhl topped the scoring for the women's 3-meter dive with a score of 256.95. Robert McCrory did the same for the men with a score of 250.65.
Ali Kea earned the top spot in the women's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.33 while Ashleigh Scott earned third (53.62) and Aileen Coyne placed fourth (54.15).
Max Threlkeld placed first in the same event for the men's team with a time of 48.45 and Kevin Chandra earned third with a time of 48.68.
Grace Edwards (2:06.22) placed first in the women's 200-yard backstroke while Maura Grimes (2:09.27), Katherine Karle (2:10.95) and Natalie Dalla Riva (2:11.03) placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
Alexa Lantin placed first in the women's 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:24.81.
Eagles swept the top three spots in the men's 200-yard breaststroke as Taylor Cortens placed first with a 2:06.83 final time, Peter Shepanzyk came in second at 2:10.53 and Charlie Kleinsmith placed third with 2:10.80.
Zander Santana (4:44.77), Jack Fenton (4:52.80) and Will Suchy (4:53.93) earned the top three spots in the men's 500-yard freestyle.
Four of the top five spots in the women's 100-yard butterfly were taken by Eagles: Victoria Lin placed first (57.66), Ina Elcott placed second (58.02), Isabel Blaze found fourth (58.84) and Sarah Hanning placed fifth (1:00.25).
Gabriella Taghian (242.92) and Robert McCrory (251.47) each placed first in their respective 1-meter dives.
Alexa Lantin (2:10.81) placed first and Grace Edwards (2:12.15) earned second in the women's 200-yard individual medley.
The team of Ashleigh Scott, Julie Dobson, Aileen Coyne and Ali Kea earned first-place in the women's 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:34.46.
The team of Michael Hinton, Sam Roche, Zander Santana and Max Threlkeld found similar results for the men's team with a time of 3:10.06.

The Eagles continue hosting as they welcome Northeastern and Maine to the Plex for a meet next weekend. The meet will begin on Saturday, October 20 at 1 p.m.