University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Falls at Villanova
11/1/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
VILLANOVA, PA (Nov. 1) Freshman Jacquelyn Craft continued to post excellent times in the breaststroke events as and the women’s 400 medley relay team narrowly missed a school record as the University of Connecticut swimming and diving teams faced Villanova on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia. The women’ dropped their meet to the Wildcats, 150-91 but the UConn men came away with a 148-74 win.
The medley relay of Ryan Smith, Craft, Lindsay Hansen and Jennifer Chang swam a 3:52.16, just .11 of a second off of the school record mark of 3:52.05 set in 2001. Craft’s time of 2:19.87 is comfortably a BIG EAST Championship qualifier and narrowly missed the NCAA’s “B” Standard. Craft was the lone UConn woman to win an individual swimming event on Saturday although diver Lauren Jacob chipped in to a good team showing by winning the one meter event with a score of 220.75. It was a good day for the women’s relay teams as in addition to the 400 medley’s showing, the 400 freestyle team won its event.
Eight different UConn men’s competitors won an event. They were Joe Cramer (1000 freestyle, 9:40.93), Volkan Konuralp (200 freestyle, 1:44.10), Dustin Rogers (50 freestyle, 21.47), Mike McNulty (200 IM, 1:58.18), Tim Wong (200 butterfly, 1:55.32), Jon Kunces (100 freestyle, 48.76), Jason Maldonado (1 meter diving, 174.92) and Kevin Thompson (three meter diving, 180.60). UConn’s 400 individual medley relay team also emerged victorious in a time of 3:32.29.
The Huskies will stay in Philadelphia tonight and face Drexel on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
