University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Boston University & Williams College
Tired Huskies Beat Williams & BU
12/1/2018 4:57:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
STORRS, Conn. – After an impressive dual meet win on Friday night against Boston College, the UConn swimming and diving team was back in the pool less than 24 hours later and put forth a solid performance en route to a win against Williams College and Boston University on Saturday afternoon at the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium.
The Huskies outscored BU, 156-82, while beating Williams, 174.0-60.
UConn was impressive in the 200 IM with David May, Markus Hunter, Matt Dagenais and Joey Homan securing the top four spots in the event.
The Huskies went 1-2 in both the 100 Back and 100 Breast with Homan (52.13) and Tommy Schurer (52.56) claiming the top two spots in the backstroke and Hunter (56.40) and Colby Prouty (57.14) earning it in the Breaststroke.
Cooper Knapp (100 Fly) and Will Kearsey (50 Free) also captured first place finishes.
Diver Torrington Wagner swept the diving events with a pair of victories on Saturday. The sophomore scored a 259.85 to win the 1M and a 282.05 to capture first in the 3M.
UConn was exceptional on the boards with the Huskies taking the top three spots in both the 1M and 3M Dives. Corres grabbed a runner-up finish in the 1M while Kyle Kennedy secured the runner-up spot in the 3M.
UConn secured wins in both relays, as well, with Kearsey, May, Hunter and Kyle Dunlap takin first in the 200 Medley Relay (1:31.79) that set a new pool record. Kearsey, May, Dunlap and Emils Jurcik closed out the meet with a win in the 400 Free Relay in 3:03.56.
UConn closes out the fall semester and resume with their Winter Training Camp on Jan. 2 before heading on the road to Hanover, N.H. to challenge Dartmouth on Jan. 12 at 4 p.m.
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