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Dartmouth College
Swimming Starts 2019 With Dual Meet Win
1/12/2019 7:35:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
HANOVER, N.H. – Behind a pool record in the men's 100 Back by Will Kearsey, the UConn swimming team captured a dual meet victory at Dartmouth, 122-115.
Kearsey earned the pool record by swimming a time of 48.65 while teammate Joey Homan came in second in the event. Kearsey also earned a first place finish in the 50 Free (20.62) and with Josh Bryant, David May and Kyle Dunlap in the 200 Medley Relay (1:33.67).
"Overall, tonight's meet was a hard fought challenging racing night for us," said head coach Chris Maiello. "Give credit to Dartmouth for a great meet, but we are looking forward to getting back to training. We have not officially competed in over a month and it showed a bit in the first half of the meet. I think as the meet went on we swam closer to our ability level. It was a close finish on the men's relay to close the meet, we were able some make line up adjustments that were to our benefit and we came out on top and that was the difference in the meet. It was a good meet during some difficult training at this point in our season, we are pleased with our progress, we have a lot of work to do before our AAC meet, but I am confident we can get it done."
May had a solid meet for the Huskies with a pair of top spot finishes in the 100 IM (52.31) and the 100 Fly (49.74) while Emils Jurcik captured the other first place finish for the Huskies in the 200 IM (1:54.51)
UConn had some quality runner-up finished during the evening with Cooper Knapp (100 IM), Kyle Dunlap, Karl Bishop (500 Free) and Josh Bryant (100 Breast) all grabbing second place spots.
Up next, the Huskies resume Winter Training with a trip down to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to close out winter break. The next UConn meet will be Senior Day at Wolff-Zackin Natatorium on January 26 at noon vs. Villanova.
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