Oct. 22, 2006
Results
Oct. 22, 2006
Results
Newark, Del.--In their first Colonial Athletic Association dual meet of the 2006-07 campaign, both Mason swimming and diving teams were defeated by Delaware in Newark on Oct. 21. The women's team was edged out by a score of 156-144, while the men fell by a score of 178-107.
On the women's side, the Patriots placed first in nine out of the 16 events. Junior Sarah Bizer won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.26, as well as the 100 free (54.07). Junior Amanda Fielding placed first in the 1-meter dive event (221.93), which was just .08 of a point ahead of teammate senior Colleen Flack, who won the 3-meter dive event (261.68).
In addition, senior Brooke Crowther won the 200 IM (2:12.68) and sophomore Katie Kelly finished first in the 200 breast (2:24.21), the 1000 free (10:21.87) and the 100 breast (1:06.87).
For the men, sophomore Eric Knight beat out Delaware's Matthew Rathbun in just under two seconds to win the 200 breast in a time of 2:15.57. In his first collegiate dual meet, freshman Steven Benecki won the 500 free in a time of 4:55.78, with teammate freshman Robert Kreitler finishing second in a time of 5:08.18.
The Patriots will return to action when they host James Madison on Oct. 28 at 2 p.m.
