Stevens Finishes Second at ECAC’s
Rob Kulish
Complete Results | Final Scores
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (December 7, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's swimming team placed second at the ECAC Championships.
The Ducks finished with 1,644.50 points, trailing the 1,860.50 by New York University. Division I foes New Jersey Institute of Technology, Manhattan College and St. Francis College placed third, fourth and fifth (841.50, 624, 512).
Day 1 Recap
Day 2 Recap
Senior
Ravi Sun, freshman
David Duque, junior
Joshua Lefeber and junior
Tomasz Wolinski placed second in the 200-yard medley relay, clocking a 3:31.61 which was good for an NCAA B-cut and 56 team points.
Freshman
Connor Harrigan and sophomore
Mark Lippert were Stevens' top-two finishers in the 500-yard freestyle, placing fifth and eighth with times of 4:40.41 and 4:44.88. Freshman
James Betz and sophomore Conner Arnott were ninth and 10th for the Ducks.
Wolinski 's 20.75 was good for second in the 50-yard freestyle as well as a B-cut. Freshman
Ethan Gehenio, sophomore
Austen Young and senior
John Rees were seventh, eighth and ninth.
Sun picked up the first win of the day for Stevens, carding a 1:53.37 in the 200-yard individual medley. Senior
Alex Xu took fourth and Lefeber was seventh.
In the final event of the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay squad of Wolinski, Gehenio, Xu and Lefeber placed second with a 3:04.18. The time was good for the teams third B-cut in five Sunday events.
Stevens will now break for finals before heading to California for a training trip and meet with Pomona-Pitzer.