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Men's Swimming Wins First Dual Meet In Program's History, 120-110, Over Queens

Men's Swimming Wins First Dual Meet In Program's History, 120-110, Over Queens
October 31, 2009

Flushing, NY-The University of Bridgeport men's swimming team made history on Friday afternoon by winning the opening dual meet in the program's history, as the Purple Knights defeated the Queens College Knights, 120-110, in Flushing, NY.

Highlighting the first dual meet in UB men's swimming history were the strong performances turned in by sophomore Piotr Safronczyk (Bialystok, Poland) and freshman Eddie Phillips (Missouri City, TX), who each won three events.
 
Safronczyk won the 100-yard Breaststroke (58.08), the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:14.91) and the 200-yard IM (2:00.10). His time in the 100 Breast is an NCAA "B" qualifying mark.
 
Phillips took first in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:49.50), the 100-yard Freestyle (51.00) and the 100-yard Butterfly (54.79).
 
Freshman Toni Valcic (Ribnica, Slovenia) and junior Nikola Savic (Novi Sad, Serbia) were double event winners on Friday, as Valcic captured the 200-yard Freestyle (1:51.44) and 50-yard Freestyle (22.67) and Savic won the 100-yard Backstroke (56.03) and 200-yard Backstroke (2:05.92).
 
After an intra-squad meet next Saturday, Bridgeport will return to dual meet action at home on Saturday, November 14th against Post University. Action will get underway in the Wheeler Recreation Center Natatorium at 1:00 p.m.