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October 29, 2007

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Northeast-10 Men’s Swimming Athlete of the Week

Tom Ferrigno, Bryant (Jr., West Chester, Pa.) – Won the 200-yard IM and 200-yard backstroke in the team’s win over Roger Williams. Also raced in the winning 400-yard medley relay team and captured top honors in the 200-yard backstroke in the Bentley Invitational.

Northeast-10 Women’s Swimming Athlete of the Week

Jess Looney, Bryant (So., Goffstown, N.H.) - Captured first place in the 200-yard IM against Roger Williams and took first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:15.43) at the Bentley Invitational along with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle at Bentley.

Northeast-10 Men’s Diving Athlete of the Week

Brandon Birchak, Saint Rose (Sr., Latham, N.Y.) - Set both meet and pool records in the one-meter competition by accumulating 340.45 points. Also broke his own meet and pool standards on the three meter board with a score of 367.70 points to help Saint Rose take third at the Bentley Invitational.

Northeast-10 Women’s Diving Athlete of the Week

Alex Bergantz, Bentley (So., Trumbull, Conn.) - Captured both diving events in the Bentley Invitational, with scores of 203.90 on the one-meter and 215.15 on the three-meter.

Northeast-10 Men’s Co-Freshman of the Week

Steven Nyugen, Bryant (Fr., San Jose, Calif.) - Swam to first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle in the team’s win over Roger Williams and was also a member of the winning 400-yard medley relay.

Yoshi Kameyama, Pace (Fr., Goshen, N.Y.) - Won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.71 and 100-yard freestyle with a school record time of 49.34 at the Bentley Invitational. Also won the 50-yard freestyle event in a dual meet with the College of Staten Island.

Northeast-10 Women’s Freshman of the Week

Jill Squillante, Bryant (Fr., Sayville, N.Y.) - Took first-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke as well as led off the winning 400-yard medley relay in the team’s win over Roger Williams. Also took second place in the 100-yard freestyle at the Bentley Invitational.


Weekly Honor Roll:

Liza Connolly, Bentley (Sr., Washington, Conn.) - In the season-opening Bentley Invitational, swam the anchor leg on the winning 400 medley relay team (4:13.78), placed second in the 50 freestyle (25.94) and was third in the 100 free (56.80).

Anne Kaduboski, Bentley (Fr., Dedham, Mass.) - Finished second at the Bentley Invitational in both the 200 freestyle (2:00.72) and the 200 butterfly (2:17.00) after swimming the third leg on the winning 400 medley relay team (4:13.78).

Erin Johanson, Pace (So., Wakefield, Mass.) - At the Bentley Invitational, placed sixth in the 200-yard back stroke with a time of 2:21.57 and took seventh place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:07.07. Was the second leg of the seventh place 400-yard medley relay team.

Meaghan Morley, Pace (Sr., Delhi, N.Y.) - Finished fourth in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:19.80 and placed eighth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.79 at the Bentley Invitational. Was the first leg of the seventh place 400-yard medley relay team.

Tierney Carey, Saint Michael's (Jr., Newton, Conn.) - Placed third in both the one-meter diving and three-meter diving events, helping Saint Michael's to a seventh place finish overall at the Bentley Invitational.

Aidan Warhall, Saint Michael's (Fr., West Haven, Conn.) - Placed third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:11.93 at the Bentley Invitational, leading Saint Michael's in a seventh place finish.

Michael Buyes, Saint Rose (Sr., Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) - Touched third in both the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events and also anchored the third place 400 free relay quartet. Swam a 5:09.28 in the 500 and hit the wall in 10:50.63 in the 1,000.

Christine Lockwood, Saint Rose (Fr., Binghamton, N.Y.) - Finshed fifth in the 200 IM and was sixth in the 500 free with respective times of 2:23.01 and 5:44.16 at the Bentley Invitational. At the Hartwick Relays, was part of second place 400 and 800 medley relay squads that hit the wall in 4:23.23 and 10:28.80.