Feb. 26, 2010

PITTSBURGH, PA. – Junior diver Brian Bolstad (Highland, N.Y.) highlighted the Marist men's swimming and diving performances on day one of the ECAC Championships Friday evening. Bolstad won the 3-meter event with a score of 296.70. In the same event, senior Mitchell Katz (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) finished four spots behind Bolstad, in fifth with a score of 248.90.

Other individual performers for the Red Foxes included junior Steven Vendetta (South Windsor, Conn.) and classmate Leo Draham (Blue Bell, Pa.). Vendetta took 11th in the 500-yd. freestyle in a time of 4:38.90. Draham finished the 500-yd. freestyle three spots behind Vendetta in 4:42.12, in 14th place.

The championships will resume on Saturday morning at 10 a.m., on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The morning session will qualify athletes in events 13-25. The finals will begin at 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening.

Complete Standings - Through Event 12
1. Naval Academy - 177 points
2. Rider University - 154 points
3. Harvard University - 152 points
4. Saint Peters College - 101 points
5. Loyola University - 91 points
6. Bucknell University - 81 points
7. Columbia University - 79 points
8. Marist - 73 points
9. University of Pittsburgh - 65 points
10. University of Pennsylvania - 39 points
11. College of Staten Island - 31 points
11. Niagara University - 31 points
13. Iona College - 24 points
14. Adelphi University - 23 points
15. Lafayette College - 15 points
16. Penn State Behrend - 10 points
16. Bryant University- 10 points
18. Baruch College - 8 points
19. Umass Dartmouth - 7 points