PISCATAWAY, New Jersey – The men's swimming and diving team climb up to fourth place on day two of ECAC Championships with 207 points. They edge top ranked Penn by half a point.
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Peter Gallino rebounded from a rough 1-Meter performance to take first in the 3-Meter diving with a score of 281.20 points. He was awarded with ECAC Diver of the Meet, making it the third year in a row that he has earned this recognition. His brother
David Gallino put together a fifth place performance.
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The 800 free relay team of
Murray Coueslant,
Michael O'Donovan,
Evan Nilsson and
Miguel Madeira swam a fourth place finish in 6:43.21, just a second behind Navy. The 200 medley relay team of
Robert McDowell,
Edward Oser,
Gregory Violette and
Daniel Knoll finished in seventh with a time of 1:33.31. The team swam almost four seconds faster than eighth place Loyola Maryland.
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Evan Nilsson had the highest individual final for the men. He finished the 200 free in sixth place with a time of 1:39.33, just .03 off from fifth.
Miguel Madeira won the B-final to place ninth with a time of 1:39.94.
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Edward Oser raced the 100 breaststroke final, clocking in at 56.98 for a seventh place finish.
Sam Presgraves competed in the B-final, earning a sixteenth place finish with a time of 58.77 seconds.
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Robert McDowell was the lone finisher in the backstroke finals, swimming the B-final with a time of 51.06 seconds to finish fourteenth overall.
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The final day of ECAC championships starts tomorrow at 10 a.m.
