NORTON, Mass. – Returning to the pool after a layoff from competition of nearly two weeks Friday on the first day of the Wheaton College Chris Fisher Invitational at the Balfour Natatorium, the Eastern Connecticut State University men's and women's swim team qualified 16 women and 11 men in the morning preliminaries as well as six relays for the finals later that evening.
After the first 16 events Friday, the Eastern men were in fourth place in the four-team field with 161 points while the Eastern women were fourth in a five-team field, with 200 points. In the men's field, Roger Williams University (479 points) held a 27-point lead over Babson College, while Roger Williams (426) led Babson by 48 points in the women's competition. At the Fisher Invitational last year, Roger Williams University and Babson College finished 1-2 in both the men's and women's competition while the Eastern men and women were both fourth in a four-team field.
For the Eastern women Friday, five individuals collected double-digit points, while one member of the men's team reached double figures. The women were led by three first-year swimmers:
Jai-Lynn Wheeler (Stonington) totalled 18 points with ninth-place finishes in the 200 individual medley (2:20.82) and 100 freestyle (55.11);
Ashley Carvente (Norwalk) earned 16 points with a third-place finish in the 200 butterfly (2:16.39), while
Julia Ames (Pawtucket, RI) picked up 15 points by finishing fourth in the 200 backstroke (2:16.20). Senior
Natasha Frisch (Mendota Heights, MN) added 13 points with a sixth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.09 and junior
Cassandra Wentzell (Wallingford) recorded 11 points by taking eighth in the 200 backstroke.
For the men, junior
Boden Tito (Southington) led the Warriors with 14 points with a fifth-place finish in the 200 butterfly. Following Tito, first-year swimmer
Spencer Bagtaz (Wilmington) added nine points to the team total with a ninth-place finish in the 200 backstroke (2:05.22).
One hundred and four of the women's points came in the relays, with two relays placing fourth and two placing eighth. Ninety-two of the men's points came in four relays, with two grabbing seventh place, one eighth and one ninth.
The invitational continues Saturday, with preliminaries scheduled for 10 a.m. and the final competition set to being at 4 p.m.
Upcoming after Saturday:
The Warriors head into the second half of their schedule and complete first semester competition with their second straight two-day meet at the annual Connecticut Cup at Wesleyan University's Webster Family Natatorium Dec. 5-6. The Warriors begin the new year by visiting Keene State College and the University of Saint Joseph in January prior to hosting Norwich University Jan. 24 at noon at Senior Day.
At the ultra-competitive Connecticut Cup last year, the Eastern women placed fifth among eight teams and the men fifth among five teams. Last year's meet included men and women from Eastern, Wesleyan, Amherst College, U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Trinity College, as well as the University of Saint Joseph, Albertus Magnus College and Elms College women.
Individually at last year's Connecticut Cup, Tito set program men's records by placing seventh in the 400 IM and 19
th in the 200 IM. Among returnees for the women, placing the highest at last year's Connecticut Cup were juniors
Ciara Roberts (Stratford) and Wentzell and senior
Emma Wheeler (Morris). Roberts was 15
th in the 1,650 freestyle, Wentzell 15
th in the 200 babckstroke, and Wheeler 15
th in the 400 IM.
Eastern closes out its seventh season under head coach
Sarit Gluz at the Little East Conference Championships Feb. 12-15 at the Boston Sports Institute. The Eastern men won their first LEC title last year while the women were third one year after capturing their first LEC title.
| EASTERN'S FINALS QUALIFIERS - FRIDAY |
| Name |
Event |
Prelim. Place |
Prelim. Time |
Finals Place |
Final Time |
Pts. |
| Women |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ames |
200 Back |
5th |
2:17.58 |
4th |
2:16.20 |
15 |
| Attle |
200 Fly |
6th |
2:33.17 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Carvente |
500 Free |
10th |
5:40.32 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Carvente |
200 Fly |
3rd |
2:18.67 |
3rd |
2:16.39 |
16 |
| Frisch |
100 Breast |
4th |
1:11.66 |
6th |
1:12.09 |
13 |
| Madden |
100 Breast |
16th |
1:19.11 |
15th |
1:19.23 |
2 |
| Mathews |
200 IM |
10th |
2:24.89 |
13th |
2:25.83 |
4 |
| McDonagh |
200 Back |
11th |
2:23.73 |
11th |
2:25.20 |
6 |
| Nielsen |
200 IM |
15th |
2:28.42 |
15th |
2:28.62 |
2 |
| Nielsen |
100 Breast |
15th |
1:18.88 |
16th |
1:19.69 |
1 |
| Sheno |
100 Free |
14th |
58.60 |
14th |
58.03 |
3 |
| Wentzell |
200 Back |
7th |
2:21.91 |
8th |
2;23.84 |
11 |
| Wheeler, A. |
500 Free |
16th |
5:46.51 |
15th |
5:46.35 |
2 |
| Wheeler, E. |
100 Breast |
14th |
1:18.79 |
14th |
1:18.58 |
3 |
| Wheeler, J. |
200 IM |
9th |
2:21.73 |
9th |
2:20.82 |
9 |
| Wheeler, J. |
100 Free |
9th |
56.00 |
9th |
55.11 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 200 Free Relay A-1 |
|
3rd |
1:43.10 |
4th |
1:42.31 |
30 |
| 200 Free Relay B-2 |
|
7th |
1:46.53 |
8th |
1:47.36 |
22 |
| 400 Medley Relay A-4 |
|
5th |
4:17.58 |
4th |
4:14.75 |
30 |
| 400 Medley Relay C-5 |
|
7th |
4:30.58 |
8th |
4:26.42 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anderson |
200 Back |
13th |
2:34.19 |
13th |
2:33.77 |
4 |
| Bagtaz |
200 Back |
9th |
2:04.72 |
9th |
2:05.22 |
9 |
| Comtois |
200 Back |
14th |
2:43.18 |
14th |
2:43.50 |
3 |
| Crowe |
200 Back |
11th |
2:26.90 |
11th |
2:25.72 |
6 |
| Cabral |
200 Fly |
9th |
2:12.17 |
9th |
2:13.03 |
7 |
| Gugliotti |
200 Back |
12th |
2:30.74 |
12th |
2;30.23 |
5 |
| Hurlburt |
100 Breast |
15th |
1:02.57 |
14th |
1:02.36 |
3 |
| Jezek |
100 Free |
12th |
49.80 |
12th |
49.66 |
5 |
| Lopez |
500 Free |
16th |
5:38.03 |
16th |
5:40.44 |
1 |
| Quiterio |
200 IM |
16th |
2:08.05 |
14th |
2:08.30 |
3 |
| Tito |
200 Fly |
4th |
1:59.59 |
5th |
1:59.10 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 200 Free Relay A-3 |
|
8th |
1:30.39 |
7th |
1:30.23 |
24 |
| 200 Free Relay B-7 |
|
9th |
1:32.02 |
9th |
1:32.46 |
22 |
| 400 Medley Relay A-6 |
|
5th |
3:42.84 |
7th |
3:40.65 |
24 |
| 400 Medley Relay B-8 |
|
10th |
3:59.66 |
8th |
3:49.86 |
22 |
1-Wheeler,J, Ryan, Tscheppe, Frisch
2-Sheno, Attle, Waitkus, Mathews
3-Jezek, Peterson, Beckham, Ainscough
4-Ames, Frisch, Carvente, Wheeler J.
5-Wentzell, Wheeler E, Mathews, Ryan
6-Bagtaz, Hurlburt, Tito, Jezek
7-Quiterio, Bagtaz, Hurlburt, Bragg-Phillips (Beckham replaced Quiterio in final)
8-Crowe, Sideris, Quiterio, Peterson (Ainscough and Beckham replaced Crowe and Peterson in the final) |
