Men’s Swimming & Diving Falls at Penn, 157-143

Saturday, November 16

Philadelphia, PA

12:00 PM

Brown University

143

157

Penn

Men’s Swimming & Diving Falls at Penn, 157-143

11/16/2019 7:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Results

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Brown men's swimming & diving team was defeated by Penn, 157-143, on Saturday at Sheerr Pool. Senior Joon Sung (Los Angeles, Calif.) highlighted the day for the Bears with two individual victories (100 backstroke and 100 freestyle).

"Overall we swam well, but lost too many close touches that ended up being the difference in the meet," said head coach Kevin Norman. "When you're on the road competing against a team like Penn, you can't afford to lose those close races. We'll learn from this, recharge, and get ready for our home opener next weekend against UConn."

The Bears opened the day by winning the 200 medley relay in 1:29.73, with Sung, freshman Vincent Huang (League City, Texas), sophomore I.I. Qiao (Naperville, Ill.) and senior Alex Smilenov (Katy, Texas) swimming to the time.

Junior Michael Lincoln (Palo Alto, Calif.) recorded the first individual victory of the meet, claiming the top spot in the 200 freestyle (1:39.97). He later posted a third-place finish in the 500 free (4:38.14).

Sung followed with a first-place showing in the 100 backstroke (49.77) while senior Coley Sullivan (Louisville, Ky.) took third (50.80). Sullivan came back later to finish second in the 200 of the event, with a time of 1:50.60.

The Bears went 2-3 in the 100 breaststroke with Huang finishing second (56.72) and sophomore Ben Hayes (River Hills, Wis.) coming in third (57.23). Hayes also finished third in the 200 breaststroke (2:03.27).

Qiao won the 200 butterfly, touching in at 1:50.50, while also leading the Bears in the 100 of the event, finishing second (49:07), and just beating out Sung (49.08, third.

Brown had a strong showing in the 100 freestyle, taking the top three spots with Sung leading the group with a time of 45:11. He was followed by Cline (45.29) and Smilenov (45.93). Cline was the Bears' top finisher in the 50 free, coming in second at 20.59.

Sophomore Trevor Labuda (Los Altos, Calif.) led the team on the boards, coming in second on the 1M (289.42) and third in the 3M (310.28).

Junior Alex Park (Dix Hills, N.Y.) won the 200 IM for the second consecutive meet, doing so with a time of 1:52.55 while Hayes finished third (1:52.57).

Brown closed the afternoon with a win in the 400 freestyle in 3:01.20 with Cline, Lincoln, Sullivan and Smilenov contributing to the finish.

The Bears next host their first meet of the season, welcoming UConn to the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center on Saturday, Nov. 23 at noon.