Men’s Swimming & Diving Bests UConn, 198-102

Saturday, November 23

Providence, RI

12:00 PM

Brown University

198

102

UConn

Men’s Swimming & Diving Bests UConn, 198-102

11/23/2019 5:34:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's swimming & diving team topped UConn, 198-102, in its home opening meet at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center on Saturday. Sophomore Ben Hayes (River Hills, Wis.) led the Bears with three individual first place finishes, in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 400 IM.

"It was a great win today against a talented, well-coached UConn squad," said head coach Kevin Norman. "Through 16 events the team remained focused and kept the energy up. Our 200 Medley Relay set the tone from the start and the team followed suit. We could not have asked for a better home opener."

The Bears finished 1-2 in the 200 medley relay to open the meet. Senior Joon Sung (Los Angeles, Calif.), freshman Vincent Huang (League City, Texas), sophomore I.I. Qiao (Naperville, Ill.) and senior Alex Smilenov (Katy, Texas) took the top spot in 1:29.58 while a quartet of sophomore Billy Knaul (Sudbury, Mass.), senior Coley Sullivan (Louisville, Ky.), senior Jagger Stephens (Agana Heights, Hagatna, Guam) and senior Cody Cline (Wellington, Fla.) finished second in 1:32.41.

Junior Michael Lincoln (Palo Alto, Calif.) recorded the first individual victory of the meet, winning the 200 freestyle in 1:38.87. The 100 backstroke followed where Sullivan and sophomore Lucas Hess (Salt Lake City, Utah) went 2-3 with times of 50.31 and 50.68, respectively.

Brown took the top three spots in the 100 freestyle with Sung winning the race in 44.32. Lincoln touched the wall in second (45.53) and Cline placed third (45.65). Cline came back to grab first in the 50 freestyle in 20.40 and Smilenov came in second (20.71).

In diving, sophomore Trevor Labuda (Los Altos, Calif.) won both the 1M (261.68) and 3M (322.73) with senior William McNelis (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) taking second in the 3M with a score of 288.30. Labuda qualified for the NCAA Zones Championships with his scores.

Sung later grabbed the top spot in the 100 butterfly in 48.53 with Qiao following in second (49.35). Qiao later won the 200 fly in 1:49.98 while freshman Lukas Scheidl (Mendham, N.J.) took second (1:51.26).

Freshman Tyler Lu (Pleasanton, Calif.) won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:33.53. Sophomore Nico Ortega (Caracas, Venezuela/Westport, Conn.) led Brown in the 1000 freestyle, taking third in 9:37.40.

Both Hayes and Huang went 1-2 in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Hayes won the 100 in 56.75 with Huang close behind (56.77). Hayes took the 200 in 2:02.18 while Huang finished in 2:04.26.

Sullivan grabbed first in the 200 backstroke in 1:50.42 while sophomore Reid Arwood (Asheville, N.C.) finished in third (1:51.74).

Hayes won his third event of the meet in the final race, the 400 IM, swimming to a time of 3:56.71. Junior Alex Park (Dix Hills, N.Y.) (3:59.50) and Lincoln (3:59.71) also had strong finishes in the event, placing second and third, respectively.

Brown closed the meet with a second-place showing in the 200 freestyle relay, with Qiao, Hess, Lu and Stephens finishing in 1:23.94.

The Bears next compete at the Big Al Open, Friday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 8, at DeNunzio Pool on Princeton's campus. Prelims will start at 10:00 a.m. each day and finals will begin at 6:00 p.m.