Men's Swimming and Diving Finishes Regular Season at Boston Winter Open

Friday, February 7

Boston, Mass.

5 p.m.

Brown University

Boston Winter Open

Photo by: Kayleigh Halasz

Men's Swimming and Diving Finishes Regular Season at Boston Winter Open

2/8/2025 10:47:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

BOSTON – Brown men's swimming and diving closed out its regular season at the Boston Winter Open. The Bears earned eight wins over the two-day meet.

On Friday night, Brown started strong going 1-2 in the 500 freestyle. Erik Nadecki picked up the win in a time of 4:27.59 and Aaron Martin followed at 4:30.84.
Jack Butera won the 200 IM with a time of 1:48.74 and James Gottfried was fourth (1:50.63).

Donavan Jeng earned a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle (20.46).

The team of Chris Ma, Carlos Munoz, Lachlan Kirby and Jeng closed out the night with a win in the 400 freestyle relay (3:02.14).

Saturday began with Ma winning the 100 butterfly in a time of 48.35.

The Bears owned the top three spots in the 400 IM with Matthew Purcell winning (3:53.41), followed by Gottfried (3:54.34) and Nadecki (3:54.38).

Purcell also finished the afternoon with a win in the 1650 freestyle (15:37.97) and Christopher Chang was third (15:59.27).

Martin finished second in the 200 freestyle (1:39.34) with Jeng finishing in third (1:39.48).

Butera was the top finisher for Brown in the 100 breaststroke with a second-place finish (55.02). Butera also finished second in the 200 butterfly (1:49.86) and Ma finished third with a time of 1:50.77.

Zach Le-Nguyen picked up the win in the 100 backstroke (48.54) with Munoz finishing in second (49.17).

Munoz took second in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:47.84.

Jeng took home the win in the 100 freestyle, touching the wall in 44.60.

Gottfried was the top Bear in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:02.11.

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Brown will be competing in the Ivy League Championships from Feb. 26-March 1 at the Katherine M. Coleman Aquatics Center.

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