Results
HARTFORD, CT (January 14, 2014) – The Vassar College men's swimming and diving team competed in dual meet action that ended with a loss of 150-77 on the road at Trinity College on Tuesday evening.
Junior
Luc Amodio (Poughkeepsie, NY/Arlington) led the Brewers. Besides his individual efforts, Amodio teamed with a fresh off his Junior Year Abroad
Matt Weiss (Florence, MA/Northamton), freshman
Anthony Walker (Madison, WI/James Madison Memorial) and sophomore
Greg Cristina (Suffield, CT/Suffield) for a second place finish in the 200 Yard Medley Relay (1:40.10).
Amodio won the 200 Yard IM (2:06.59) and the 100 Yard Backstroke (55.31). His 200 time was a season best. Also winning an individual event was Walker in the 100 Yard Butterfly (53.69).
"We were a little flat through the first half of the meet but seemed to pick up in the second," said head coach
Lisl Prater-Lee. "Trinity just out-swam us." Freshman
Walter Gabriel (Houston, TX/Cypress Ranch) swam a season best in the 100 Fly with a time of 1:02.75 despite his seventh place finish.
Sophomore
Isaiah Hale (Dansville, NY/Dansville) out-touched Trinity's Alex Zhang in the 500 Yard Freestyle by 1.43 seconds for a second place finish (5:24.30).
Senior diver
John Nguyen (Nashua, NH/Nashua North) took both second places in the diving events with a score of 151.19 on the 3 Meter and a final of 146.70 on the short board.
Weiss finished second in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a 1:04.29 with him still being fresh to the pool after a semester out of the country.
The Brewers will next travel to Montclair State University on Wednesday, January 22 at 6:00 pm.
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