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Wildcats Finish Competition at Big Al Open with Fifth Place Finish
Dec. 4, 2011
RESULTS
Sunday - Preliminaries
PRINCETON, N.J.--Villanova wound down three days of competition at the Big Al Open on Sunday morning and evening at DeNunzio Pool and the Wildcats finished in fifth place out of nine teams at the meet hosted by Princeton this weekend. Six finishes in the top-eight on Sunday helped Villanova maintain its position in the team standings.
The top individual finishes for the Wildcats on Sunday came in the 1650 yard freestyle, where juniors Russell Paulson (West Chester, Pa.) and Jordan Bickhart (Wyomissing, Pa.) came in fifth and seventh, respectively. Paulson touched the wall in 16:11.93 and Bickhart registered a time of 16:18.34.
Junior Braden Clarke (Chappaqua, N.Y.) placed eighth in the 200 backstroke and classmate Scott Thiede (Bethesda, Md.) finished eighth in the 100 free. Clarke had a time of 1:56.71 in the finals of the 200 back and Thiede finished the 100 free with a finals time of 46.52. He had earlier come in third in 46.14 during the preliminaries on Sunday morning.
In addition to their individual races both Clarke and Thiede helped Villanova come in seventh in the 400 freestyle relay, which was the meet's last event. Clarke led off the relay with a split of 48.45 and Thiede took the anchor leg with a team-best split of 46.83.
Sophomore Ben Smith (Sudbury, Mass.) placed eighth in the finals of the 200 butterfly (1:55.80) after posting a time of 1:52.00 in the preliminaries, when he was fourth out of 30 swimmers. He also swam the anchor leg of the Wildcats "B" entry in the 400 free relay and produced a split of 46.77 as Villanova finished in ninth place.
Also scoring team points for the Wildcats on Sunday were freshman Jason Moyer (Center Valley, Pa.) and sophomore Kyle Grant (Winnetka, Ill.). Moyer finished 14th in the "B" final of the 100 free (46.91) and Grant registered a time of 1:56.40 in the "B" final of the 200 back to come in 16th.
Villanova finished the three-day meet with a total of 375 points. Tournament host Princeton won the team title, while Columbia, Brown and Rider also finished ahead of the Wildcats in the team standings.
A break for final exams and the holiday season now awaits for Villanova, which returns to action with a home meet against Widener on Wednesday, January 11.
NOTES: In the individual swimming events the top 24 competitors in the preliminaries advance to the finals and are grouped into eight entries each in an "A", "B" or "C" level final. COMPLETE VILLANOVA RESULTS
Team Scores
Villanova 5th of 9 375 Points 1650 Yard Freestyle
Russell Paulson 5th of 15 16:11.93 Jordan Bickhart 7th 16:18.34 200 Yard Backstroke
PRELIMINARIES Braden Clarke 6th of 28 1:53.68 Kyle Grant 12th 1:55.40 Jordan Bickhart 21st 1:57.94 FINAL "A" Braden Clarke 8th of 8 1:56.71 FINAL "B" Kyle Grant 16th 1:56.40 FINAL "C" Jordan Bickhart 20th 2:02.70 100 Yard Freestyle
PRELIMINARIES Scott Thiede 3rd of 47 46.14 Jason Moyer 15th 47.25 Russell Paulson 23rd 47.73 Ted Sukramani 25th 47.89 Chris Tamanini 38th 49.41 FINAL "A" Scott Thiede 8th of 8 46.52 FINAL "B" Jason Moyer 14th 46.91 FINAL "C" Ted Sukramani 19th 47.21 Russell Paulson 22nd 47.88 200 Yard Breaststroke
PRELIMINARIES Roy Sung 17th of 25 2:14.41 tony sipala 18th 2:14.83 Ted Sukramani 21st 2:15.95 FINAL "C" Ted Sukramani 17th 2:11.36 Roy Sung 18th 2:13.85 tony sipala 21st 2:15.43 200 Yard Butterfly
PRELIMINARIES Ben Smith 4th of 30 1:52.00 Marc Maurizi 20th 1:59.04 Jordan Bickhart 28th 2:02.02 FINAL "A" Ben Smith 8th of 8 1:55.80 FINAL "C" Marc Maurizi 18th 1:58.56 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Villanova `A' 7th of 15 3:09.38 Braden Clarke 48.45 Ted Sukramani 47.16 Jason Moyer 46.94 Scott Thiede 46.83 |
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