Long Island University Athletics

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Three members of the Long Island University males’s and girls’s swimming groups had been acknowledged as NEC Prime Performers on Wednesday, as sophomore Finn Drysdale, junior Polat Tasbasi, and junior Lara Wielkiewicz all took house convention honors. 

Drysdale completed first in each the 500-yard freestyle (4:49.32 minutes) and the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:01.97 minutes) in Saturday’s house meet in opposition to Wagner College. The Perth, Scotland native additionally swam the primary leg of the 400-yard freestyle B staff (49.43 break up, 3:17.55 staff time) and the fourth leg of the 200-yard medley relay B staff (1:39.39 staff time) 

Tasbasi completed first within the 100-yard breaststroke (55.89 seconds) and the primary within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:04.02 minutes). The Ankara, Turkey native additionally swam the fourth leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay (45.07 break up, 3:05.01 staff time) and the second leg of the 200-yard medley relay (1:34.16 staff time), with each groups ending first. 

This is the second Prime Performer nod for Tasbasi this season, who was additionally named the NEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week and an NEC Prime Performer on Oct. 29. 

Wielkiewicz completed first in each the 100-yard butterfly (59.38 seconds) and the 200-yard particular person medley (2:12.51 minutes), and took second within the 200-yard butterfly (2:10.42 minutes) at Saturday’s house meet in opposition to Wagner. The Budapest, Hungary native additionally swam the third leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay, ending second (56.49 break up, 2:45.17 staff time). 

LIU returns to motion on Dec. 5 on the ECAC Men’s and Women’s Winter Swimming & Diving Championships on the Nassau County Aquatics Center in East Meadow, N.Y.