Males’s Swimming & Diving Begins Competition at Terrier Invite

BOSTON – The Boston University males’s swimming and diving staff ignited the Terrier Invite with 5 top-three performances throughout the A Finals on Friday (Nov. 21) on the FitRec Competition Pool, the primary of the three-day occasion.

Sophomore Giovanni Sullo snagged the victory within the 500 freestyle, successful handily in 4:23.70, ending almost three seconds forward of final yr’s champion within the occasion, Ben Huffman of Boston College.

BU’s night started with 200 freestyle relay, the place an in depth contest with Boston College noticed the Terrier quartet place second in 1:20.34, lower than five-tenths behind the Eagles.

Senior Tony Ponomarev joined junior Henry Dvorak in addition to freshmen Dimitri Melnikov and Nathan Lee within the 400 medley relay. That group was second in 3:15.09 solely to Boston College, who set a pool document in 3:14.17.

Ponomarev was one among 4 Terrier qualifiers within the 200 IM, following by means of with a 1:49.78 within the 200 particular person medley that positioned third.

Earlier that day, two Terriers earned top-five ends in the 1-meter dive. Freshman Ethan Wong was third with a 311.4 rating whereas junior Zein Mahana was fifth at 303.3.

Day two of the Terrier Invite begins with the preliminary spherical at 10 a.m. on Saturday (Nov. 22). The finals are set for six p.m.

TEAM SCORES AFTER DAY 1

1. Boston College – 453 factors
2. BU – 408
3. Fairfield – 250.5
4. UMass – 234.5
5. Bryant – 221
6. Army – 47
7. Colgate – 26