Males Place Three on All-Patriot League Swimming & Diving Groups

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Three members of the Boston University males’s swimming & diving groups turned first-time All-Patriot League honorees on Tuesday because the league workplace introduced that senior Tony Ponomarev and sophomores Charlie Nenchev and Giovanni Sullo had been chosen to the second workforce.

The trio pushed the Terriers to the most important level enhance of any workforce eventually week’s Patriot League Championships, posting 936 factors, marking a 309.5-point enchancment. 

Ponomarev closed his profession with a powerful efficiency, qualifying for 3 A finals to gather top-eight finishes within the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races in addition to the 400 particular person medley to gather a team-best 68 factors. He leaves his mark within the BU document books with top-five instances in all three occasions, together with the varsity document within the 200 backstroke.

Nenchev had a breakout meet, ending second on the squad in factors with 63 whereas accumulating his first PL medal with a bronze within the 800-yard freestyle relay, which resulted within the workforce’s first relay podium in seven years. He positioned sixth within the 100 backstroke, seventh within the 200 freestyle and eleventh within the 100 freestyle. He is now in this system’s high 4 in all three occasions.

Sullo discovered himself on the PL 1650 freestyle podium for the second time in as a few years, replicating his bronze effort from his freshman yr. He completed with 59 factors, including a Tenth-place end within the 500 freestyle and a Twelfth-place exhibiting within the 400 IM. He closes the yr ranked in this system’s high 4 in these three occasions in addition to the 1000 freestyle.