Results
Geneva, Ohio (February 19, 2014) - Day one of competition of the 2014 Atlantic 10 swimming and diving championships is in the books with the Fordham women sitting in a third place tie and the men in fourth at the SPIRE Institute.
On the men's side, Massachusetts leads the way with 133 points, followed by St. Bonaventure (100), La Salle (90), Fordham (61), Saint Louis (60), George Washington (58) and George Mason (57).
The men's 200 medley relay of
Shintaro Noguchi,
Ben Dwyer,
Thomas Shetler and
Joe Mercurio placed fifth in a school record time of 1:31.14, but was moved up to fourth by a disqualification by George Mason. The previous school record was 1:31.29 set in 2011 by Billy Colton, Matthew Grabiak, Noguchi and
Devon Morris. The Rams just beat George Washington to the touch pad, finishing 0.18 seconds ahead of the Colonials.
The men's 800 freestyle relay of Noguchi,
Steve Sholdra,
Nicholas Belfanti and
Patrick Militti finished seventh in a season-best time of time of 6:45.06.
The Rams had three men competing on the one meter board with
Kevin Jimenez-Cowell placing 13
th with 177.65 points, followed by
Hanul Moon, who placed 14
th with 153.25 points.
Val Kharkover finished 18
th with 134.85 points.
The 2014 Atlantic 10 swimming and diving championships will continue with preliminary races on Thursday morning beginning at 10:30 AM.
