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Men's Swimming and Diving

Freshmen Power Bentley Men to Senior Day Win

WALTHAM, Mass. – On a night that the Bentley University seniors were being recognized, Falcon freshmen won nine of 14 individual events to power the men's swimming team to a 145-128 victory over Bridgewater State Tuesday at the Dana Center pool.

Bentley had the number one finisher in all 16 events as it snapped a three-meet slide and finished its dual schedule at 7-3.

Leading the way were freshmen Owen Karl (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton HS), Sebastian Bury (Bellevue, Wash./Newport Senior HS) and Colton Bridge (Tolland, Conn./Tolland HS), with each winning twice. In addition, Bury was part of the Falcons' all-freshman 200 yard free relay team that prevailed in 1:33.95.

Bury turned in Bentley's fastest times of the year while winning both the 50 backstroke (26.25 seconds) and the 100 individual medley (58.18). Karl spent a total of 16 minutes in the pool as he captured both the 1000 free (10:49.80) and the 500 free (5:11.05), and Bridge swept the diving with a season-best 268.87 off the one-meter board and 248.02 on the three-meter.

The other freshmen who won events were Alex Liulakis (Tenafly, N.J./Tenafly HS) in the 100 butterfly (56.44), Nick Toselli (Barrington, R.I./Barrington HS) in the 50 free (23.53) and Tim Connolly (Dorchester/Boston Latin Academy) in the 100 back (56.93).

The only senior to earn a win was Tyler Champagne (Orange, Conn./Amity Regional HS), with a 1:51.53 in the 200 free.

Also turning in winning efforts for the Falcons were sophomore Connor Mulvey-Hudson (Ardmore, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) in the 50 breast (29.11), junior Steve Sylvia (Westerly, R.I./Westerly HS) in the 100 free, sophomore Janco Cornelius (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield HS) in the 100 breast (1:06.15) and junior Peter Belanger (Andover/Andover HS) in the 50 fly (25.20).

Bentley will be back in action next weekend, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, when the Northeast-10 Championships are held at Southern Connecticut State.

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Players Mentioned

Peter Belanger

Peter Belanger

Ind. Medley
Junior
Colton Bridge

Colton Bridge

Diving
Freshman
Sebastian Bury

Sebastian Bury

Sprint Free
Freshman
Tyler Champagne

Tyler Champagne

Distance Free
Senior
Tim Connolly

Tim Connolly

Back
Freshman
Janco Cornelius

Janco Cornelius

Free, Breast
Sophomore
Owen Karl

Owen Karl

Free
Freshman
Alex Liulakis

Alex Liulakis

Free, Fly
Freshman
Connor Mulvey-Hudson

Connor Mulvey-Hudson

Breast, Ind. Medley
Sophomore
Steve Sylvia

Steve Sylvia

Sprint Free
Junior
Nick Toselli

Nick Toselli

Free
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Peter Belanger

Peter Belanger

Junior
Ind. Medley
Colton Bridge

Colton Bridge

Freshman
Diving
Sebastian Bury

Sebastian Bury

Freshman
Sprint Free
Tyler Champagne

Tyler Champagne

Senior
Distance Free
Tim Connolly

Tim Connolly

Freshman
Back
Janco Cornelius

Janco Cornelius

Sophomore
Free, Breast
Owen Karl

Owen Karl

Freshman
Free
Alex Liulakis

Alex Liulakis

Freshman
Free, Fly
Connor Mulvey-Hudson

Connor Mulvey-Hudson

Sophomore
Breast, Ind. Medley
Steve Sylvia

Steve Sylvia

Junior
Sprint Free
Nick Toselli

Nick Toselli

Freshman
Free