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Men's Swimming and Diving

Sylvia Helps Power Bentley Past Brandeis; Bridge Qualifies for NCAAs in Diving

WALTHAM, Mass. – Senior Steve Sylvia (Westerly, R.I./Westerly HS) won two individual events and participated on the Falcons' winning 400 yard medley relay, and sophomore Colton Bridge (Tolland, Conn./Tolland HS) qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships in the one-meter diving, as Bentley University rolled to a 152-83 win over Brandeis University in men's college swimming Friday night at the Dana Center pool.

Sylvia anchored the meet-opening 400 medley which finished in 3:47.26, the fastest for the Falcons thus far this season. Junior Josh Witty (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos HS) led off and was followed into the pool by senior Phillip Chan (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier HS) and freshman Gregory Coleman (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North HS).

Sylvia posted a team season-best 22.51 seconds while winning the 50 freestyle and also captured the 100 free in 50.06.

Bridge had the best score in both one-meter diving events with his combined count of 446.25 exceeding the qualifying standard for the nationals.

Bentley's other double-winner was sophomore Alex Liulakis (Tenafly, N.J./Tenafly HS) as he posted winning efforts in the 200 butterfly (a team season-best 2:04.46) and the 100 individual medley (57.58.

The other individual winners for the 3-2 Falcons were freshman Davis Wilson (Ransom Canyon, Texas/Lubbock HS) in the 200 free (1:48.38), sophomore Tim Connolly (Dorchester/Boston Latin Academy) in the 100 backstroke (56.86), senior Peter Belanger (Andover/Andover HS) in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.92), Witty in the 200 backstroke (2:04.66) and freshman Dennis Witol (Bowie, Md./ Eleanor Roosevelt HS) in the 200 breast (224.40).

Bentley will be back in the same pool Saturday afternoon for a 1 pm meet against Norwich University.

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Players Mentioned

Peter Belanger

Peter Belanger

Ind. Medley, Fly
Senior
Colton Bridge

Colton Bridge

Diving
Sophomore
Phillip Chan

Phillip Chan

Free, Breast
Senior
Gregory Coleman

Gregory Coleman

Fly, Ind. Medley
Freshman
Tim Connolly

Tim Connolly

Ind. Medley, Back
Sophomore
Alex Liulakis

Alex Liulakis

Fly, Ind. Medley
Sophomore
Steve Sylvia

Steve Sylvia

Sprint Free
Senior
Davis Wilson

Davis Wilson

Distance Free
Freshman
Dennis Witol

Dennis Witol

Breast, Ind. Medley
Freshman
Josh Witty

Josh Witty

Back
Junior

Players Mentioned

Peter Belanger

Peter Belanger

Senior
Ind. Medley, Fly
Colton Bridge

Colton Bridge

Sophomore
Diving
Phillip Chan

Phillip Chan

Senior
Free, Breast
Gregory Coleman

Gregory Coleman

Freshman
Fly, Ind. Medley
Tim Connolly

Tim Connolly

Sophomore
Ind. Medley, Back
Alex Liulakis

Alex Liulakis

Sophomore
Fly, Ind. Medley
Steve Sylvia

Steve Sylvia

Senior
Sprint Free
Davis Wilson

Davis Wilson

Freshman
Distance Free
Dennis Witol

Dennis Witol

Freshman
Breast, Ind. Medley
Josh Witty

Josh Witty

Junior
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