WORCESTER, Mass. – The men's swimming and diving teams helped Bentley to an overall second place finish at the WPI Gompei Invitational this weekend with several podium finishes.
Combined, the men's and women's teams had 5,091 points to finish in second place overall among the 10 teams in the meet.
Matt Walden won the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.03 and the junior from Cumberland, Rhode Island had two other podium finishes on the weekend. He was second in the 200 back (1:50.38) and third in the 400 IM (4:05.03).
Daniel Ivanchikov won the 200 fly with a time of 1:53.06
Distance freestyle swimmer
Leighton Wielgoszinski had second place finishes in the 500 (4:41.26) and the 1650 (16:22.07).
In the diving events,
Owen Angkatavanich was second in both the 1 and 3 meter dives. In the 1 meter he scored 330.55 and the 3 meter 325.95.
The Falcons also performed well in the relays. The 800 free team won in 6:58.54 with the team comprised of
Jakub Zukowski, Wielgoszinski,
Alex Kosel and Ivanchikov.
The 200 free team of Ivanchikov, Zukowski,
Jack Meekins and
Ethan Rehkopf were second (1:25.30) and the 400 free team were second as well (3:07.32). That squad was comprised of Meekins, Ivanchikov, Kosel and Rehkopf.
Kosel had a third place finish in the 200 free (1:43.50) and Rehkopf was third in the 50 free (21.43).
The swimming and diving teams have wrapped up competition in the fall semester. They kickoff competition in the spring semester on January 8 at Saint Michael's.
