I would like to wish all of the SBU Men's Swimming Family a safe and enjoyable Christmas and Holiday Season. The team was released yesterday to head home amidst some challenging Western, New York weather conditions but all made it home safely. I know this spurs the thought process among our alums as the spceial times that weather played a role in their times at SBU!!!
On Saturday the team spent two hours helping unload some 20 tons of food items for the Warming House where we serve weekly. I will post some video of this later.
The best Christmas gift to be received were the team grades with a preliminary team semester GPA over a 3.1.
Happy Holiday's!!!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Zippy Invite
We just returned from the 2008 installment of the Zippy Invite. This years invite was considerably faster than the past few years!! The Bonnies Men were able to battle from 5th place after the first day to move up to 3rd over 200 points shy of The Univ. at Buffalo after the second day. The third and final day saw a mad scramble for 1st but we remained in 3rd just 27.5 points out of 1st. This was all with no divers and a few of the guys staying home. The two teams ahead of us were UB who scored 241 and Clarion who scored 145 points on the boards. It was the typical December Invite with a lot of good, some OK and a little not so good. We went into the meet with no magic suits and a little rest to see where we could stack-up against those that were rested and suited up. Standout swims of the meet were Kevin Murphy(4:40.22) and Mike Dansa's (4:44.01)500 free's, Yi Liu's 200 fly (1:53.03), Chris Baker's 200 free (1:43.78) and Peter Koenig's 200 back (1:56.84, lifetime best). Here is the link to the result: http://gobonnies.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/stats/2008-2009/akroninvite.html . Now the team is in the most important time of the semester, which is finals week, and the true test as to how we are doing will be revieled. We will be staying on campus until December 22nd when the team will be released for Christmas break and they will return on January 3rd for an evening practice.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Mid-Major Ranking
The Men's Swimming and Diving Team is currently ranked #16 in the CSCAA Mid-Major ranking. Here is a link to the site: http://collegeswimming.com/news/2008/nov/25/navy-miami-top-mid-major-poll/
We depart Thursday for the Akron Invite at the University of Akron. Teams in attendance will be Akron, Bloomsburg, Univ. @ Buffalo, Clarion, Cleveland State, Duquesne, Illinois State, Indiana Univ. of PA, Niagara, Ohio U, Shippensburg, Xavier .
We depart Thursday for the Akron Invite at the University of Akron. Teams in attendance will be Akron, Bloomsburg, Univ. @ Buffalo, Clarion, Cleveland State, Duquesne, Illinois State, Indiana Univ. of PA, Niagara, Ohio U, Shippensburg, Xavier .
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