STORRS, Connecticut, October 13. THE University of Connecticut men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the season-opening Husky Invitational meet by taking first-place in 21 of the 28 events on Saturday afternoon at the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium. Stony Brook, Southern Connecticut State University and University of Vermont all competed at the meet.<\/p>\n
The UConn men scored a total of 924.5 points, while the women scored 849. <\/p>\n
UConn also posted back-to-back top finishers in 15 events on the day.<\/p>\n
Junior Adrian Astiz (Bethesda, Md.) led the men's team with three first-place finishes. Astiz took home first place in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events as well as a first place finish in the 200 IM. <\/p>\n
Freshman Tomasz Sobek (Siemianowice Slaskie, Poland) had wins in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, while fellow first year teammate Alex Davidson (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) grabbed first in the 100 and 200 backstroke.<\/p>\n
Also taking first place for the men was Frisk Driscoll (Westport, Conn.), Nick Conrad (Olney, Md.), John Hogan (Walkersville, Md.) and Jules Alexandre (Wallingford, Conn.).<\/p>\n
The women were led by juniors Lisa Shelps (Quakertown, Pa.) and Katie DeVinney (Avondale, Ariz.) who took home three first-place finishes each. Shelps was the winner in the 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle and the 200 IM. DeVinney won the 100 and 200 butterfly as well as the 500 freestyle.<\/p>\n
Courtney Haney (Mesa, Ariz.) won the 100 and 200 breaststroke while freshman Colleen Bower (Cumberland, R.I.) was the winner in the 1000 freestyle.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Connecticut for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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