PITTSBURGH, PA, November 1. UNIVERSITY of Pittsburgh sources reported wins this past weekend for both their men and their women swimming and diving teams over Big East foe Syracuse.<\/p>\n
Men <\/b><\/p>\n
The No. 17-ranked Pittsburgh men\u2019s swimming and diving team defeated Syracuse, 177-66, for a conference win at Trees Pool on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The Panthers dominated the pool with 12 wins in their first Big East meet this season, including two wins apiece from senior diver Devin Aikins (York, Pa.\/ Southern Illinois University), freshman distance freestyler Chris George (Jacksonville, Fla.\/ The Bolles School), junior backstroker\/ freestyler\/ butterfly Eric Bugby (Easton, Pa.\/ Notre Dame) and junior butterfly\/ freestyler Jason Miller (Mechanicsburg, Pa.\/ Cumberland Valley). <\/p>\n
Aikins won both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions with scores of 292.95 and 336.83 points. <\/p>\n
George was the winner of the 1000 freestyle, touching in with a first-place time of 9:37.44, more than eleven seconds faster than his nearest competitor, senior Hannes Kohnke (Malmo, Sweden\/Borgarskolan). George also took first place in the 500 freestyle with a final time of 4:39.40. <\/p>\n
Bugby placed first in the 50 freestyle (21.56 seconds), 100 freestyle (46.89 seconds) and teamed with junior Tommy Bird (Charleston, W.Va. \/ Capital), freshman Warren Barnes (Pickering, Ontario\/ Dunbarton) and Miller to take first with a time of 3:25.54 in the 400 medley relay to open the meet up. <\/p>\n
Miller was an individual winner in the 200 individual medley, with a time of 1:55.46, as well as the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:53.05. Barnes placed first in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:06.40. <\/p>\n
Other winners for the Panthers in the morning were sophomore Jeff Leath (Mechanicsville, Va.\/ New Community) who got first place with a time of 1:51.39 in the 200 backstroke, and teamed with Bird, senior Michael Hand (Bethel Park, Pa.\/ Bethel Park) and junior Darryl Washington (Aldan, Pa.\/ Penn Wood) to finish the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay. <\/p>\n
Pittsburgh men will take on Michigan State at Notre Dame on November 12 at 5:00 p.m. <\/p>\n
Women<\/b><\/p>\n
The Pittsburgh women\u2019s swimming and diving team won its first Big East match against Syracuse, 170-73, at Trees Pool. <\/p>\n
Included in the Panthers victories were three individual wins by sophomore freestyle\/IM specialist Kathy Siuda (Waterloo, Ontario\/ Bluvale Collegiate) and two individual wins apiece by junior freestyler\/ backstroker Kelly Redcay (Reading, Pa.\/ Wilson) and junior diver Colleen Kristobak (Bethel Park, Pa.\/ Bethel Park). <\/p>\n
Siuda was the winner of the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:20.11, as well as the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.52, and also, finishing first in the 500 freestyle at 5:02.40. <\/p>\n
Redcay finished the 50 freestyle with a final time of 24.27 seconds, just .02 seconds ahead of second place winner freshman Kelly O\u2019Hara (Voorhees, N.J.\/Timber Creek). Redcay placed first in the 100 freestyle at 52.64 seconds, and also teamed with sophomore Andrea Shoust (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario\/White Pines C & VS), O\u2019Hara, and freshman Kimmie Baird (Upper Dublin, Pa.\/Upper Dublin) to take first in the 400 freestyle relay, finishing with at 3:35.70. <\/p>\n
Kristobak won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions for the Panthers, scoring 270.53 on the 1-meter board and 296.03 on the 3-meter board. <\/p>\n
Shoust performed well with teammate\u2019s sophomore Lindsey Tiberio (Connellsville, Pa. \/ Greensburg Central Catholic), senior Jen Koch (Cincinnati, Ohio\/Mother of Mercy) and sophomore Kristin Brown (Berlin, Pa. \/ Bermudian Springs) to touch in with a first-place time of 3:50.64 in the 400 medley relay. Shoust also placed first in the 200 backstroke, finishing with a time of 2:04.25, to help bring the Panthers (2-0) to their second defeat in the season. <\/p>\n
Brown also assisted with a first place win in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:53.32, almost two whole seconds faster than her nearest competitor. <\/p>\n
The Lady Panthers will take on Michigan State at Notre Dame on November 12 at 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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