Swimming: WVU Wraps Up Season at BIG EAST
February 22, 2004 07:41 AM | General
February 22, 2004
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - The WVU men's swimming and diving team placed seventh with 239.5 points and the women's team placed 11th with 85 points at the BIG EAST Championships, late Saturday evening, at the Nassau County Aquatic Center.
Highlights for the Mountaineers on Saturday included another strong performance by junior Pedro Pinto, who placed fifth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:51.07. Pinto earned all-BIG EAST honors on Friday after a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly event.
Junior Kevin Van Buskirk placed eighth in the 1650 freestyle (15:51.28) while Kleyton Franca stopped the clocks at 45.62 to place seventh in the 100 freestyle.
The 400 freestyle relay team of Franca, Travis Watson, Chris Hagedorn and Matt Drozd notched a fourth place finish with a time of 3:02.03.
For the WVU women, Megan Carlson swam a 2:23.20 in the 200 breaststroke while the 400 freestyle relay squad of Lee Ann Johnston, Manuela Trabert, Carlson and Livia Cascao stopped the clocks at 3:32.55 to place eighth.
