Bentley
Junior Tim Connolly (Dorchester/Boston Latin Acad.) and senior Connor Mulvey-Hudson (Ardmore, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep) had the highest individual finishes for the Bentley University men’s swimming and diving team during Saturday’s first full day of competition in the Gompei Invitational at WPI.
Bentley will begin Sunday’s final day of action in third place among eight teams with a score of 857.5. Roger Williams University is second, 87.5 in front of the Falcons, and the host team is running away in first place, with 2,578 points.
Connolly took fourth in the 200 yard backstroke in 1:59.00, and sophomore teammate Matt Ahlmeyer (Morris Plains, N.J./Morristown HS) followed in sixth (2:01.47). Mulvey-Hudson posted his fourth in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 1:01.13.
Freshman Jon Boains (Unionville, Conn./Farmington HS) had two top-eight finishes as he was fifth in the 100 individual medley (55.88) and eighth in the 200 IM (2:01.72, a new career best by nearly 10 seconds).
Boains also helped Bentley finish fourth in the 800 free relay (7:12.59) and fifth in the 200 free relay (1:28.58). The former also included junior Sebastian Bury (Bellevue, Wash./Newport Sr. HS), freshman Aiden Karam (Norwich, Conn./Norwich Free Acad.) and sophomore Davis Wilson (Ransom Canyon, Texas/Lubbock HS). Connolly and Bury swam on the 200 free, along with sophomore Liam Bartlett (Syracuse, N.Y./William Nottingham HS).
Bentley was eighth in the 400 medley relay (3:47.35) with Ahlmeyer and Bartlett joined by seniors Josh Witty (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos HS) and Janco Cornelius (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield HS).
In the 500 free, Wilson and Karam were 11th and 12th, respectively, with times of 4:57.12 and 4:57.96. Also placing 12th were Witty in the 200 back (2:03.26), Bartlett in the 50 free (22.21) and Cornelius in the 100 breast (1:03.48).
Diving was also contested Saturday but those results were not yet available.
With sophomore Kaitlin McGahie (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) and freshman Emily Niemiec (Meriden, Conn./Francis T. Maloney HS) leading the way, the Bentley University women’s swimming and diving team finished the first full day of competition in the Gompei Invitational at WPI in fifth place with a total of 567 points. A total of 12 teams are competing in the meet, which will conclude Sunday.
McGahie had the Falcons’ highest finish in a swimming event, taking second in the 100 yard individual medley with a time of 1:01.28. Niemiec also competed in the event and finished fifth in 1:02.94. The times for both women were career bests.
McGahie also finished fifth in the 50 freestyle (25.08) and Niemiec was sixth in the 200 individual medley with her time of 2:13.29 a personal best.
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McGahie helped Bentley post top five finishes in three relays with the Falcons placing fourth in the 800 free (8:04.16) and fifth in the 200 free (1:41.58) and the 400 medley (4:10.53). Niemiec, who took 11th in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.51) and the 100 IM (1:04.23), was also part of the 800 free and 400 medley quartets.
Also participating in those relays were seniors Nadine Edwards (Danbury, Conn,./Danbury HS) and Danielle Hellstern (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug HS) in the two freestyle, freshman Jessica Chen (Darien, Conn./Darien HS) in the 200 free and 400 medley, and freshman Anne Warren (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron HS) in the 400 medley.
Sophomore Nicole Hellstern (Southbury, Conn./Pomeraug HS) was 12th in the 50 butterfly, posting a 28.63.
The three-meter diving was contested on Saturday as well, but those results were not yet available.
Bentley, in the team standings, trails first-place Assumption College (1484), WPI (1426.5), Roger Williams (1052.5) and Mount Holyoke (713.5).Sunday’s action gets underway at 9 am with the finals at 4:30 pm.
