MEN'S SWIMMING FALLS TO MOUNT SAINT MARY 97-65

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

NEWBURGH, N.Y.-The SUNY College at Old Westbury Men's Swimming team lost a 97-65 decision against Skyline Conference opponent, Mount Saint Mary College on Wednesday.  The loss moves Old Westbury to 0-6 overall 0-1 in league play while Mount Saint Mary improves to 8-4 on the season and 1-1 in Skyline Conference action.

Capturing individual first place finishes for the men's squad in the meet were Damian Bergamaschi and John Rodgers.  Bergamaschi led the Panthers in the 500-yard freestyle where he recorded a time of 6:28.15.  John Rodgers won the 100-yard breastroke with a time of 1:12.64 followed by teammate, Brian Smith who claimed second place with a time of 1:23.33.  Competing on the 200-yard freestyle relay squad were Brian Smith, John Rodgers, Francisco Olivier and Damian Bergamaschi, who claimed first place with a time of 1:59.71. 

EVENT	PLACE	SWIMMER	TIME
200 Medley Relay	2	Damian Bergamaschi	2:12.61
		John Rodgers
		Francisco Olivier
		Brian Smith
1000 Freestyle	3	Damian Bergamaschi	13:26.76
	4	Nicholous Perdomo	13:58.52
200 Freestyle	3	Sean Smith	3:53.18
50 Freestyle	4	Jesse Carcamo	27.43
	5	David Mathew	31.45
	6	John Rodgers	37.29
200 I.M.	3	Brian Smith	3:05.07
100 Butterfly	2	Nicholous Perdomo	1:20.57
100 Freestyle	3	Jesse Carcamo	1:30.90
	4	David Mathew	DQ
100 Backstroke	2	David Mathew	1:38.83
	3	Sean Smith	1:49.60
500 Freestyle	1	Damian Bergamaschi	6:28.15
100 Breastroke	1	John Rodgers	1:12.64
	2	Brian Smith	1:23.33
200 Freestyle Relay	1	Brian Smith	1:59.71
		John Rodgers
		Francisco Olivier
		Damian Bergamaschi

Old Westbury returns to action on Saturday at the Skyline Conference Championship at Purchase College.  Start time is slated for 1:00 p.m.  For more information about the Old Westbury Panthers, or to follow your favorite Panther sports and events, log onto http://www.oldwestburypanthers.com/.