@OW_Panthers Swimming competes against USMMA and St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) in regular-season finale

Old Westbury returns to action on January 25 for day one of the 2019 Skyline Conference Championships (Jan. 25-26)

By: Courtesy of Old Westbury Sports Information (written by Harris Rappel)

Dineer Estriplet contributed to a 200-yard medley relay season-best time / Photo by Dave Anderson (www.davidthomasphotography.com)

Men's Swimming and Diving | 12/7/2018 9:47:00 PM

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KINGS POINT, NY --- (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) SUNY Old Westbury swimming closed out their regular season Friday evening with a Skyline Conference tri-meet against the United States Merchant Marine Academy Mariners and St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) Bears inside O'Hara Pool from Kings Point, New York. Old Westbury fell 116-60 in the men's race to USMMA while the Panther women dropped a 121-8 decision to USMMA and 101-6 to St. Joseph's.

Old Westbury set a pair of season-best times to highlight the evening as Austin Young, Aidan McCaughey, Dineer Estriplet and Jonathan Ruiz combined to finish second in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:51.92. McCaughey, who won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.01, set a team-best time in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.45 to earn second-place points. Spencer Young (500-yard freestyle, 7:27.85 / 200-yard IM, 2:49.71), Timothy Probst (200-yard freestyle, 2:37.73 / 100-yard breaststroke, 1:26.30), Jonathan Ruiz (100-yard freestyle, 53.82), Alberto Matsuura (1,000-yard freestyle, 15:48.49) and Austin Young (100-yard backstroke, 1:06.36) all earned second-place points in their respective events. Spencer Young, Ruiz, Estriplet and Austin Young closed out the meet in the 200-yard freestyle event with second-place points in 1:42.34.

On the women's side, Julia Zindman paced Old Westbury with fourth-place points in the 50-yard freestyle (30.91) and 100-yard freestyle (1:17.09) races.

SKYLINE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: Old Westbury returns to action on January 25 for day one of the 2019 Skyline Conference Championships (Jan. 25-26) hosted by United States Merchant Marine Academy from O'Hara Pool in Kings Point, New York.

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Players Mentioned

Jonathan Ruiz: 6' 0"; Senior; Sr. / Sr.

Dineer Estriplet: 5' 3"; Freshman; Fr. / Fr.

Alberto Matsuura: 5' 8"; Junior; Jr. / So.

Timothy Probst: 5' 11"; Freshman; Fr. / Fr.

Austin Young: 5' 9"; Junior; Jr. / Fr.

Julia Zindman: 5' 5"; Freshman; Fr. / Fr.

Players Mentioned

Jonathan Ruiz
: 6' 0"; Senior; Sr. / Sr.

Dineer Estriplet
: 5' 3"; Freshman; Fr. / Fr.

Alberto Matsuura
: 5' 8"; Junior; Jr. / So.

Timothy Probst
: 5' 11"; Freshman; Fr. / Fr.

Austin Young
: 5' 9"; Junior; Jr. / Fr.

Julia Zindman
: 5' 5"; Freshman; Fr. / Fr.