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ECAC Championships Finals
Devlin Posts No. 2 Time in School History in 200 IM as Bison Men Open ECAC Championships
2/27/2015 9:36:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Bucknell freshman Chris Devlin was named Rookie of the Meet at last week's Patriot League Championships and on the first day of the ECAC Championships Friday at Pittsburgh's Trees Pool he continued his strong postseason. Devlin had the top performance by a Bison with a third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, touching the wall in the No. 2 time in school history.
Devlin last week broke school records in three events (100 back, 200 back, 400 IM) and he nearly added another in the 200 IM on Friday. Devlin finished third in the prelims in a time of 1:50.29, good for third in the school record book. He then bettered that in the finals, touching the wall in 1:49.15. Only Mike Nicholson (1:48.16) has gone faster in the event.
Only three other Bison scored points in individual events on Friday. Brian Phillips was 13th in the 500 free, while JT Nangle (14th) and Steve Grune (16th) made the finals of the 50 free.
Nangle, Kyle Bloom, Stephen Hollinshead and Grune combined for a seventh-place showing in the 200 free relay. The Bison 400 medley relay was disqualified due to an early takeoff.
Bucknell is in ninth place in the team standings after the first day of three. Fellow Patriot League member Navy is in first place, while Army is in fourth. Host Pittsburgh is in seventh.
The ECAC Championships will continue Saturday. Trials begin at 10 a.m. and the finals are slated for 6 p.m. The 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 800 free relay, as well as women's three-meter diving, are on the schedule.
Team Scores (top 10 of 15)
1. Navy - 224
2. Binghamton – 157
3. Marist – 124
4. Army – 112
5. Columbia – 111
6. Penn – 94
7. Pittsburgh – 91
8. Rider – 74
9. Bucknell – 48
10. Maine – 43
New Top-10 Marks
200 IM (2. Chris Devlin – 1:49.15)
Bucknell Results
Chris Devlin
200 IM prelims – 3rd, 1:50.29
200 IM finals – 3rd, 1:49.15
Steve Grune
50 free prelims – t-14th, 21.28
50 free finals – 16th, 21.59
Sean Lyons
500 free prelims – 18th, 4:36.72
Wes Marberry
50 free prelims – 20th, 21.55
JT Nangle
50 free prelims – 13th, 21.19
50 free finals – 14th, 21.45
Tim Perley
200 IM prelims – 31st, 1:55.55
Brian Phillips
500 free prelims – 9th, 4:32.51
500 free finals – 13th, 4:31.76
Will Rappaport
200 IM prelims – 28th, 1:54.92
Jack Robinson
200 IM prelims – 18th, 1:53.28
200 free relay
Prelims: Bloom, Nangle, Hollinshead, Grune – 6th, 1:23.99
Finals: Nangle, Bloom, Hollinshead, Grune – 7th, 1:23.50
400 medley relay
Prelims: Robinson, Perley, Devlin, Grune – 3rd, 3:24.56
Prelims: Nangle, Marberry, Bloom, Hollinshead – X, 3:26.14
Finals: Devlin, Perley, Bloom, Grune - DQ
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