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ECAC Championships Finals
Behnen Breaks 200 Free Record on Second Day of ECAC Championships
2/28/2015 10:52:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Sophomore Louis Behnen broke the Bucknell record in the 200-yard freestyle and six different Bison scored points in individual events on the second day of the ECAC Championships Saturday at Pittsburgh's Trees Pool. Bucknell stands in eighth place out of 15 scoring teams with one day remaining in the three-day meet.
Behnen's performance in the 200 free highlighted the day for the Bison. The All-Patriot League selection entered the day ranked third in program history in the 200 free, but his time in the finals of 1:37.99 pushed him ahead of Matthew Segar's four-year-old standard of 1:38.13. Behnen touched the wall third in the race, three spots better than his finish in the morning prelims.
The 200 free is Behnen's first school record, although he does rank second in school history in the 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free.
Patriot League Rookie of the Meet Chris Devlin (8th) and Kyle Bloom (16th) scored in the 200 free alongside Behnen. Devlin's prelim time of 1:39.39 placed him seventh on the program's all-time list.
Bucknell had one scorer in each of the other four individual swimming events contested on Saturday. Colin Lynch was a two-time scorer, finishing fifth in the 100 back and 14th in the 100 fly, while Ben Seketa (11th) scored in the 100 breast and Sean Lyons (15th) did in the 400 IM. Lynch's prelim time of 49.80 in the 100 back ranks third in Bucknell history.
The Bison 800 free relay of Sam Rutan, Devlin, Stephen Hollinshead and Behnen had a strong night as well, finishing second in their race. Their time of 6:38.13 ranks second in program history behind only last week's quartet at the Patriot League Championships. Rutan's 200 free split (1:40.24) on the leadoff leg places him eighth in school history.
The 200 medley relay also added to Bucknell's point total with an eighth-place showing in the first race of the evening finals session.
The ECAC Championships will wrap up on Sunday. Prelims are scheduled for 9 a.m. Finals are slated for 4 p.m. with the last event concluding approximately 7:15 p.m.
Team Scores (top 10 of 15)
1. Navy – 478.5
2. Binghamton – 303
3. Columbia – 289
4. Army – 271.5
5. Marist – 204
6. Penn – 198
7. Pittsburgh – 180
8. Bucknell – 157
9. Rider – 136
10. Maine – 98
New Top-10 Marks
200 free (1. Louis Behnen – 1:37.99; 7. Chris Devlin – 1:39.39; 8. Sam Rutan – 1:40.24)
100 back (3. Colin Lynch – 49.80)
800 free relay (2. Rutan, Devlin, Hollinshead, Behnen – 6:38.13)
Bucknell Results
Louis Behnen
200 free prelims – 6th, 1:39.18
200 free finals – 3rd, 1:37.99
Kyle Bloom
100 fly prelims – 24th, 51.29
200 free prelims – 16th, 1:41.37
200 free finals – 16th, 1:42.08
Chris Devlin
200 free prelims – 8th, 1:39.39
200 free finals – 8th, 1:39.87
Steve Grune
100 fly prelims – 29th, 51.92
Stephen Hollinshead
200 free prelims – 17th, 1:41.44
100 back prelims – 20th, 52.13
Colin Lynch
100 fly prelims – 13th, 50.29
100 fly finals – 14th, 50.57
100 back prelims – 4th, 49.80
100 back finals – 5th, 50.03
Sean Lyons
400 IM prelims – 16th, 4:07.25
400 IM finals – 15th, 4:06.48
Wes Marberry
100 back prelims – 17th, 51.70
JT Nangle
100 fly prelims – 25th, 51.31
100 back prelims – 28th, 52.95
Tim Perley
100 breast prelims – 20th, 58.00
Brian Phillips
200 free prelims – 31st, 1:43.26
Will Rappaport
100 back prelims – 23rd, 52.28
Jack Robinson
200 free prelims – 22nd, 1:41.72
Sam Rutan
100 back prelims – 27th, 52.70
Ben Seketa
100 fly prelims – 32nd, 52.73
100 breast prelims – 11th, 56.77
100 breast finals – 11th, 56.19
Jeff Shanley
400 IM prelims – 16th, 4:06.90
200 free prelims – 40th, 1:46.21
200 medley relay
Prelims: Lynch, Seketa, Nangle, Grune – 5th, 1:33.07
Prelims: Rappaport, Marberry, Devlin, Robinson – X, 1:35.04
Finals: Devlin, Seketa, Lynch, Hollinshead – 8th, 1:32.40
800 free relay
Finals: Rutan, Devlin, Hollinshead, Behnen – 2nd, 6:38.13
Finals: Phillips, Lynch, Lyons, Shanley – X, 6:59.06
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