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Swimming and Diving
vs Friar Invitational
11:00 AM
Providence College Athletics
Saturday, October 23
Storrs, Conn.
12:00 PM
Providence College
vs
Husky Invitational
Swimming & Diving Compete In Husky Invitational
10/24/2010 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 24, 2010
Husky Invitational Results in PDF Format 
STORRS & NEW BRITAIN, CONN. -
The Providence College men's (0-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) and women's (0-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) swimming teams completed competition at the Husky Invitational held on Saturday, October 23. The men's team finished fourth out of four teams, while the women's team placed fifth out of five teams. The men earned 249 points and the women earned 180 points. UConn took both the men's and women's meets.
On the women's side, freshman backstroke specialist Kathleen Degnan (Narragansett, R.I.) met BIG EAST qualifying standards in the 100y backstroke event. Her time of 1:02.54 was good enough for 10th place in the 24-swimmer field. Fellow freshman Julia Rivera (Rockville, Md.) also qualified for a BIG EAST event in the meet. Rivera placed 6th out of 21 swimmers in the 100y breaststroke event, with a BIG EAST qualifying time of 1:10.81.
For the men, junior Collin Casciano (Hewitt, N.J.) had an impressive performance in the 100y butterfly event, placing tied for 9th (54.66) out of the field of 28. Freshman Andy St. Pierre (Fairhaven, Mass.) also had a good swim for the Friars in the 200y IM. St. Pierre earned an eighth-place finish (2:05.53) out of the field of 24.
Also on Saturday, the diving teams competed in a diving contest held at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn. The Friars excelled in the 1m diving event. Sophomore Ben Kardian (Valhalla, N.Y.) earned yet another victory as he put up a score of 211.30--20 points more than the second-place diver. On the women's side, it was more of the same for sophomore divers Allie Black (Mystic, Conn.) and Amie Fracker (Trumbull, Conn.). The tandem placed first (216.30) and second (212.40), respectively.
Four schools competed in the diving invitational: Providence, Fairfield, Stony Brook and the host school, Central Connecticut State.
The women's swimming and diving team is back in the pool on Wednesday, October 27, when they travel to Chestnut Hill, Mass. to face Boston College. The meet will start at 6:00 p.m. Both the men's and women's teams will swim on Saturday, October 30, when they face Fairfield on the road.
HUSKY INVITATIONAL Final Team Results
MEN:
1. Connecticut 854
2. Fordham 661
3. Fairfield 320
4. Providence 249
WOMEN:
1. Connecticut 831
2. Fordham 532
3. CCSU 339
4. Fairfield 246
5. Providence 180
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