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BIG EAST Championships
Viotto Wins 200 Butterfly, Coaching Staff Earns Conference Honors
4/10/2021 10:41:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Justin Viotto earns BIG EAST Championship in 200-yard Butterfly.
Geneva, Ohio – The Providence College Friars competed in the fourth and final day of the 2021 BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championships. Junior Justin Viotto won the 200-yard butterfly to claim the conference title in the event. John O'Neill, along with his staff, was named the BIG EAST Men's Swimming Coaching Staff of the Year.
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Viotto found himself in third place after the first 50. He remained in third for the next 100 yards as the front three swimmers separated themselves from the rest of the field. Heading into the last 50, Viotto used a fast turn to jump to second place. Viotto trailed only Seton Hall's Justin Oosterwyk. Still trailing after the last turn, Viotto surged down the final stretch to outreach Oosterwyk at the wall. Viotto's 1:48.23 was enough to edge the Pirate by one one-hundredth of a second. The time also improved the junior's program record by nearly one second. Viotto joins Kevin Hood and Horace Bowden among the ranks of BIG EAST Champions for the Friars men's swimming and diving team.
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This is John O'Neill's first BIG EAST Coach of the Year honor with the men's team and second overall (1988 BIG EAST Women's Coach of the Year). O'Neill is assisted by Margaret Howe, Newell Roberts, Ken Reall and Andie Rigas.
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Venue
SPIRE Institute | Geneva, Ohio
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Team Standings – Day 4
Women:
1. Villanova, 906.5
2. Connecticut, 838
3. Xavier, 535
4. Seton Hall, 505.5
5. Providence, 214
6. Butler, 202
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Men:
1. Xavier, 862.5
2. Villanova, 685.5
3. Seton Hall, 645
4. Providence, 461.5
5. Connecticut, 93.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Recaps
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
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Next Up
This concludes the Friars 2021 swimming and diving season.
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Viotto found himself in third place after the first 50. He remained in third for the next 100 yards as the front three swimmers separated themselves from the rest of the field. Heading into the last 50, Viotto used a fast turn to jump to second place. Viotto trailed only Seton Hall's Justin Oosterwyk. Still trailing after the last turn, Viotto surged down the final stretch to outreach Oosterwyk at the wall. Viotto's 1:48.23 was enough to edge the Pirate by one one-hundredth of a second. The time also improved the junior's program record by nearly one second. Viotto joins Kevin Hood and Horace Bowden among the ranks of BIG EAST Champions for the Friars men's swimming and diving team.
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This is John O'Neill's first BIG EAST Coach of the Year honor with the men's team and second overall (1988 BIG EAST Women's Coach of the Year). O'Neill is assisted by Margaret Howe, Newell Roberts, Ken Reall and Andie Rigas.
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Venue
SPIRE Institute | Geneva, Ohio
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Team Standings – Day 4
Women:
1. Villanova, 906.5
2. Connecticut, 838
3. Xavier, 535
4. Seton Hall, 505.5
5. Providence, 214
6. Butler, 202
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Men:
1. Xavier, 862.5
2. Villanova, 685.5
3. Seton Hall, 645
4. Providence, 461.5
5. Connecticut, 93.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Recaps
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
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Next Up
This concludes the Friars 2021 swimming and diving season.
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-Go Friars!-
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