Two days into the A10 Championships and the team titles are still within any teams’ grasp. The Women of Massachusetts head their kept their lead over Richmond with Davidson and Fordham University not far behind. With St. Bonaventure and the University of Massachusetts dead even at the end of Day 1, both teams came out of the gates looking to seize the lead after night 2.
2015 Men and Women’s A10 Championships
- Wednesday February 18- Saturday, February 21
- Geneva, Ohio – The Spire Institute
- Prelims/Finals Th-Sat 10:00AM/6:30PM Wednesday 3:00PM/6:30PM
- Defending Champs: Women-Richmond(4x) Men-St.Bonaventure(2x)
- Live Results
- Championship Central
Women 500 Freestyle
At the 200 mark Elise Lankiewicz turned at 5th in the championship heat with many thinking the sophomore from Davidson would be unable to make her way to the podium. Lankiewicz on the contrary had very different plans with a very well-paced back half captured gold at 4:50.36. Emma Smith of La Salle, who held the lead on the field until the 400 yard mark, fell to second at 4:50.92. Molly Smyth from UMass captured bronze in 4:52.14.
Men 500 Freestyle
After missing the meet and conference record at last year’s championships Alessandro Bomprezzi took out his 500 well under record pace hitting the wall at 4:19.75 for breaking the aforementioned records. With that time Bomprezzi could be one of the last ones in at NCAA championships.
Teammate Oliver Wyeth stuck at Bomprezzi’s hip for most of the race joining his teammate on the podium touching second (4:25.75) Ryan McCoy of Saint Louis (4:26.59) rounded out the podium.
Women 200 Individual Medley
Megan Polaha dipped just under the NCAA B cut to take the gold (2:01.31). Polaha’s backstroke leg (30.61) was the key for the sophomore from Fordham to give her school their first women’s gold on the weekend. That beat out Saint Louis’s Morgan Peterson (2:01.88) and UMass’s Meriza Werenski (2:02.34)
Men 200 Individual Medley
After the distance men of UMass went 1st and 2nd in the 500 free Michael White and the St. Bonaventure men knew they would need to respond if they wished to stay in the hunt. The sophomore form St. Bonaventure posted a NCAA B time touching the wall at 1:48.15. Cameron Fadley (1:49.23) of La Salle finished in second with St. Bonaventure senior Ripley Danner holding on to the third spot. Wright(1:49.89) and Bobianski(1:52.51) of UMass finished 4th and 8th respectively in the championship final halting the comeback of the Bona Wolves.
Women 50 Free
Sydney Fisher of George Mason could not match her A10 Meet record from the morning but held her top spot (22.87). The runner-up was Shannon Lulley (23.06) Kelley Yang was 3rd in 23.10, and La Salle’s Amina Wilson finished 4th in 23.32.
Men 50 Free
The sprint group of George Mason continued its domination of the 50 free with senior Travis Lauri breaking though the 20 second barrier (19.92) and collecting their second 50 free gold on the night. Lauri finished ahead of St. Bonaventure’s Michael Pilyugin (20.11), Saint Louis’s Zack Billingsley (20.26), and Davidson’s Luke Burton(20.35)
Women 200 Freestyle Relay
The Davidson relay team of Kassie Shannon(23.55) , Meredith Nakano (23.00), Angie Healy (23.12), and Elise Lankiewicz (22.61) finished at 1:32.28, Richmond (1:33.11) and George Mason (1:33.59) followed the Wildcats winning relay.
Men 200 Freestyle Relay
With a 50 to go and the George Mason relay sitting in 4th Travis Lauri dove into the water with a nearly perfect relay exchange followed by a 19.31 anchor leg propelling the Patriots to the top of the podium. Saint Louis (1:20.49) and Bonaventure (1:20.87) concluded the session with their sprint relay teams collecting silver and bronze.
Team Scores
Women
1. UMass – 219
2. Richmond – 192
t-3. Fordham – 170
t-3. Daivdson – 170
5. Duquesne – 163
6. La Salle – 142
7. George Mason – 131
8. St. Louis U – 91
9. Rhoe Island – 75
10. St. Bonaventure – 50
11. George Washington – 33
Men
1. St. Bonaventure – 232
2. UMass – 224.5
3. George Mason – 185
4. La Salle – 181
5. Davidson College – 145
6. St. Louis U – 121.5
7. Fordham – 110.5
8. George Washington – 99.5