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2008 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Recap - Men

Donlevy sets four varsity records

Feb. 25, 2008

2008 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championship Final Results Get Acrobat Reader

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y . - The University of Rhode Island men's swimming & diving team set six varsity records en route to a seventh-place finish at the 2008 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships at St. Bonaventure University. The four-day competition wrapped up on Saturday afternoon with Massachusetts winning the conference crown with a point total of 791.5. The Rams, meanwhile, finished with 287.5 points.

Sophomore Gerard Donlevy (Lake Grove, N.Y.) set URI varsity records in the 200-yard medley relay (24.00), 200-yard IM (1:51.29), 100-yard backstroke (51.03), and 200-yard backstroke (1:48.48). Additionally, senior Ryan Sheatsley (Allentown, Pa.) set a school-record in the 200-yard butterfly (1:52.54).

"We had a great weekend with great results. This is probably the best weekend we've ever had at the A-10's," said URI head coach Mick Westkott. "We blew all the prognosticators out of the water who thought we would finish last on both sides."

After Donlevy's record-setting performance to open the meet on Wednesday, the Rams' 800-yard freestyle relay team of Donlevy, Sheatsley, freshman Joseph Sagginairo (Bellport, N.Y.), and sophomore Matthew Zrada (Harleysville, Pa.) established a new URI varsity record with a time of 6:52.64.

On the second day of competition, Sheatsley's fifth-place finish in the 200-yard IM (1:53.99) was URI's second-best finish of the afternoon behind Donlevy's record-setting performance in the same event.

Sheatsley took fifth in the 400-yard IM on Friday afternoon and joined Donlevy, freshman Daniel Backler (Newburyport, Mass.), and junior Derek Denard (Doylestown, Pa.) on the Rams' sixth-place 400-yard medley relay team (3:25.64).

St. Bonaventure placed second with 567.5 points, followed by Xavier (426.5), Duquesne (402), Fordham (357), La Salle (332), URI, Saint Louis (257), and George Washington (174).

The URI women's swimming & diving team placed eighth with 215 points.

 

 

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