Men’s Swimming Handles College of Charleston, 122-105

Tribe Still Undefeated in Conference Action

01/13/07 7:10PM

CHARLESTON, S.C. - William and Mary’s men’s swimming and diving team used its tremendous depth to power past the College of Charleston today in Colonial Athletic Association swimming, 122-105. With the win, W&M (6-1 overall) assured itself of a winning season for the first time since 1998-99, and is off to its best start ever in conference action at 4-0. The Cougars fell to 5-6 (2-2 CAA). Unlike the rest of W&M’s meets this season, which are held on courses with a length of 25 yards, CofC has a 25 meter swimming pool.

The Tribe had a pair of two-event winners in the meet. Sophomore Jeff Collier (Salem, Va.) won the 800m free in 8:46.93, and claimed the 400m free with a time of 4:16.40. Junior Brandon Paster (Fairfax, Va.) swept the diving events, scoring season-highs of 141.45 from 1-meter and 123.75 from 3-meters.

Also winning events for the College were the 200m free relay team of Joe DeBiase (Moon Township, Pa.), Kevin Gallagher (Bridgewater, N.J.), Alex Jendzejec (Reston, Va.), and Nick Duda (Vienna, Va.), which timed 1:38.77, and sophomore Shawn Matthews (Rumson, N.J.) in the 100m backstroke.

William and Mary, which concluded its two-week winter training period in Florida this week, will face its next challenge next Saturday, January 20. The Tribe will be down in Wilmington, North Carolina, to take on CAA foes Davidson and UNC Wilmington.