Pirates Open Competition At The Nike Cup
November 20, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- The East Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened Nike Cup competition Thursday at Koury Natatorium on the campus of the University of the North Carolina. The Pirate men finished day one of the three-day meet in fifth-place, while the ECU women concluded the day in sixth-place.
On the men's side, the foursome of Victor Santos, Shawn Hunter, Michael Dugan and Trevor Irish placed sixth in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:22.39. Hunter teamed with Fran Krznaric, William Hicks and Adam Dear in the 400-yard medley relay to earn eighth-place with a time of 3:18.46.
Hunter placed sixth in the 50-yard freestyle with a mark of 20:42 as did Krznaric in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:49.19.
Sophomore Scottie Kent posted the Pirates' best finish of the day as he captured fourth-place in the 1-meter springboard competition.
Each of the ECU women's relay teams claimed fifth-place. Anastasia Amoiroglou, Megan Sellers, Anna Maria Svanbergsson and Logan Graumann completed the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:33.79. Bailie Monahan joined Amoiroglou, Graumann and Sellers in the 400-yard medley relay and finished with a mark of 3:45.06.
ECU will return to Koury Natatorium Friday morning for the second day of the 2015 Nike Cup Invitational. The preliminaries will start at 9:30 a.m., and the finals will begin Friday evening at 5:30 p.m.
Following the first day of action, Duke is in first place on the men's side with 562 points. N.C. State is in second place with 472 points, and the U.S. Naval Academy is in third place with 384 points. North Carolina is in fourth place with 350 points, followed by East Carolina with 320 points, Yale with 285 points and Old Dominion with 170 points.
For the women, Duke also leads the competition with 555 points. Carolina is second with 480 points, followed by Yale with 472 points, N.C. State with 402.50 points, Marshall with 234.50 points, East Carolina with 215 points, Old Dominion with 153 points, Clemson with 43 points and James Madison with 24 points.
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