Posted: Jan 13, 2018
BRADFORD, Pa. -- The University of Pittsburgh men's and women's swim teams saw their first action since December as Buffalo State came to the Paul C. Duke III Aquatics Center Saturday.
Ultimately, Buffalo State claimed wins against both teams, earning the men's win 138-117 and the women's win 136-66.
Wells College was set to join the two teams for a tri-meet, however severe weather made their travel to the campus of Pitt-Bradford impossible.
"It was good to get back to racing today after being off for nearly six weeks," Head Coach Doug Alban said. "This is our toughest meet of the year, coming right after our annual training trip to Florida. The team had some very good swims, as they are very broken down and tired. This was an exciting meet, as we knew it would be very close. Ultimately, we came up a bit short, but we know what we need to work on as we head into the final stage of our season with conferences around the corner."
The first victory of the day for Pitt-Bradford came in the men's 1,000-freestyle as Carey Behm timed in at 10:52.23.
Pitt-Bradford later took the top-two spots in the 100-backstroke as Jared Schwab finished at 54.38 for the victory and Corey Koss timed in at 55.68 for second place.
Jillian Wright claimed the victory in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:19.36, just under two full seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Noah Frederick completed the Panthers' sweep of the 100-breaststroke as he also earned the win, finishing in 1:03.94.
The second win for the Panthers' women's team came in the 50-freestyle as Kayla Broad timed in 26.98.
Schwab claimed a win in the 50-freestyle with a time of 22.39 by a nose, just .14 of a second ahead of the second-place finisher.
Broad grabbed her second win of the day in the 100-freestyle with a victorious time of 59.89, the only competitor to finish in under a minute.
Corey Koss earned a win in the 200-backstroke with a winning time of 2:06.10, .30 of a second ahead of the second-place finisher.
The second win of the day for Frederick came in commanding fashion as he timed in at 2:21.72 in the 200-breaststroke, 4.13 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Carey Behm took the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:16.35, the only swimmer to complete the event in under 5:21.
Beyleigh Duda then finished in first place in the 100-butterfly with a time of 1:25.69.
Wright's second win of the day came in the 200-IM with a time of 2:38.45.
The day's events were concluded with the 400-freestyle relay.
The men's team of Benjamin Koss, Carey Behm, Corey Koss and Jared Schwab finished second with a time of 3:19.85.
The women's team of Broad, Danica Andrews, Beyleigh Duda and Wright finished third at 4:34.42.
Up next, the Panthers will have a busy weekend against conference opponents as they'll compete at Alfred State Friday and host Penn State-Behrend Saturday.
