Feb. 19, 2009

Results

The men's swimming team collected two silver medals and one bronze in Thursday evening's day two action at the Atlantic 10 Championship. In addition, freshman Roman Becicka set a new school record in the 200-yard individual medley.

Sophomore Edward LeBlanc opened the day with a second place showing in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:29.77, just 4/100th's of a second off the school record time he set at last year's A-10's.

Becicka followed in the next race with a fourth place time of 1:52.99 in the 200 IM. His time of 1:51.77 in the morning trials was good for a new Duquesne record. Junior Ian Walsh also tallied team points for the Dukes in 200 IM.

Sophomore Jim O'Hara led three Dukes in the 50 freestyle with a silver medal performance in a time of 20.66. Following him were junior Brendan Schilling and sophomore Rich Ryan.

The Dukes wrapped up the day with a third place finish in the 200 free relay in a time of 1:22.35.

Day three action will begin Friday morning at 10:30 am with time trials in five events, followed by the finals at 6:30 pm in six events.