Bryant 93, WPI 90

Smithfield, RI - In their first meet after returning from holiday break, the men's swimming and diving team dropped a close 93-90 decision to Bryant on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Engineers record now stands at 3-4.

Jeff Meyer (Denver, CO) and Mason Ruffing (Stone Mountain, CA) each picked up wins for the Engineers. Meyer's victory came in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.76) and he also picked up second place finishes in the 500 (5:00.06) and 1000-yard (10:04.68) freestyles while Ruffing took first in the 100-yard butterfly (54.90) before finishing up with second place in the 200-yard IM (2:05.99).

Chase Johnson (Eastham, MA) swam to second place in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.21) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.10) and Alfred Green (Portmore, Jamaica) took a second place finish of his own in the 100-yard freestyle (51.40). Freshman Lee Chiang (Lexington, MA) grabbed second in the 50-yard free (23.06) and capped off his day with third place in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.23).

Other third place finishes included Dan White (Sidney, ME) in the 1000-yard free (10:43.39) and 500-yard free (5:13.46), Steve Rose (Worcester, MA) in the 100-yard (52.40) and 200-yard freestyles (1:55.50), David Keck (Orwigsburg, PA) in the 100-yard butterfly (57.24), Patrick Napier (West Roxbury, MA) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:28.24), and Green in the 50-yard freestyle (23.50).

Men's swimming and diving is now 3-4 and will return to action on January 17th versus UMass-Dartmouth beginning at 6pm.

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