Terriers Close Semester On Winning Note
December 15, 2000 | Men's Swimming & Diving
BOSTON -- The Terrier men's swimming and diving team won 7-of-13 events en route to a 128-106 win over host Central Connecticut on Saturday (December 9th) as the men closed out their first semester schedule with a 3-1 record.
B.U. opened and closed the meet on an upbeat note by winning both the 400 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay with times of 3:41.34 and 3:19.41, respectively.
In between, senior Gregory Voloshin (Warwick, NY) was the lone Terrier to emerge with first-place finishes in two events--the one- and three-meter dive. He scored 237.53 points in the one-meter, and added another nine points to the team total when he totaled 237.83 points at three meters.
Other individual winners were senior Jason Ellow (Bath, PA) in the 200 freestyle in 1:48.67, junior Jeff Graves (Rockwell, TX) in the 200 fly in 1:56.84, and sophomore Jacob Jentzer (Biddeford, ME) in the 100 freestyle in :47.93. Jentzer also finished second in the 50 free in :22.56.
"Jacob did an outstanding job for us not just with his win in the 100 and second-place finish in the 50," said Terrier head coach Reagh Wetmore. "He also swam on our winning 400 medley relay team.
"What is really noteworthy is that he is a walk-on, and we rarely get walk-ons of his ability," Wetmore continued. "What's more, he didn't even swim for us last year. He wasn't sure he could combine academics and swimming so he took last year off.
"But, during the off-season, he came by my office and asked if he could swim for us," said the coach. "When I learned what his times had been in high school, I said he could certainly swim for the team. And, he's done an excellent job thus far."
Three Terriers finished second in their events at Central Connecticut. Junior David Rosado (Madrid, Spain), who was runnerup in both the 1000 free and the 200 backstroke, led the group. The other second-place finishers were sophomore Doug Mark (College Point, NY) in the 500 free and senior Jason Walkow (Erie, PA) in the 200 breaststroke.
Thus far this season, Wetmore has been pleasantly surprised with the overall performance of his team.
"This is the best team we have had since 1994 when we won the America East title," said the coach. "The key has been our depth. It's the first time in a long time that we have been able to put a number of quality swimmers in each event."
