CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Freshman Giovanni Sullo swept the distance freestyle events and broke the 1000-yard pool record in the process as the Boston University men's swimming & diving team fell at Boston College, 173-127, on Saturday at the Margot Connell Recreation Center.
BU had a four-dual win streak snapped and moved to 6-2 on the season.
Sullo (9:17.40) and classmate Charles Schreiner (9:17.45) swam the second- and fourth-fastest 1000 freestyles in program history and finished 1-2 in both that event and the 500 free.
Sophomore Jonny Farber swept the backstroke events, winning the 100 in 49.32 before touching the wall first in the 200 in 1:48.24.
In the 100-yard butterfly, senior Jed Tan secured a personal best when he took first place in 49.55.
Sophomore Zein Mahana won the 1-meter dive on Saturday with an impressive score of 320.02.
Freshman Charlie Nenchev was the runner-up in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle with times of 45.90 and 1:40.13 while junior Tony Ponomarev placed second in the backstroke events (100, 49.64; 200, 1:49.18).
Freshman Diego Rosario (200 fly, 1:51.16) and sophomore Evan Liu (200 IM, 1:52.00) also earned runnner-up finishes.
The Terriers will return to action next Saturday (Jan. 25) when they host Bryant in their annual senior meet.
Wins
Giovanni Sullo - 1000 free (9:17.40); 500 free (4:29.08)
Jonny Farber - 100 back (49.32); 200 back (1:48.24)
Zein Mahana - 1-meter (320.02)
Jed Tan - 100 fly (49.55)
Runners-up
Charles Schreiner - 1000 free (9:17.95); 500 free (4:30.21)
Charlie Nenchev - 200 free (1:40.13); 100 free (45.90)
Tony Ponomarev - 100 back (49.64); 200 back (1:49.18)
Diego Rosario - 200 fly (1:51.16)
Evan Liu - 200 IM (1:52.00)
200 medley relay (Watters, Carlson, Tan, Cho) - 1:30.76
400 free relay (Cheng, Kohan, Farber, Nenchev) - 3:03.21