Oct. 8, 2010

Complete Results

West Point, N.Y. - Stony Brook's swimming and diving teams opened their respective seasons at Army on Friday night. Freshman Renee Deschenes (Winnipeg, Manitoba) led the women's team with two wins. Freshman Veronica Reid (Duncan, British Columbia) also won an event in her first collegiate meet. Junior Sean Conway led the men's team with a pair of top-five finishes.

Deschenes won the 100 and 200-yard backstroke, each by more than one second, in 57:36 and 2:04.50, respectively. She also finished second in the 200 fly (2:10.97) and was part of the 200 medley relay that took fourth.

Reid had three top-ten finishes on Friday evening, including a win in the 200 breast (2:25.16). She placed second in the 100 breast (1:06.49) and ninth in the 50 free (25:41).

Also swimming well for the women's team was junior Taylor Crosby (Port Middletown, N.J.). She recorded three top-ten finishes (100 breast - 1:07.61, 200 breast - 2:29.32 and 200 IM - 2:13.36).

Conway took second in the 100 free (47.47) and fifth in the 50 free (21.65). He was also part of a 400 free relay that finished third.

Senior Benjamin Kammerman (Binghamton, N.Y.) finished third in the one and three-meter dive.

Both squads are back in action when they travel to face St. Francis (N.Y.) on October 23.