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Men's Swimming Weekly Release

Rough Waters at St. Bonaventure

The University at Buffalo men's swimming team dropped a 142-54 decision to non-conference rival St. Bonaventure on Thursday evening at the Reilly Center Pool in UB's lone action for the week. UB is now 2-4 overall with one regular season meet remaining on the schedule.

UB's lone victory in the meet was in the 200-yard backstroke as junior Luke Adams (Quinnesec, MI/Kingsford) remained undefeated in the event. Adams clocked a 1:57.11 showing en route to a one-and-a-half-second victory over St. Bonaventure's Dan Freeland. He also competed in the 1,000-yard freestyle, racing against last week's Atlantic 10 Swimmer of the Week, Chris Ekimoff. Adams finished second in the race in 9:47.26, less than a second behind Ekimoff's 9:46.31.

Several Bulls Post Second-Place Finishes vs. Bonnies

Jeff Hurst

The Bulls posted four second-place performances Thursday night. Besides Adams' second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle, senior Jeff Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) placed second in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.74, just one-hundredth of a second behind St. Bonaventure's Scott Jordan (1:58.73). Senior Kevin Gatley (Charlton, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) finished second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.73. Sophomore Leandro Souza (Rio de Janiero, Brazil/Missouri State) also placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:20.79. UB's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Adams, Kevin Schuster (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena). Dave Harris (Rochester, NY/Greece-Arcadia) and Gatley also finished second in 3:15.72.

Adams Picks Up Pair of MAC Honors

Luke Adams

Luke Adams' strong performances against Niagara and Ohio garnered the junior a pair of awards from the Mid-American Conference. On Tuesday, Adams earned the league's Men's Swimmer of the Week award and followed that on Thursday with the MAC's Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Week award. For the season, Adams is undefeated in the 200-yard backstroke, winning in all four dual meets that he has entered the event. He suffered his first loss of the dual season in the 1,000-yard freestyle on Thursday at St. Bonaventure as he fell to top Atlantic 10 performer Chris Ekimoff. Currently ranks in the top 10 in three MAC events this season. He is second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:53.83), fourth in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:39.17) and eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.08).

Eastern Michigan Completes Regular Season Slate

The Bulls return to action this weekend when they travel to Eastern Michigan for a Mid-American Conference showdown with the the defending league champion Eagles. The meet, combined with the UB women also facing Eastern Michigan, begins at 1:00 p.m. From there, the Bulls head into the postseason with the ECAC Championships in Pittsburgh starting February 24 and the MAC Championships, hosted by Ohio University, starting March 2.