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Cassidy Lynch Wins ECAC Diving Title

Cassidy Lynch

PITTSBURGH, PA - The University at Buffalo men's swimming and diving team opened the 2006 ECAC Championships in eighth place after the first night of competition at Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The Bulls have 71 points and trail leader Binghamton at 152 points.

Freshman diver Cassidy Lynch (Westminster, CO/Legacy) set a UB record to win the three-meter diving title. Lynch turned in a six-dive total of 333.40 points in the final round to eclipse Justin Monin's 328.05 mark set in 1995. Lynch also had Friday's highest preliminary point total with 274.95 points. Lynch is the first UB diver since Patrick Lee in 2004 to earn an ECAC diving title.

Luke Adams

Luke Adams (Quinnesec, MI/Kingsford) set a lifetime-best in the 500-yard freestyle on Friday. Adams posted a 4:39.47 clocking in the preliminary round, lowering his previous best by nearly five seconds. In the finals, he finished sixth overall with a time of 4:39.65.

UB relayers also earned points on Friday night. In the 400-yard medley relay, the Bulls reached the championship final, placing seventh in 3:35.01. The time was a season-best for the Bulls in the event. Adams led off the backstroke leg of the race with Leandro Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Missouri State) (breaststroke), Kevin Schuster (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) (butterfly) and Mike Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) (freestyle) following in the water. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Bulls raced in the consolation final, finishing second in the race and 10th overall in 1:27.69. The foursome consisted of Jeff Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena), Kevin Gatley (Charlton, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), Schuster and Adams.

Competition continues throughout the weekend.