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Pitor Safronczyk Wins NCAA 100-Yard Breaststroke Title

Pitor Safronczyk Wins NCAA 100-Yard Breaststroke Title
March 12, 2010

Canton, OH-University of Bridgeport athletic history was made on Friday night in Canton, OH, as sophomore Pitor Safronczyk (Bialystok, Poland) won the school's first-ever NCAA swimming title, as he took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 54.40 at the 2010 NCAA Division II Men's Swimming and Diving Championship Meet.

Safronczyk's win gives the Bridgeport men's swimming program a national champion in the program's first year at the varsity level.

After three days of the four day event, the Bridgeport men stand in 16th  place with 62 points at the 2010 NCAA Division II Men's Swimming and Diving Championship.
 
The UB women also joined Safronczyk in grabbing All-America honors, as sophomore Sandra Schmitz (Breuhl, Germany) took seventh in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.01, and senior Alena Gorlanova (Omsk, Russia) was fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.47.
 
Bridgeport's women's 800-yard free relay team took Honorable Mention All-America honors by finishing 12th in that even with a time of 7:41.68.
 
The Bridgeport women head into the final day of the 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Swimming and Diving Championship in 14th place with 84 points.