Men's Swimming and Diving Finishes Second at Fairfield Invitational

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Seeing official action for the first time since 2019, the University of Bridgeport's men's swimming and diving team posted a second-place performance at the Fairfield Invitational this past weekend. UB piled up 481 points, finishing ahead of both Southern Connecticut State and Manhattan.

TEAM SCORES
1. Fairfield – 707 points
2. Bridgeport – 481 points
3. Southern Connecticut State – 246 points
4. Manhattan – 137 points

TOP PERFORMANCES
The Purple Knights opened Saturday with a strong third-place finish in the 200-medley relay, as Christian Toussi, Maximiliano Pedrozo Sevila, Camilo Villalba Vera, and William Crecca combined for a time of 1:45.42.

Individually, Sultanbek Azat and Toussi each picked up a pair of victories to lead Bridgeport. Azat captured both the 800-free (8:30.69) and 400-free (4:07.52) while Toussi touched first in the 100-back (55.96) and 100-fly (57.15). Pedrozo Sevila, meanwhile, added a runner-up finish in the 100-breast (1:05.70).

Villalba Vera showed his speed as well with second-place efforts of his own in both the 50-free (24.05) and 100-free (53.43).

The Purple Knights maneuvered a trio of third-place times as Ryan Wall notched a bronze in the 800-free (8:42.74), Pacome Sidelski in the 200-free (1:57.65) and Giancarlo Zamora in the 200-fly (2:10.42).

The meet concluded with another strong relay, as Villalba Vera, Azat, Sidelski, and Toussi teamed up to take second in the 400-free relay (3:31.66).

Diving started the festivities on Friday night as Vincent Militrano made his UB debut in the one-meter. He finished with 110.0 total points.

UP NEXT
The Purple Knights will make their home debut on Friday (Oct. 10) against Adelphi at 4 p.m.