Men's Swimming and Diving in First Place After Day Two of NE10 Championships

Purple Knights hold 10 total medals and 390.5 points through 16 events.

Men's Swimming and Diving in First Place After Day Two of NE10 Championships
February 13, 2026
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Propelled by a podium sweep in the 500-free and seven total medals earned on Friday night, the University of Bridgeport's men's swimming and diving squad remained atop the team standings after Day Two of the Northeast-10 Conference Championships. The Purple Knights currently hold 390.5 total points through 16 events.

It was sheer domination in the 500-free that piloted UB on Friday night. The Purple Knights posted an incredible 1-2-3 finish, highlighted by freshman Sultanbek Azat breaking a second NE10 championship record in as many nights.

Azat's final time of 4:26.75 eclipsed the field by more than five seconds as he added a second distance crown to his weekend resume.

Pacome Sidelski and Ryan Wall rounded out the podium for UB, placing second and third respectively. Sidelski maneuvered a time of 4:32.49 while Wall posted a 4:34.08.

Henry Klode added an A-Final finish as well with a seventh-place time of 4:42.03.  

The 200-IM also saw an extremely crowded UB field. Ignacy Olownia led the way with a silver-medal effort (1:52.74) while Darcy Higgins placed fifth (1:53.94) and Maximiliano Pedrozo Sevila came in sixth (1:54.04).

Juan David Urrea Vargas opened the night for UB with a second-place performance in the three-meter dive finals. The Colombia native added 17 points to UB's team total courtesy of a final score of a 381.0.

The second event of the evening was also a second-place effort from the Purple Knights. UB's 200-free relay squad of Camilo Villalba Vera, Christian Toussi, Sidelski and Jurica Dragun nabbed the silver with a time of 1:22.78, which was just 0.31 seconds behind first-place Adelphi.

Bridgeport touched second in the 400-medley relay as well in the final event of the session.

UB's squad of Toussi, Dragun, Pedrozo Sevila and Sidelski combined for a silver-medal mark of 3:18.28, which was just 0.32 seconds behind Adelphi.

The final individual event featured a fourth-place time of 20.96 for Dragun in the 50-free while Villalba Vera touched seventh with a 21.21.

Brandon George also notched points in the 50-free with a 15th-place mark of 21.98.

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Day Three of the 2026 NE10 Championships will begin on Saturday at 10:15 a.m.