Men's Swimming 12th After Day One Of NEISDA Championship

MEN'S SWIMMING 12TH AFTER DAY ONE OF NEISDA CHAMPIONSHIP 

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BRISTOL, RI, Feb. 22, 2008 - Elms College freshmen Nick Whitman (Florence, MA) and Joe King (Springfield, MA) each clocked new school records, and the Blazers stood 12^th after the first day of the 2008 New England Men's Swimming & Diving Association (NEISDA) Championship at Roger Williams University.

Keene State tallied 225 points to take the first day lead. Bentley (191), Norwich (105), Bryant (96), Roger Williams (91), UMass-Dartmouth (72), St. Michael's (46), Bridgewater State (28), Salem State (26), Gordon (20), Colby-Sawyer (11), Elms Colege (6), University of New England (4) and Regis (3) rounded out the 14-team field.

Whitman set a new school-mark in the preliminaries of the 100-yard butterfly (58.81), while King posted a new school-record in the preliminaries of the 200-yard backstroke (2:22.69).

Whitman and King also teamed with sophomores Mike Starke (Chicopee, MA) and Jason DiMauro (New Hartford, CT) to place 12^th in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:41.58) and 11^th in the 400-yard medley relay (4:12.02).

The NEISDA Championship continues on Saturday, February 23 at Roger Williams University. Trials begin at 9:00 a.m.