Gallaudet updates - Bennett makes a splash in debut for GU men’s swim team

ARLINGTON, Va. – Sophomore Brian Bennett (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
had a strong debut for the Gallaudet University men’s swim team on
Friday night at Marymount (Va.) University as the Bison swam in a
double dual meet with the Saints from the Capital Athletic Conference
and non-conference opponent Frostburg State University. The Bison
dropped both meets as the Saints won 59-36 and the Bobcats won 58-37.

Bennett won two individual events and finished second in one event to
help the Bison (0-8, 0-5 CAC) secure team points. Bennett started the
meet with a bang as he won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of
10:30.38. The win gave Gallaudet a clean sweep in the 1,000-yard
freestyle as women’s swimmer Carlisle Robinson (Carmel, Ind.) won the
event a half hour before. Later in the meet, Bennett took home
first-place honors in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:06.11.
He completed his domination in the freestyle events as he finished
second in the 100-yard free with a time of 51.77 seconds, less than a
second behind Marymount’s Brian Tinsman (50.90 seconds). Junior
Daniel DiDonna (Parsippany, N.J.) had two second-place finishes
overall in the 200-yard IM (2:29.73) and the 100-yard breaststroke
(1:10.44). Freshman Dan Burton (Waukesha, Wis.) finished third
overall in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:11.12.

In the final event of the night, the finish was pure excitement as
Frostburg State edged Gallaudet by 14 hundredths of a second, 1:44.41
to 1:44.55, in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The Bison relay team
consisted of junior Ben Taylor (Indianapolis, Ind.), sophomores Grady
Gallagher (Las Vegas, Nev.), Kyle Sexton (Peoria, Ill.) and freshman
Kailob Miller (Ardmore, Okla.). The Bison also had a second team take
third-place with a time of 1:54.68. That team featured junior Sean
Ryant (Cleveland, Ohio), sophomore Brandon Pound (Utica, Ohio),
freshman Daniel Katz-Hernandez (Montgomery Village, Md.) and Kris
Lauderbaugh.

Gallaudet will host Hood College on Sunday, January 24, in the final
regular-season home meet for the Bison seniors. The CAC meet begins
at 1 p.m. in the Field House pool.