Deren named MAC Swimmer of the Week

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced yesterday that Jordan Deren earned Female Swimmer of the Week honors after her performances against Duquesne last Friday. Congratulations to Jordan and to the Bulls on a great start to the season!

Deren named UB Female Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to junior Jordan Deren! She was named the UB Female Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 26th. Jordan won the 500 free in a time of 5:05.04 and the 1000 in a time of 10:28.05 against Duquesne on Friday during the Buffalo's first dual meet of the season. She was also a member of the winning 400 free relay that concluded the meet.

Bulls Win First Dual Meet of the Season

The Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams opened up the dual meet season with wins over Duquesne on Friday night at Alumni Arena. After some good beginning of the season performances at the Western New York Invitational two weeks ago, the team was looking to improve with each upcoming competition.

The women won the meet by a score of 137.5 - 75.5. The meet began with a 1-2 finish in the 400 medley relay. UB went on to win 11 of the next 12 events including wins by Jordan Deren in the 500 free and 1000 free, Caroline Simmons in the 50 free, Alie Schirmers in the 200 IM, Caitlin Reilly in the 200 back, and Meili Carpenter on both 1-meter and 3-meter.

The men's meet came down to the final relay. With the score tied at 110, the Buffalo 400 free relay team of Simon Proudfoot, Jared Heine, Matt Hogan, and Chad Miller won convincingly with a time of 3:07.69. The relay victory clinched a 123-114 win for the Bulls. Other individual event winners from Buffalo include Matt Schwippert in the 200 fly, Zach Ruske in the 200 back, Colin Patrican on 1-meter, and Kenny Rhoades on 3-meter.

Because of technical difficulties with the timing system, the offical results have not yet been posted on our website. More information will be posted after the times are reviewed. You can read the complete press release on our website:
http://www.ubathletics.buffalo.edu/swimming/

Becoming a UB Bull...Great Video!

This is a great video put together by our Communications Office. You can also find it on our website, along with videos about the other Buffalo athletic teams. There are great things happening at UB, both academically and athletically, so feel free to check it out!

UB Athletics webpage: http://www.ubathletics.buffalo.edu/ (Click on the "Become A Bull" icon in the upper right-hand corner).

UB Hosts Western New York Invite

On Saturday, Oct. 10th, we hosted the 3rd annunal Western New York Invite at the UB's Alumni Arena Natatorium. Five teams competed in the meet, all representing the Western New York region. St. Bonaventure, Binghamton, Niagara, and Canisius all joined Buffalo in the non-scoring meet.

The meet had 2 timed final sessions, with half of the events in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. The women won 12 of the 15 events including multiple event wins for sophomore Brynn Marecki, junior Jordan Deren, and senior Caitlin Reilly. On the men's side, Zach Ruske won the 200 back, while freshman Josh Meints won the 100 breast and sophomore Simon Proudfoot won the 100 free. There were many impressive swims by the Bulls, but we are looking forward to the improvements that will continue to happen as the training picks up and the team gets back into meet-mode in the upcoming weeks.

You can read more about the meet and look at the results by visiting our website:
http://www.ubathletics.buffalo.edu/swimming/news/swm10-10-2009-wnyinvite.shtml#

Coach Bashor Goes Under Again

Here is another video of Head Coach Andy Bashor getting dunked yesterday at the UB Student Union. Several of the team members were there to help with his final plunge into the tank.

Andy also made the front page of the student newspaper on Wednesday....Way to go!

Coach Bashor Gets Dunked!

With UB's Homecoming Weekend quickly approaching, there are numerous activities already going on around campus. Today's events included the UB Coaches Dunk Tank outside of the Student Union. The majority of our head coaches, and some of the assistant coaches volunteered to be dunked by anyone walking by the tank this afternoon.

Coach Andy Bashor was dunked several times, including this dunk by team captain Andrew Tamchyna. The team was there for support!