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Men's Swimming and Diving 10/16/2010 11:00:00 PM VMIKeydets.com

Men's Swimming and Diving Opens Season at N.C. State

RALEIGH, N.C. – The VMI men's swimming and diving team opened its 2010 season at N.C. State Saturday, dropping a 165-81 decision to the Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C.

The Keydets did claim a trio of event wins on the day, claiming each of the top four spots in the 500-yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle relay. Freshman Kodiak Bowers helped lead the way for the Keydets, winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:57.82. Andrew Nelson, Benji Howard and Nate Myers rounded out that quartet for VMI, while a different foursome took part in the 100-yard butterfly.

In that event, freshman Jack Sullivan paced VMI in 56.90 seconds, with Thomas Brown, Alex Green and Will Shehan finishing second, third and fourth respectively.

Bowers joined classmates Scott Pease and Sam Halter on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team, opened by a leg from sophomore Chris Dreikorn, who also finished fourth in the 50 free earlier in the day. The foursome completed the relay in 1:34.87, with the second-place team (Brown, Sullivan, Howard and Ben Zaepfel) coming home in 1:37.40. Nelson led off the third-place team (Andrew Jeter, Joe Dutter and Justin Britto), while Shehan and Green swam the middle legs on the fourth-place effort (David Hayes, Daniel Miller).

VMI swimming and diving will return to action October 29, as both the men and women compete in Emmittsburg, Md. The women will open their season by facing Mount St. Mary's and Manhattan, while the Keydet men are back in action, taking on Manhattan and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).

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Players Mentioned

Kodiak Bowers: Free; Freshman

Justin Britto: Breast; Freshman

Thomas Brown: Fly/Free; Freshman

Chris Dreikorn: Back/Free; Sophomore

Joe Dutter: Back; Freshman

Alex Green: Fly/Free; Sophomore

Sam Halter: Breast/Free; Freshman

David Hayes: Breast; Junior

Benji Howard: Free; Junior

Andrew Jeter: Back; Senior

Daniel Miller: Free; Freshman

Nate Myers: Dive; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kodiak Bowers
: Freshman
: Free

Justin Britto
: Freshman
: Breast

Thomas Brown
: Freshman
: Fly/Free

Chris Dreikorn
: Sophomore
: Back/Free

Joe Dutter
: Freshman
: Back

Alex Green
: Sophomore
: Fly/Free

Sam Halter
: Freshman
: Breast/Free

David Hayes
: Junior
: Breast

Benji Howard
: Junior
: Free

Andrew Jeter
: Senior
: Back

Daniel Miller
: Freshman
: Free

Nate Myers
: Freshman
: Dive