TicketsFeb. 22, 2008
East Meadow, N.Y. - Sophomores Jeremy Peter (Obernai, France/Lycee Freppel) and Josh Schneider (Cincinnati, OH/Taylor) stole the show on day two of the BIG EAST Championship. Their efforts along with the swimming of freshman Nathan Williams (Cincinnati, OH/Elder) catapulted the Bearcats up a spot to fifth in the standings with 143 points.
Williams started the day for the Bearcats placing third in the 500 yard freestyle. His time of 4:28.78 knocked three seconds off of his preliminary time. The mark is also a season best for Williams, bettering the time he set at the Miami Invitational.
The tandem of Peter and junior Jakub Carda (Brno, Czech Republic/Sportovni Gymnasium) in the 200 IM, netted UC 31 points in the event. Peter won in a time of 1:48.37, while Carda finished eighth touching the wall in 1:51.95.
The highlight of the day belonged to queen-city native Josh Schneider. His time of 19.87 in the 50 freestyle won the event. His mark of 19.85 earlier in the day broke Cincinnati's school record in the event, breaking Blake Layda's mark of 19.91 set in 1998. This is the second straight year that a school record has been broken in the conference championship.
The women were led by the efforts of sophomore Elinore de Jong (Bussum,Netherlands/Goois Lyceum). Her time of 24.05, finished in 15th place in the 50 yard freestyle. Earlier in the day, de Jong's preliminary time of 23.75 marked her season-best time in the event. UC's only other score on the day came in the 200 yard free relay, where the women took tenth, in a time of 1:37.36. With two days complete, the women stand in ninth place with 62 points.