November 30, 2006 - at U.S. Open - Day One

November 30, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

College Swimming
Rider at U.S. Open

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Rider University’s swimming team competed Thursday on day one at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships, hosted by Purdue University.

Senior Brandon Modrov (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge), the 2006 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year placed 68^th in the preliminaries of the 200 meter IM with a time of 2:25.78.

World record holder Michael Phelps placed second in the event.

The men’s 200 meter free relay of Modrov, senior Andy French (Richfield, Minn./Richfield Senior), junior Peter Starr (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area Senior) and freshman Scott Player (Chino Hills, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala) finished 26^th in the preliminaries with a time of 8:26.14.

Competition continues through Saturday.

-RU-