'KEENE, N.H. 12/10/05 - The Keene State College women's swim team finished first and the Owl men's team placed second to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in dual meets held Saturday at Spaulding Gym Pool in Keene, N.H.

The KSC women improve their dual meet record to 3-2 with the 153-146 victory over WPI.  The Owl men narrowly lost 145-143 to drop to 2-3 on the season. 

Katlin Pryor (Jaffrey, N.H.) and Devon Trabilsy (Hillsborough, N.J.) highlighted the win for the Owls as each earned a pair of first place individual finishes.  Pryor captured the 100-yard freestyle (57.27) and 1650-yard freestyle (18:47.88), while Trabilsy placed first in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.41) and 200-breaststroke (2:42.98).  Kelly Widman (Middlebury, Conn.) placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (27.82) and Katie Allenson (Clifton Park, N.Y.) finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:10.51) to round out the top individual performances for the Owls.  

Pryor and Trabilsy also joined teammates Widman, and Yankowski on the winning 400-yard medley relay team (4:23.15), while Pryor, Allenson, Yankowski, and Widman teamed up to take first in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:55.43). 

Diver Andria Titko (East Longmeadow, Mass.) finished first in the one-meter diving event with 172.95 points.

Karen O'Sullivan led WPI with first place finishes in the 100-(1:03.83) and 200-yard butterfly (2:21.69), and 400-yard individual medley (5:00.23). 

Scott Seligman (Clifton Park, N.Y.) won the 100- (1:01.39) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.26) races and Kyle Uricchio (Enfield, Conn.) prevailed in the 200-yard butterfly (2:11.77) and 400-yard individual medley (4:35.30) to lead the Owls. Seligman's time in the 100 breaststroke was a school record. Other top finishers included Charlie Garrigan (Camden, Me.) in the 100-yard freestyle (51.29) and Adam Van Brandenburg in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.36). The 400-yard medley relay team of Garrigan, Seligman, Dan Ormrod (Branford, Conn.), and Van Brandenburg also placed first with a time of 3:50.96.  Moe Mulholland (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) teamed up with Ormrod, Garrigan and Van Brandenburg to capture the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:25.86). 

Joel Rousseau placed first in the 100-yard (57.04) and 200-yard backstroke (2:04.34) events and 100-yard butterfly (52.81) to lead WPI.    

The Keene State women are off until January 18 (6 p.m.) when it faces Plymouth State University at Plymouth.   The Owl men are off until the Bridgewater State College meet on January 25 in Bridgewater, Mass.