KEENE, N.H. 10/25/08 - There were mixed results for Keene State swim teams in their opening season meet against Brandeis University on Saturday.   The KSC men won 172-122 while the Owl women lost to the Judges 174-122.

The Keene men won 12 events to post the victory.  Four Owls were double-winners.  Sophomore Karl Balinski (Waterford, Conn.) won the 50 free (23.05) and the 100 free (50.57), freshman Colin Daly (Cromwell, Conn.) won the 100 back (57.42) and the 200 back (2:07.36), junior Domingo Rose (Nashua, N.H.) won the 100 breast (1:00.49) and the 200 breast (2:24.27), and sophomore Tim Thornton (Fairfield, Conn.) won both one-meter (227.05 points) and three-meter (227.50 points) diving events.

Sophomore Dan Theleen (Southbury, Conn.) won the 500 free (4:57.18) and sophomore Dan Morse (Hope, R.I.) won the 1,000 free (10:23.59). 

The team of sophomore Connor Pennoyer (Norwalk, Conn.), Daly, Rose, and Balinski combined to win the 200 medley relay (1:41.99).

In the women's competition, junior Jackie Foster (Bedford, N.H.) won the 50 free (26.33), freshman Jillian Whitaker (Gilford, N.H.) won the 100 breast (1:11.64) and sophomore Rachel Battis (Beacon Falls, Conn.) won the one-meter diving event (172.65 points).

Juniors Kristine Trutor (Holden, Mass.), Alea Paddock (Newbury, N.H.), and Foster, and freshman Maureen O'Leary (Nashua, N.H.) teamed up to win the 200 medley relay (1:56.64).

The Owls are right back in the pool on Sunday, competing at the Bentley College Invitational in Waltham, Mass.