KINGSTON, R.I. – Riley Williams (Arvada, Colo.) recorded an NCAA B Qualifier time in the 400 Yard Individual Medley while the Roger Williams University Men's Swimming & Diving team took third out of five teams at the Harold Anderson Invitational hosted by the University of Rhode Island over the weekend.
 
Competing against all Division-I schools at the event, the Hawks claimed the third-place finish with a team score of 313. They finished behind just Binghamton University who had a team score of 764, and Providence College who posted 542. In addition, RWU beat Holy Cross who scored 295, and the University of Maine who finished last with a team score of 259.
 
Williams had a fantastic weekend individually, his 4:04.44 time in the 400 IM qualified him for nationals and was good for third in the event. He also took fourth in the 200 Yard Individual Medley and was a part of three relay teams who finished in the top-seven.
 
Seth Sutton (Dunfries, Va.), Jeff Lyman (North Providence, R.I.), Blake Anderson (Seekonk, Mass.), and Williams competed in the 200 and 400 Yard Medley Relay races, taking fourth in the 200 and seventh in the 400. Sutton and Williams also raced in the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay with Kirk Schultz (Cos Cob, Conn.) and Emmett Stottlemeyer (Durango, Colo.) and they took sixth. The 200 Yard Freestyle Relay team consisting of Sutton, Stottlemeyer, Evan Fuller (Glastonbury, Conn.), and Dalton Sousa (Carver, Mass.) also took sixth.
 
Schultz also claimed eighth in the 500 Yard Freestyle while Bodie Ibrahim (Sunnyside, N.Y.) had a pair of strong showings, taking fifth in the 50 Yard Freestyle and sixth in the 200 Yard Freestyle.
 
As a whole, the Roger Williams Swimming & Diving program saw 40 swimmers post personal best times out of their 83 total entries. That comes out to an 48% rate that was the best among the seven schools in attendance.
 
Hawk Highlights
400 Yard Medley Relay
7^th: Jeff Lyman, Riley Williams, Seth Sutton, Blake Anderson - 3:29.06
 
200 Yard Freestyle
6^th: Bodie Ibrahim – 1:43.98
 
50 Yard Freestyle
5^th: Bodie Ibrahim – 21.13
 
500 Yard Freestyle
8^th: Kirk Schultz – 4:47.00
 
400 Yard IM
3^rd: Riley Williams – 4:04.44
 
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
6^th: Seth Sutton, Emmett Stottlemeyer, Evan Fuller, Dalton Sousa – 1:27.43
 
200 Yard IM
4^th: Riley Williams – 1:52.99
 
800 Yard Freestyle Relay
6^th: Seth Sutton, Kirk Schultz, Emmett Stottlemeyer, Riley Williams - 7:08.16
 
200 Yard Medley Relay
4^th: Jeff Lyman, Riley Williams, Seth Sutton, Blake Anderson - 1:33.80
 
What's Next
Roger Williams at Connecticut College on December 11