College of Staten Island men's swimming junior captain Tim Sweeney wrapped up a tremendous weekend at the ECAC Winter Championships at Nassau County Aquatics Center in East Meadow, NY, this afternoon, posting a fourth place finish in his final event of the weekend, and his only event on Sunday.  The race saw him finish with a personal best time in the process, and put the finishes touches on a quality run through the ECAC field.

Sweeney was one of five racers who had posted a sub-two minute seed time in the 200-yard Individual Medley and when it came to the race itself, he did not disappoint, shaving off almost three seconds from his seed time to come in at a personal best 1:55:42.  Sweeney came in fourth overall, but was the top NCAA Division III swimmer in the field.  NCAA Division I's Scott Quirie from NJIT took the race outright with a time of 1:53.70 followed by Southern Connecticut's Raymond Cswerko and Pace's Nianzhong Liu's 1:54.03, both competing at the Division II level.

"Overall I am so pleased with how I swam this weekend," said Sweeney. "Getting a chance to swim against Division I and II athletes as well as some of our Division III rivals is an opportunity that does't come too often so I just wanted to give it everything I had and leave nothing behind. This weekend above all gives me the motivation I need to keep working hard in the pool and in the gym."

The great run by Sweeney was accentuated with his great run yesterday, which saw him score three top three finishes, including a win in the 100-yard Butterfly, and third place in the 200-yard Butterfly, which saw him break CSI records.

"Picking up the 100 fly record was a great feeling because I had just missed the record last season by about a tenth of a second," he said. "I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go as fast as I did, in season, so walking away from this weekend with two school records is more than I could've hoped for."

In yesterday's 200-yard Butterfly event, Sweeney also achieved a NCAA B-Cut time, making him eligible for the NCAA National Championship in 2016.

"To be able to get the cut in-season is a great feeling, and I can't wait to try to go faster at champs," Sweeney noted.

Sweeney was the only Dolphin to participate at the ECAC Winter Championship.  The team itself is idle until December 18, when they travel to take on Lehman College for a CUNYAC-tilt, at 6pm.