Results
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg College and Washington & Lee University split 14 scored events, but the Generals managed to rack up a few more runner-up and third-place finishes to slip past the Bullets 142-119 in a non-conference dual meet in the Bullets Pool Saturday.
| Team |
Score |
| Washington & Lee (4-1) |
142 |
| Gettysburg (4-3) |
119 |
| Event |
Winner |
GC Top Finisher |
| 200 Medley Relay |
Gettysburg (1:35.77) |
|
| 1000 Free |
Luke McKenna, GC (9:59.97) |
|
| 200 Free |
Duncan Proxmire, GC (1:43.98) |
|
| 100 Back |
Matthew Fritz, W&L (53.37) |
2. Cort Hobelmann (53.58) |
| 100 Breast |
Steven Warren, W&L (59.33) |
2. Charlie Cross (1:00.65) |
| 200 Fly |
Reese Nelson, W&L (1:59.50) |
3. Mason Dillon (2:04.26) |
| 50 Free |
Devin Batemen, W&L (21.49) |
3. Oliver Pickering (22.18) |
| 100 Free |
Sam Nonemaker, GC (47.95) |
|
| 200 Back |
Will Hughes, W&L (2:01.19) |
4. Ben Fox (2:06.01) |
| 200 Breast |
Charlie Cross, GC (2:12.09) |
|
| 500 Free |
Duncan Proxmire, GC (4:40.87) |
|
| 100 Fly |
Devin Batemen, W&L (52.73) |
2. Sam Nonemaker (53.53) |
| 200 IM |
Oliver Pickering, GC (1:59.20) |
|
| 400 IM (EX) |
Charlie Cross, GC (4:22.08) |
|
| 200 Free Relay |
W&L (1:26.44) |
3. Gettysburg (1:29.06) |
Meet Highlights
- Gettysburg opened the meet in strong fashion by winning the first three races. The 200 medley relay team of freshman Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic), sophomore Charlie Cross (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle), and seniors Oliver Pickering (Millburn, N.J./Millburn) and Sam Nonemaker (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg) just beat out the Washington & Lee quartet by 0.15 seconds at 1:35.77. Nonemaker, making his season debut after returning from studying abroad, clocked a closing split of 20.73 in the 50 free.
- Sophomore Luke McKenna (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford Area) and senior Duncan Proxmire (McLean, Va./Langley) scored the next two wins. Despite being the lone Bullet in the 1,000 free, McKenna dominated the race with a time of 9:59.97 and won by over 17 seconds. Proxmire had to contend with Pickering in the 200 free in the next event with the former beating out the latter by less than two seconds at 1:43.98.
- Washington & Lee won the next four races and took the top two spots in the 200 fly and 50 free. The Generals also posted the top three finishes in the 200 back.
- Nonemaker continued his strong season debut by claiming the top spot in the 100 free as the Bullets went 1-2-3. Nonemaker finished in 47.95 with Proxmire right behind in 48.17. Hobelmann rounded out the top three in 48.87.
- After finishing up in the 100 breast, Cross beat out Todd Echols from W&L by over three seconds with a mark of 2:12.09. Cross also swam a non-scoring race of the 400 IM and took the top spot in the 4:22.08.
- Proxmire and Pickering accounted for Gettysburg's final two wins. Proxmire seized top honors in the 500 free at 4:40.87, finishing nearly 13 seconds ahead of McKenna. Pickering trailed the Generals' Matthew Fritz at the halfway point of the 200 IM, but the Gettysburg senior rallied past during the breaststroke and closed with a strong final 50 to win with a time of 1:59.20.
The Series
The Bullets and Generals battled in the pool for the first time in 11 years. W&L holds a 17-8 lead in the all-time series and has won the last eight meetings.
Next Up
Gettysburg returns to its Centennial Conference slate with a road trip to McDaniel College on Friday, Jan. 21, at 5 p.m.
