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Swarthmore Sets Pace

Swarthmore Sets Pace
Posted: Feb 18, 2017

William Benn, Ursinus

LANCASTER, Pa. - Swarthmore took a major step toward unseating Gettysburg as the Centennial men's swimming champion on Saturday night.

The Garnet captured four of the night's seven events, including both relays, to take a 112-point lead (511-399) over eight-time defending champ Gettysburg. Ursinus is third with 344 points, followed by Franklin & Marshall (341), Washington College (314), Dickinson (288) and McDaniel (161).

The Swat quartet of Jeff Tse, Alejandro Hernandez, Andrew Steele, and Chris Smith, set a meet record in the 200 medley relay, touching the wall in 1:31.57. 

The Bullets' Ogden Leyens picked up his second gold medal with a win in the 200 freestyle in a Conference-record time of 1:38.95.

Teammate Ty Dougherty earned his second gold medal of the meet with a victory in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 56.22. 

Swarthmore's Liam Fitzstevens became the first back-to-back 400 IM champ since 2008, winning the event with a time of 4:03.76, while teammate Andrew Steele defended his title in the 100 fly with a clocking of 49.48.

Ursinus' William Benn became the first Bear to win the Centennial 100 back, touching the wall in 50.69.

Sunday's prelims begin at 10 a.m. with the finals slated for 6 p.m.

 

200 Medley Relay: 1-SWA (Tse, Hernandez, Steele, Smith), 1:31.57 (meet record); 2-WAS (Elliott, Mackenzie, Sullivan, Weiler), 1:33.60; 3-F&M (Gould, Lang, Dietrich, Peterson, Sanders), 1:34.43.

400 IM: 1-Liam Fitzstevens, SWA, 4:03.76; 2-James Callaghan, URS, 4:04.57; 3-Brendan Jones, WAS, 4:07.57.

100 Butterfly: 1-Andrew Steele, SWA, 49.48; 2-Danny Sanders, F&M, 50.86; 3-Eric Dietrich-Peterson, F&M, 51.07.

200 Freestyle: 1-Ogden Leyens, GET, 1:38.95 (CC, meet record); 2-Jake Menzer, URS, 1:41.70; 3-Chris Smith, SWA, 1:42.18.

100 Breaststroke: 1-Ty Dougherty, GET, 56.22; 2-Kevin Mackenzie, WAS, 56.63; 3-Henry Wilson, SWA, 57.23.

100 Backstroke: 1-William Benn, URS, 50.69; 2-Jeff Tse, SWA, 50.82; 3-Timothy Gould, F&M, 51.91.

800 Free Relay: 1-SWA (Sekula, Fitzstevens, Lutzker, Smith), 6;51.50; 2-URS (Menzer, Wagner, Cooper, Lear), 6:52.46; 3-GET (Sorenson, Kiehl, Nieves, Leyens), 6:54.61.