Results
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior
Nick Cox (Purcellville, Va./Ponte Vedra) won three events and senior
Oliver Pickering (Millburn, N.J./Millburn) and sophomore
Declan Sheeran (McLean, Va./McLean) each won two events as Gettysburg College ran past visiting Messiah University 187-56 in a non-conference men's swimming dual in the Bullets Pool on Friday.
| Team |
Score |
| Messiah (3-3) |
56 |
| Gettysburg (4-2) |
187 |
| Event |
Winner |
GC Top Finisher |
| 200 Medley Relay |
Gettysburg (1:35.62) |
|
| 500 Free |
Duncan Proxmire, GC (4:45.72) |
|
| 200 Free |
Joe Curry, GC (1:48.85) |
|
| 50 Back |
Nick Cox, GC (23.72) |
|
| 50 Breast |
Declan Sheeran, GC (27.73) |
|
| 100 Fly |
Oliver Pickering, GC (52.33) |
|
| 50 Free |
Mark Lukens, GC (22.20) |
2. Hunter Sundlun (22.40) |
| 100 Free |
Cort Hobelmann, GC (47.57) |
|
| 100 Back |
Nick Cox, GC (51.81) |
|
| 100 Breast |
Declan Sheeran, GC (1:00.73) |
|
| 50 Fly |
Oliver Pickering, GC (23.88) |
|
| 100 IM |
Nick Cox, GC (54.92) |
|
| 800 Free Relay |
Gettysburg (7:17.46) |
|
Meet Highlights
- Gettysburg began the meet by going 1-2 in the 200 medley relay. Cox, Sheeran, Pickering, and freshman Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic) won the race by nearly six seconds with a time of 1:35.62. Hobelmann closed the final 50 yards in an impressive 20.85.
- Cox was untouchable in his three individual races. In the 50 back, his start put him well in front of the field and he cruised to the wall in 23.72. He was nearly five seconds faster than the rest of the field in the 100-yard backstroke, leading a 1-4 finish by the Bullets in 51.81. Cox closed the meet by claiming victory in the 100 IM, holding off a hard-charging Mason Dillon (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) with a time of 54.92.
- While Cox controlled the show in the backstroke events, Pickering was just as dominant in the butterfly races. He won by over three seconds in the 100 fly with a time of 52.33 and he claimed the 50 fly in 23.88.
- Sheeran doubled up in the breaststroke events. He managed to out-touch classmate Charlie Cross (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) by 0.12 seconds with a time of 27.73 in the 50-yard race. In the 100-yard breast, Sheeran out-ran Messiah's Isaac McCabe by a second with a time of 1:00.73.
- Senior Duncan Proxmire (McLean, Va./Langley), freshman Joe Curry (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg), and Hobelmann each accounted for one win apiece. Proxmire eased past the competition with an eight-second win in the 500 free (4:45.72). In the next race, Curry weathered a fast start by teammate Jack Murphy (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and rallied over the final 50 yards to win with a time of 1:48.85. Hobelmann managed to hold off Proxmire for a win in the 100 free at 47.57.
- Gettysburg closed the meet with a 1-2-3 finish in the 800 free relay. Proxmire pushed his team out to a big lead with a time of 1:44.92 in his lead-off leg and Murphy, Cross, and Curry finished out the win with a time of 7:17.46.
The Series
Gettysburg improved to 13-0 against Messiah in dual competitions.
Next Up
The Bullets return to action with the Gettysburg Invitational on Dec. 3-4. Friday's opening session is set to start at 5:30 p.m. with Saturday's two sessions beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Joining Gettysburg at the event will be Swarthmore College, Messiah, Dickinson College, Ursinus College, Susquehanna University, Bryn Mawr College, and Elizabethtown College.
