THE FACTS
Carnegie Mellon 197, Gettysburg 65
What: Non-conference men's swim meet
When: Saturday, November 5
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
The Gettysburg men's swim team fell to Carnegie Mellon, as the Tartans won all but one event in the meet.
 
THE LEADERS
• Nick Cox (Purcellville, Va./Ponte Verda) took home the lone first-place honor for the Bullets, winning the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:56.95.

FOR THE FOES
• Aleksander Tarczynski picked up wins in the 200 medley relay, 50 freestyle, and 100 butterfly for the Tartans.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• The Gettysburg 200 Medley A-Team, of Cox, Declan Sheeran (McLean, Va./McLean), Max McAlister (Powell, Ohio, Olentangy), and Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic) took second with a time of 1:35.88.
• Cox finished second in the 100 backstroke, at 52.63. Hobelmann was third at 55.12.
• Harry Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) touched second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:55.56. His time was three tenths slower than the first-place finisher.
 
THE INSIDE STORY
• Luke McKenna (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) finished third in the 1000 freestyle, with a time of 10:02.35.
• Conor Vienneau (Newburg, Md./LaPlata) was third in the 200 freestyle, at 1:47.06.
• Sheeran touched third in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.54).
• Jack Murphy (Potamac, Md./Winston Churchill) took third in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 2:01.12.
• Charlie Cross (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) hit the wall third in the 200 IM (1:59.45).
• The 200 Freestyle Relay A-Team of Lorenzo Zullo (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk), Maximilian Scalise (Stamford, Conn./Darien), Vienneau, and Zac Evans (Egg Harbor Twp., N.J/Egg Harbor Twp.) was third with a time of 1:28.72.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Ursinus on Saturday at their Bullet Pride Meet. Meet time is 1 p.m.