GETTYSBURG, Pa.— For the first time since 2010, Franklin & Marshall is back on top of the Centennial Conference in men's swimming. Trailing by 15 points entering Sunday, the Diplomats edged out Gettysburg by 18.5 points to claim their ninth overall CC crown.
F&M compiled 802.5 points throughout the four-day meet, capturing 10 golds in the 18 events en route to the title. Gettysburg finished second with 784 points, with Swarthmore close behind in the third at 718.5. This marked the closest-ever top-three team finish in Centennial history, as the top three teams had never finished within 100 points of each other in the 27-year history of the event.
Dickinson (458), Washington College (279.5) and McDaniel (164.5) rounded out the team scores.
F&M's Graminski took home Most Outstanding Performer of the meet honors after collecting six total gold medals throughout the meet. The sophomore won three individual races and was part of three winning relays for the Diplomats. Individually, he won the 200 IM, 100 and 200 breaststroke events while also teaming up for wins in the 200 medley, 400 medley and 400 freestyle relays. Graminski set new conference, championship meet and pool records in the both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and was part of championship-record 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.
Swarthmore's Ben Freeman was selected as the Most Outstanding Rookie, marking the third straight year in which the Garnet received the honor. Freeman won bronze in a trio of events, including the 1,650 freestyle on Sunday with an NCAA B cut time of 16:07.03.
Team Scoring- Final
- Franklin & Marshall, 802.5
- Gettysburg, 784
- Swarthmore, 718.5
- Dickinson, 458
- Washington College, 279.5
- McDaniel, 164.5
Most Outstanding Performer: Tom Graminski, Franklin & Marshall
Most Outstanding Rookie: Ben Freeman, Swarthmore
Event Winners
- 200 Medley Relay: Franklin & Marshall (Wahl, Graminski, Cline, Schiavone), 1:30.69 (B cut, meet record)
- 800 Freestyle Relay: Swarthmore (Bergmann, Menzer, Lawless, Freeman), 6:39.82 (B cut, CC/Meet/Pool record)
- 500 Freestyle: Alec Menzer, Swarthmore, 4:30.39 (B cut, meet record)
- 200 IM: Tom Graminski, Franklin & Marshall, 1:51.19 (B cut)
- 50 Freestyle: Chris Schiavone, Franklin & Marshall, 19.99 (B cut, pool record)
- 400 Medley Relay: Franklin & Marshall (Wahl, Graminski, Sinton, Schiavone), 3:19.88 (B cut)
- 200 Freestyle Relay: Franklin & Marshall (Cline, Schiavone, Hopkins, Sang), 1:21.47 (B cut)
- 400 IM: Will Freeman, Dickinson, 4:03.15
- 100 Butterfly: Jack Edelson, Gettysburg, 50.14
- 200 Freestyle: Alec Menzer, Swarthmore, 1:38.82 (B cut, CC/Meet/Pool record)
- 100 Breaststroke: Tom Graminski, Franklin & Marshall, 55.63 (B cut, CC/Meet/Pool record)
- 100 Backstroke: Nick Cox, Gettysburg, 50.56
- 1650 Freestyle: Willem Stoll, Franklin & Marshall, 15:49.62 (B cut)
- 200 Backstroke: Andrew Feeley, Washington College, 1:50.40
- 100 Freestyle: Chris Schiavone, Franklin & Marshall, 43.99 (B cut)
- 200 Breaststroke: Tom Graminski, Franklin & Marshall, 2:01.40 (B cut, CC/Meet/Pool record)
- 200 Butterfly: Jack Edelson, Gettysburg, 1:52.39
- 400 Freestyle Relay: Franklin & Marshall (Schiavone, Cline, Wahl, Graminski), 2:59.84 (B cut, Meet record)
