SEASON PREVIEW: Males’s Swimming Prepared To Construct Off Runner-Up Convention End

A Year Ago  

2024 Record: 3-5 Dual Meet Record 

Result: Claimed 2nd within the PSAC Championship Meet (seven All-PSAC performances) 

All-PSAC Races: 800 Freestyle Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Butterfly (Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland)), 200 Butterfly (Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)), 200 Medley Relay, 200 Breaststoke (Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill)) 

This Season  

Student-Athletes Departing: 8 

Incoming Freshmen: 3  

Key Returning Student-Athletes: Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tenn./Home Life Academy) (SR, breaststroke/IM), Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill) (GR, breaststroke), Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) (SR, IM/fly), Bengimin & Nickolas Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward) (SO, spring free/backstroke), Emmanuel Cisneros (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet) (SO, distance free), Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) (JR, dash free/fly) 

Key Dates  

Season Opener: Friday, October seventeenth vs. Clarion – 5:00 pm (Erie, Pa. / Carneval Athletic Pavilion Pool) 

Home Opener: Friday, October seventeenth vs. Clarion – 5:00 pm (Erie, Pa. / Carneval Athletic Pavilion Pool) 

PSAC Championships: 2/18-2/21 – York, PA / Graham Aquatic Center 

What To Expect  

In his first season as Gannon head coach, Milan Medo guided the Golden Knights to a tie for his or her greatest program end at PSAC Championships, incomes second. There had been seven All-PSAC performances that week as properly. And, with GU returning a bevy of the highest racers from a season in the past, Gannon will look to chase a convention title, together with a possibility to compete at NCAA National Championships 

1: The Cupboard Is Stacked – Of the seven All-PSAC relays/people from a 12 months in the past, at the very least two members from every relay workforce and everybody with a person convention accolade comes again in 2025-26. Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill) is amongst the highest returners; the now grad scholar owns the varsity document within the 100-yard breaststroke and would be the focus of the workforce this 12 months. Other returners, together with Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) (SR, IM/fly) and Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) (JR, dash free/fly) additionally had been all convention performers from 2024-25. Also a key notable return is Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tenn./Home Life Academy), who’s again within the pool after an damage derailed his 2024-25 marketing campaign. He at the moment owns three program data (500 Free, 4:29.10, 1,000 Free, 9:23.58, 200 Breast, 1:59.47).

Medo: “We have an incredible group of returners from a year ago. The experience they got at PSAC Championships is importannt to starting off the season well. I believe this team can accomplish great things.”

2: New Faces – There will probably be three incoming freshmen to assist bolster the Gannon lineup this season. GU will add Kaidan Helmeczi () (dist. free/fly), Marcos Rodriguez (), and Tyler Turgeon () to this system this 12 months. 

Medo: “We want to maximize all the talent that all of our student-athletes have at their disposal. I believe we recruited several high quality freshmen that will help to contribute to our team this season.”

3: The Season Begins With A Bang – Perhaps a rivalry is budding within the PSAC, and it is not due to the (considerably) shut proximity between the packages: Gannon and Clarion had an intense battle for second at PSAC Championships a 12 months in the past, they usually’ll face off in a twin meet on Friday, 10/17 on the Carneval Athletic Pavilion Pool to start out the season. Ultimately, the Golden Knights held off the Golden Eagles in factors through the last race, edging them 561.5-559.5 to say second place within the event. Gannon did fall to Clarion on the street final common season within the opener for GU. 

Medo: “I am excited to get the season rolling at home. We have such great competition coming into our building on opening night. We have a tremendous amount of respects for Clarion’s program and think this will be a great test for us to begin the year.”

4: Busy Fall – October seventeenth is simply the beginning of what’s going to be a fast-paced month and a half earlier than Thanksgiving. Gannon could have 4 meets previous to the winter break, together with PSAC tilts in opposition to Clarion and IUP in back-to-back weeks. GU will then journey to Case Western Reserve on November eighth, earlier than participating within the three-day Malone Invitational on Nov. 20-Twenty second. 

5: School Record within the Cards? – An attention-grabbing stat that can fascinate Golden Knight followers: at the very least one college document has been damaged in 4 of the final six males’s swimming seasons, with 2021-22 being the one one through which this didn’t happen. Sataev (100 breaststroke, 55.36), Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tenn./Home Life Academy) (500 Free, 4:29.10, 1,000 Free, 9:23.58, 200 Breast, 1:59.47) and Retsch (200 IM, 1:50.08), are the 2 present student-athletes that personal particular person marks.  

Full 2025-26 Schedule 

10/17 – vs Clarion (Carneval Athletic Pavilion Pool) – 5:00 pm 

10/25 – @ IUP (Indiana, PA) – 1:00 pm 

11/8 – @ Case Western Reserve (Cleveland, OH) – 1:00 pm 

11/20-22 – @ Malone Invitational (Canton, OH) – All Day 

1/17 – vs Oberlin & Malone (Carneval Athletic Pavilion Pool) – 1:00 pm 

1/23 – @ Edinboro (Edinboro, PA) – 6:00 pm 

1/31 – @ Penn State Behrend (Erie, PA) – 1:00 pm 

2/18-2/21 – PSAC Championships (York, PA / Graham Aquatic Center) – All Day 

3/10-3/14 – NCAA DII National Championships (Evansville, IN) – All Day