No. 20 Males’s Swimming Rolls Earns Sweep in Centennial Quad

LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 20 Swarthmore College males’s swimming staff kicked off its 2025-26 marketing campaign with a sweep within the season-opening Centennial Quad on Saturday. The Garnet defeated Ursinus College (205-54), Franklin & Marshall College (180-79) and Dickinson College (179-80) to open the season with a 3-0 convention mark. 

Five completely different swimmers picked up particular person wins for the Garnet males. Danny Castle, Mateo Smith, Cami Wilson, Dylan Herink and rookie JaimeTaylor all loved high swims for the lads. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
– The Garnet kicked off the season on a optimistic notice, claiming first general within the 200 medley relay. The staff of Levi Tipton, Dylan Ling, Wilson and Castle touched first within the occasion with a time of 1:34.22.

– Taylor shined in his first collegiate race, claiming the highest end within the 1000 freestyle relay. The rookie wasted no time introducing himself to the convention, racing to a ten:18.33 end to beat the closest challenger by six-seconds. 

– Castle and Tipton completed one-and-two within the 200 freestyle. The junior grabbed the highest end with a 1:45.36 end, whereas Tipton trailed at 1:49.26. 

– Matthew Kim and Nolan Weygandt positioned second and third within the 100 backstroke. Kim swam a 53.72, whereas Weygandt posted a 54.64. Later within the meet, Kim earned one other runner-up within the 200 backstroke at 1:58.50, whereas Matvey Ivanov adopted at 2:02.18.

– The Garnet duo of Jayden Wang and Herink put collectively a two-and-three end within the 100 breaststroke with instances of 59.80 and 59.85, respectively. Later within the meet, the duo repeated their finishes within the 200 breaststroke with Wang ending at 2:13.20 and Herink a 2:14.64. 

– The Garnet occupied the top-three spots within the 200 butterfly. Swarthmore continued their dominance within the occasion with Mateo Smith grabbing the highest end at 1:59.22. Sam Peterson and Tim Fan rounded out the trio with instances of 1:59.65 and 1:59.76, respectively. All three swimmers had been inside five-tenths of a second of one another with the closest non-Swarthmore challenger trailing the chief by 4 seconds. 

– Wilson completed because the runner-up within the 50 freestyle, touching the wall at 21.29. Castle then raced to a runner-up end within the 100 freestyle, clocking a time of 47.43. Jack Boerner was third general within the occasion at 48.68. 

– Peterson and Taylor had been second and third within the 500 freestyle. Peterson positioned second at 4:56.07, whereas Taylor swam a 4:59.46.

– Wilson returned to his profitable methods with the highest end within the 100 butterfly. The senior paced a Garnet duo with a end of fifty.96, whereas Ling grabbed second at 52.36. 

– Herink received the 200 IM with a 1:58.72 end. Weygandt additionally contributed with a third-place end at 2:01.95, incomes his second top-three results of the meet. 

– The Garnet positioned second within the 200 freestyle relay to finish the afternoon. The staff of Castle, Wilson, Boerner and Tipton clocked a time of 1:26.03. 

UP NEXT
The Garnet (3-0) return to motion towards elite competitors on the Chicago D3 Shootout on Friday, November 7.