Bullets Swimming Begins Off the Season with Robust Efficiency in Centennial Convention Quad

Posted By Gettysburgian Staff on Oct 27, 2025 |

By John Towey, Staff Writer 

This Saturday, the Gettysburg Bullets swim staff hosted Johns Hopkins University, Washington College, Bryn Mawr College and McDaniel College within the Centennial Quad to open up their season. For the boys’s staff, they took down Washington College 201-59 and McDaniel 216-37. They fell brief to Johns Hopkins 182-78. 

Connor Mangan ’28 received the 200m backstroke occasion for the Bullets with a time of 1:53.34. He additionally completed second within the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:55.88, putting him eighth in program historical past.

Other notable Bullet performances included Evan Graham ’28, who completed second within the 100m backstroke with a time of fifty.73. Ben Butterfield ’29 began off his faculty profession robust, putting second within the 100m butterfly with a time of 51.99 seconds. The 200m medley relay of Graham ’28, Kiener ’28, Schundler ’27, and McAlister ’26 completed second with a time of 1:33.96.

The ladies’s staff picked up the place they left off final season, beating Washington College 212-42, McDaniel 215-40, and Bryn Mawr 215-41. They fought onerous in opposition to Johns Hopkins, in the end falling 150.5 to 105.5. 

Valerie Lawton ’26 had a decisive first place end within the 50m free with a time of 24.47. Lawton, together with Hawkins ’26, Knoller ’26, and McKenzie ’27 began off the meet with a win within the 200m medley relay, ending at 1:45:92, shifting them to seventh in all time program historical past within the occasion. 

Emily Brown ’29 made her presence identified early on Saturday with a win within the 1000m free boasting a time of 11:01:54. 

The Bullets will compete once more at dwelling in opposition to Franklin & Marshall this Friday at 5:30 PM.

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