Males’s Swimming & Diving: Norwich posts six first-place finishes in aggressive exhibiting towards Purple Knights

COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Norwich University males’s swimming & diving workforce collected six occasion victories on Saturday afternoon, highlighted by robust showings throughout the dash, backstroke, butterfly, distance, and relay occasions, however fell on the highway to Saint Michael’s College, 180-104, contained in the Ross Sports Center Natatorium.

The Cadets earned particular person wins from Adrian Riendeau (Ridgecrest, Calif.), Andrew Clark (Acworth, Ga.), and Kristian Adlianitski (Cheshire, Conn.), together with a relay victory to shut the meet.  Four of Norwich’s six wins got here by decisive margins or tight finishes within the remaining meters.

Riendeau claimed Norwich’s first win of the day with a dominant efficiency within the 100-yard backstroke, touching in 55.85, almost three full seconds forward of Saint Michael’s prime finisher (58.73).  Clark proceeded to comb each butterfly occasions, taking the 200 fly in 2:00.77 with greater than 5 seconds of separation, and later profitable the 100 fly in 55.02, ending over a second away from the sector.

Adlianitski delivered one other spectacular dash exhibiting, edging out the Purple Knights in each the 50 free (22.29 to 23.46) and the 100 free (49.32 to 50.02) in a pair of slender, high-energy finishes.

Norwich capped the afternoon with a first-place end within the 200-yard freestyle relay, as Adlianitski, Drew Bylow (Monroe, Mich.), Clark, and Riendeau mixed for a 1:30.59, almost a second and a half forward of Saint Michael’s A workforce (1:32.12).

Additional runner-up finishes got here from Bylow in each the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.46, lower than a second behind SMC’s Rafael Kowal) and the 200 backstroke (2:03.11), and from John Connor Hallstrom (Bethany, Conn.) within the distance races, putting second within the 1000 free (10:36.79) and 500 free (5:14.33).

Despite the ultimate workforce rating, the Cadets produced a sequence of aggressive swims, notably within the dash, fly, and distance occasions.

“We competed with heart today,” mentioned Head Coach Jennifer Cournoyer.  “We were missing some of our teammates and recovering from a busy week, but it is always rewarding to see the team race with passion and intensity.  We did that today.  Our focus now shifts to getting a bit of rest before next weekend’s invitational and hoping for some strong times.”

LEADERS:

• 200 Yard Medley Relay
• 1000 Yard Freestyle
• 200 Yard Freestyle
• 100 Yard Backstroke
• 100 Yard Breaststroke
• 200 Yard Butterfly
• 50 Yard Freestyle
• 100 Yard Freestyle
• 200 Yard Backstroke
• 200 Yard Breaststroke
• 500 Yard Freestyle
• 100 Yard Butterfly
• 200 Yard IM
• 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Norwich will head to SUNY Potsdam subsequent weekend for the two-day North Country Invitational, set to start Friday, Nov. 21, at 4:00 p.m., and proceed via Saturday, Nov. 22.