Wilkes Males’s Swimming Defeats Goucher on the Street 159-32

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Wilkes University males’s swimming staff defeated the Goucher College Gophers 159-32 Saturday afternoon to stay undefeated on the midway level of the common season.

Full Results

The Colonels enhance to 6-0 this season total and 2-0 within the Landmark, whereas the Gophers fall to 1-5 total and 0-3 within the Landmark.

The Colonels began the meet by successful the 400 yard medley relay with a 4:01.11 because of the staff of Max Wilson, Jacob Piotrowski (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge), Alton Smargiassi (Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia), and DJ Hammond (Stone Mountain, GA/Stephenson). That was solely the start as Wilkes took the highest spot in each occasion aside from the 200 yard butterfly.

Piotrowski and Max Johnson (Clarksburg, MD/Clarksburg) then took the primary and second place spots within the 1,000 yard freestyle, with Johnson beating out his teammate with a ten:53.38 time. 

The Colonels swept the rostrum within the subsequent three occasions. It began in the 200 yard freestyle with Jack DeLuca (Easton, PA/Moravian Academy) successful over Wilson and Josh Leonard (Athens, PA/Athens Area) with a time of 1:58.88. Next was the 50 yard freestyle the place Owen Lewis (Ellicott City, MD/Howard) took the highest spot (23.25), adopted by Luke Donato (Westerly, RI/Westerly) in second place, and Leo Miller (Oak Forest, IL/Oak Forest) in third place. Then lastly within the 400 yard IM, Tobias Misinay (Russell, KY/Pulaski County) gained gold with a 4:42.54 with Alton Smargiassi (Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia) and Caleb Keener (Shrewsbury, PA/Susquehannock) taking second and third place, respectively. 

Lewis continued his day by successful the 100 yard freestyle with a 53.06, adopted by Brady Rushton (Nanticoke, PA/Greater Nanticoke Area) in second (57.27) and Keener in third (57.69). Afterwards, Wilson and Miller took the highest two spots within the 200 yard backstroke as Wilson completed with a 2:10.92 and Miller with a 2:21.38.

Misinay earned one other first place end by successful the five hundred yard freestyle with a 5:18.85, after which Piotrowski gained his first particular person occasion by ending first within the 200 yard breaststroke with a 2:28.40.

The Colonels capped off the meet with each their A and B staff incomes the highest two spots within the 400 yard freestyle relay. The staff of Misinay, Miller, Johnson, and Lewis completed first with a time of three:31.29, and the staff of Hammond, Keener, Rushton, and Leonard completed second with a time of three:48.20.

Next up for Wilkes is the Electric City Invite hosted by Marywood University from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23. The first day of the invite begins on Friday at 5 p.m.