Men’s Swimming & Diving Down West Chester, 181-111

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania males’s swimming and diving staff took down West Chester, 181-111. The win brings them to 6-5, with 5 wins of their final six matchups.
 
A day after topping La Salle, two Quakers had been repeat winners. Sophomore Watson Nguyen secured first within the 100 breast for the second day in a row, this time with a 53.37. Senior James Curreri did the identical within the 200 again (1:48.36). Freshman Aaron Jia had a powerful day, successful each the five hundred (4:33.46) and 1000 free (9:16.77).
 
On the diving board, freshman Jack Handelman and sophomore Victor Dang dominated the rankings with Handelman claiming first and Dang second in each the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.
 
TOP RESULTS
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
1. Penn ‘A’: 1:28.73
Eddie Jin, Watson Nguyen, Alex Fu, Jeffrey Hou
2. Penn ‘B’: 1:30.32
Henry Guo, Rohan D’Souza Larson, John Lieberman, Xavier Hill
 
Men’s 1000 Freestyle
1. Aaron Jia: 9:16.77
3. Robert Melsom: 9:25.68
 
Men’s 200 Freestyle
1. James Curreri: 1:38.57
3. Truman Armstrong: 1:40.18
 
Men’s 100 Back
1. Jeffrey Hou: 49.26
2. Eddie Jin: 49.32
 
Men’s 100 Breast
1. Watson Nguyen: 53.37
2. Pippin Kantakom: 55.17
3. Colin Zhang: 56.17
 
Men’s 200 Butterfly
1. Henry Guo: 1:46.77
3. Andrew Xie: 1:51.14
 
Men’s 50 Freestyle
1. Alex Fu: 20.42
3. John Lieberman: 21.13
 
Men’s 1M Dive
1. Jack Handelman: 275.48
2. Victor Dang: 247.65

Men’s 100 Freestyle

1. Ryan McGuirk: 45.27

2. Eddie Jin: 45.31

 Men’s 200 Back

1. James Curreri: 1:48.36

2. Cooper Nicholson: 1:48.92

 

Men’s 200 Breast

1. Pippin Kantakom: 2:00.74

2. Rohan D’Souza Larson: 2:02.38

3. Neo Matsuyama: 2:02.70

 

Men’s 500 Freestyle

1. Aaron Jia: 4:33.46

3. Truman Armstrong: 4:34.57

 

Men’s 3M Dive

1. Jack Handelman: 261.68

2. Victor Dang: 259.28

 

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