Wilkes Men’s Swimming and Diving Finishes Sixth on the Landmark Conference Championships

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Wilkes University males’s swimming and diving crew secured a sixth place end on the ultimate day of the Landmark Conference Championships Sunday afternoon on the Mangione Aquatic Center.

Final Results

The last day started with the 200 backstroke prelims, and each Jacob Piotrowski (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge) and Maximilian Wilson (Manassas, VA/Seton) certified for the finals by incomes prime 16 finishes. 

In the finals, Piotrowski completed in twelfth place with a 2:03.78, however Wilson was simply 0.01 seconds behind him in thirteenth place with a 2:03.79. Piotrowski’s time was additionally a brand new program document by 0.15 seconds.

Max Johnson (Clarksburg, MD/Clarksburg) additionally set a brand new program document within the 1650 freestyle. The first-year broke his personal document by over 12 seconds with a time of 17:16.15. Overall, he broke two particular person program information over the 4 days of competitors, and helped the 800 freestyle crew break one other document.

The subsequent occasion was the 100 freestyle prelims, and Owen Lewis (Ellicott City, MD/Howard) punched his ticket to the finals with a 49.76. He then earned a sixteenth place end within the finals with a 50.32. Leo Miller (Oak Forest, IL/Oak Forest), Ashton Dainty (Scranton, PA/Scranton), and Luke Donato (Westerly, RI/Westerly) competed alongside Lewis within the prelims, however simply missed the minimize.

Miller got here in twenty second with a 51.45, Dainty got here in twenty fourth with a 51.69, and Donato completed in twenty sixth with a 52.16.

After a stellar exhibiting on day three, Tobias Misinay (Somerset, KY/Pulaski County) stored the momentum rolling by qualifying for the 200 breaststroke finals with a 2:22.68. He then took residence a thirteenth place end within the finals with a 2:21.10.

The final particular person occasion was the 200 butterfly, and each Caleb Keener (Shrewsbury, PA/Susquehannock) and Josh Leonard (Athens, PA/Athens Area) made it to the finals as prime 16 finishers. In the finals, Keener completed thirteenth with a 2:09.80, and Leonard completed sixteenth with a 2:12.52.

To shut out the Championships, the Colonels fielded a crew of Lewis, Piotrowski, Wilson, and Misinay for the 400 freestyle. That crew led to fifth place with a 3:19.05.

Below are the finals outcomes for every crew:

1. Catholic: 877. 50
2. Scranton: 770
3. Drew: 720
4. Susquehanna: 304. 50
5. Elizabethtown: 214
6. Wilkes: 185
7. Juniata: 150
8. Lycoming: 109
9. Moravian: 99
10. Goucher: 64