Males’s Swimming Finishes Third at Centennial Championships

LANCASTER, Pa. – The Swarthmore College males’s swimming staff completed third on the Centennial Conference Championships on Sunday afternoon. The Garnet wrap up the weekend with 5 gold, three silver and two bronze medals. 

The 400 freestyle relay of Levi Tipton, Cami Wilson, Sean Neirynck and Danny Castle closed out the championships with a gold-medal end. Swarthmore took first place within the occasion for the fourth-straight season. The swim additionally marked Wilson’s fourth gold medal of the meet. 

Mateo Smith secured the staff’s second medal of the session, incomes silver within the 200 butterfly. The junior has completed because the runner-up within the occasion for the second-straight 12 months. 

Johns Hopkins gained the staff championship with 940.5 factors, whereas Gettysburg adopted at 726. The Garnet adopted behind with 675 factors to earn a top-three outcome. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
– Dylan Herink swam within the high warmth of the 200 backstroke, ending eighth with a time of 1:49.80. The junior fell simply in need of his private finest, which ranks second all-time in program historical past. Nolan Weygandt gained the second warmth with a 1:52.12 mark, posting the fifth-fastest all-time swim. The rookie was ninth total within the occasion. 

– Tipton put up a quick time of 45.19 within the fourth warmth of the 100 freestyle, ending fourth total. The sophomore posted the third-fastest mark in program historical past as he almost climbed into medal place from an earlier warmth. Castle swam within the high warmth, putting sixth total with a forty five.80 end. Benton Greenberg additionally snuck into the top-eight with a 46.02 mark. 

– Timothy Fan battled his approach into the 200 breaststroke top-eight, ending fifth total at 2:05.77. The effort ranks sixth all-time in program historical past. 

– Smith fought to a second-place end within the 200 butterfly. The junior claimed silver with a time of 1:50.48 to maneuver into second all-time in program historical past. Sam Peterson additionally swam within the high warmth, ending eighth at 1:53.91. 

– Swarthmore closed out the meet with a gold medal within the 400 freestyle relay. The staff of Tipton, Wilson, Neirynck and Castle gained an thrilling finale with a time of two:59.01 – besting the Bullets by three-hundredths of a second . The time ranked second all-time and outperformed the NCAA B minimize. The Garnet B relay of Greenberg, Weygandt, Matthew Kim and Luke Magnuson additionally touched first of their race with a 3:03.78 end. 

UP NEXT
The Garnet will put together for the NCAA Championship Tournament, the place they’ve a number of athletes in place to qualify. Selections can be introduced on Friday.