Males’s Swimming Earns Second Straight Tri-Meet Sweep Towards Washington & Jefferson and Bethany

Washington, PA. – After opening up their tri-meet schedule over the weekend, the Wheeling University Men’s Swimming workforce (4-0, 2-0) was again within the pool on Wednesday night time. The workforce traveled throughout I-70 for the Washington & Jefferson College tri-meet and would earn their second straight tri-meet sweep. The Cardinals would earn a 125-91 win over the host Presidents and added a 143-6 win over Bethany as they picked up first place in all however one occasion on the night time. 

Leading the way in which for the Cardinals was Aris Dimakis, who was the lone Cardinal swimmer to select up two wins on the night time. Both of these wins would come in brief distance occasions, as he started his day within the fast-paced 50-yard freestyle. Dimakis would swim the race in a time of twenty-two.23 because the Cardinals took the highest two spots within the subject, with Nathaniel Olivares taking second at 22.29. Dimakis would come again eight occasions later and was again within the pool for the 50-Yard Backstroke. He would as soon as once more lead a pair of Cardinals on the high of the leaderboard, selecting up his second gold medal with a time of 25.73. For Dimakis, he completed together with his first multi-win day for the Cardinals, and picked up his second and third wins of the season. 

It can be the relay occasions that bookended the day for the Cardinals, opening and shutting the occasion with a win. In the 200-Yard Medley Relay, Dimakis would be part of Meiko Schonekes, Felix Norlin, and Oliveras within the pool, taking the highest spot with a time of 1:38.11. At the tip of the day, it will be the Freestyle occasion that might swim, led by the workforce of Tom Currie, Archie Pigott, Sarp Killic, and Segmen Duygun. The foursome rounded issues out robust, taking the highest spot with a time of 1:31.48 to spherical out the relay occasions. The lengthy distance swim would kick-off the person occasions and Duygun continued his success main the Cardinals. He opened the day within the 1000-Yard Freestyle, and picked up a win by over 30 seconds, posting a time of 10:15.57 to get issues began. 

Two occasions later, the Cardinals had been again within the high spot as Pigott took on the 200-Yard Individual Medley. He would earn his third gold medal of the season, swimming a time of two:04.10, and beating out the sphere by over 20 seconds. After Dimakis’s first of two wins, Schonekes would get his time to shine within the 50-Yard Butterfly. Schonekes would decide up his first collegiate win, posting a time of 23.96 to maintain the Cardinals within the win column. The 100-Yard Freestyle would welcome Olivares to the pool and, after incomes second within the 50-Yard Freestyle, Oliveras introduced house a gold of his personal within the 100-Yard with a time of 49.63. After Dimakis rounded out his day together with his ultimate gold medal, Felix Norlin would wrap up the gold medals for the Cardinals within the 50-Yard Breaststroke. He swam a time of 28.05 to earn the highest spot and spherical out a robust day for the Cardinals. 

The Wheeling University Men’s Swimming workforce returns to motion on Saturday, October twenty fifth, once they swim of their house opener towards Bethany and Chatham with first swims at 4 PM