Males’s Swimming roasts Swarthmore; Potts wins 4 gold medals

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Salisbury University males’s swimming staff picked up some key momentum heading into subsequent week’s midseason crescendo, roasting the Swarthmore Garnet 169.5-92.5 on Saturday afternoon at Ware Pool.
 
MEET NOTES

• Mason Potts secured 4 gold medals and tied for a meet excessive with 18 factors. He took solo titles in each the 100-yard freestyle (46.68) and 100 backstroke (51.05).
• Matt Merke matched Potts with 18 factors en path to gold medals within the 1,000 free (9:47.62) and 200 particular person medley (1:57.68).
• Owen Mahoney reeled in a gold, silver, and bronze on the day, taking first within the 500 free (4:47.44), second within the 1,000 free behind Merke (9:59.96), and third within the 200 butterfly (1:57.20).
• Aidan Loehr collected a haul of three golds and one silver. Individually, he took first within the 100 breaststroke (57.64) and second within the 200 breast (2:11.84).
• Brady Wolf snagged a gold within the 200 breast (2:11.07) and bronze within the 100 breast (59.44).
• Salisbury led off the day with gold and silver within the 200 medley relay. The SU A-team of Potts, Loehr, Michael Paulos, and Everett Rachael touched the wall first in 1:32.02.
• In the meet-ending 200 free relay, Potts, Rachael, Michael DeSimone, and Loehr bested the sphere by over two seconds, posting a golden mark of 1:24.22.
• SU secured a complete of 11 gold, seven silver, and eight bronze for 26 medals on the day.

 
The Sea Gulls now set their sights on the three-day Yellow Jacket Invitational on Friday via Sunday, Nov. 21-23, on the Hampton Aquaplex in Hampton, Va. Salisbury is the midseason meet’s defending champion after besting a area of seven groups in 2024.
 
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with major membership within the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, together with affiliate membership within the New Jersey Athletic Conference (soccer, males’s & ladies’s swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (males’s lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (area hockey), and Colonial Women’s Golf Conference (ladies’s golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports activities, SU is acknowledged as one of many nation’s best intercollegiate athletics packages no matter division, that includes devoted coaches and workers that foster excellence on and off the sphere. The Sea Gulls have gained a mixed 23 staff nationwide championships, 24 particular person nationwide championships, and 206 convention championships, and have produced 53 Academic All-Americans.

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