Day Two Results - Individual | Team Scores

SHENANDOAH, Texas – The Gettysburg College men's swimming team's 200-freestyle relay turned in one of the most incredible performances in school history, leading a national championship race for nearly the entire way before capturing runner-up honors on Day Two of the NCAA Division III Championship Thursday evening at the Conroe ISD Natatorium.
 
Senior Jason Potter (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan), senior Mike Harmon (Shippensburg, Pa./home-schooled), freshman Tyler Dougherty (West Chester, Pa./Salesianum School [Del.]), and senior Ashton Leyens (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) paced a talented field that also featured such prominent programs as Kenyon College and Denison University.
 
Potter led off with a split of 20.13 seconds and was followed by Harmon, who cut through the water in a sizzling 19.90 seconds. Dougherty swam third and was timed at 20.15 seconds, and Leyens carried the lead all the way to the wall while clocking a 20.23-second split. But Kenyon's Wes Manz countered with a 19.92 split as the Lords rallied from third to first in the final leg to finish a mere three-hundredths of a second in front of the Bullets.
 
With their incredible time, the foursome slashed 0.66 from the previous school and Centennial Conference record with a time of 1:20.41 while capturing First Team All-America honors. It was Gettysburg's second runner-up finish in as many nights, as Potter captured the silver in the 50-freestyle on Wednesday. In addition, it was the highest finish for any relay team in program history.
 
With 79 team points, Gettysburg now finds itself tied with the College of New Jersey for eighth place in the team standings heading into the final two days of competition.
 
Also in Thursday night's finals session, Gettysburg's 400-medley relay team of Harmon, Dougherty, junior Tyler Gould (Darien, Conn./Darien), and Potter touched in 3:20.49. With his leadoff backstroke leg, Harmon reset his own school record with a time 50.00 seconds. In Thursday morning's preliminary session, the same group broke their own school and Centennial Conference record with a mark of 3:20.36. They become just the second medley relay team in program history to earn All-America honors, as the same four captured First Team honors on Wednesday night with an eighth-place finish in the 200-medley.
 
Potter extended his program record for All-America awards to 16 while Harmon and Leyens both increased their total to nine.
 
Also in Thursday morning's prelims, Leyens placed 20th in the 200-freestyle, clocking a personal season-best time of 1:39.53.
 
Gettysburg will have just one swimmer in action on Friday, when Harmon competes in the 100-backstroke. Prelims will be held at 11 a.m. EST before finals commence at 7 p.m.
 
NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships – Day 2 Gettysburg Results
2. 200-freestyle relay (Jason Potter, Mike Harmon, Tyler Dougherty, Ashton Leyens), 1:20.41
14. 400-medley relay (Mike Harmon, Tyler Dougherty, Tyler Gould, Jason Potter), 3:20.49 (3:20.36 in prelims)
20. Ashton Leyens, 200-freestyle, 1:39.53