Results
LANCASTER, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's swimming team posted a pair of third-place finishes in finals of the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay on the opening day of the Centennial Conference Championship at Franklin & Marshall College.
| Team |
Score |
| Franklin & Marshall |
116 |
| Swarthmore |
96 |
| Gettysburg |
88 |
| Ursinus |
76 |
| Dickinson |
72 |
| Washington |
68 |
| McDaniel |
48 |
| Event |
Winner |
GC Top Finisher |
| 200 Medley Relay |
Franklin & Marshall (1:30.00*) |
3. Gettysburg (1:31.21) |
| 800 Free Relay |
Franklin & Marshall (6:41.25#) |
3. Gettysburg (6:48.31) |
*Conference Record, Championship Record, Pool Record NCAA Qualifying Time
#NCAA Qualifying Time
Meet Highlights
- The opening event witnessed host Franklin & Marshall and Swarthmore College break the previous championship record in the 200 medley relay. Junior Nick Cox (Purcellville, Ponte Vedra) put the Bullets in contention early with a 22.98 opening backstroke split, but Swarthmore pulled in front with a strong breaststroke leg by Andrew Karpenko. Down the home stretch, Chris Schiavone sped past the final swimmers from both Swarthmore and Gettysburg to finish with a new championship, conference, and pool standard of 1:30.00. Junior Zac Evans (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township), senior Sam Nonemaker (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg), and freshman Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic) followed Cox and finished with a time of 1:31.31, which tied the second-fastest mark in program history. The Bullets also finished third in the consolation final.
- Both F&M and Swarthmore also hit NCAA cuts in the 800 free with Gettysburg finishing in third. Senior Duncan Proxmire (McLean, Va./Langley) turned in an impressive opening 200 yards, besting his PR and posting the fifth-fastest time in program history at 1:40.85 to put the Bullets in the lead. Franklin & Marshall managed to grab the lead at the halfway point and held on down the stretch despite a 1:38.45 split by Swarthmore's Ben Freeman over the final 200 yards. Franklin & Marshall's time of 6:41.25 and Swarthmore's time of 6:42.37 were well below the NCAA standard. Gettysburg produced the fourth-fastest time in program history with Proxmire, sophomore Hunter Sundlun (Richmond, Va./Saint Christopher's School), senior Oliver Pickering (Millburn, N.J./Millburn) and Nonemaker finishing at 6:48.31.
Next Up
The second day of the CC Championship kicks off at 10 a.m. in McGinness Pool. The second session includes preliminary heats of the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free. Friday evening's session begins at 6 p.m. with finals of the three aforementioned races and the 400 medley relay.
