THE FACTS
Gettysburg vs. Scranton
What: Non-conference men's swim meet
When: Monday, January 9
Where: Boca Raton, Fla.
 
THE SKINNY STORY
The Bullets won all 11 events in the non-scored dual meet against Scranton.
 
THE LEADERS
• The 200 Medley Relay B-Team of Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic), Trey Mitchell (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Sussex Academy), Hunter Sundlun (Richmond, Va./St. Christophers School), and Connor Booth (Wallingford, Conn./Suffield Academy) placed first with a swim of 1:39.12.
• Charlie Cross (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) placed first by almost six seconds in the 200 IM, clocking in at 1:59.54. Charlie Kiddoo (Avon, Colo./Battle Mountain) and Mason Dillon (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) touched next in second and third place, respectively. Kiddoo swam a 2:05.16, while Dillon set a time of 2:05.54.
• Cross took a second individual win in the 100 breaststroke with a swim of 1:00.44. Declan Sheeran (McLean, Va./McLean) placed second (1:03.37) while Dillon took home third (1:04.61).
• The 200 Freestyle Relay A-Team of Max McAlister (Powell, Ohio/Oletangy), Sundlun, Booth, and Hobelmann placed first (1:29.15), narrowly out-touching the B-Team of Edward Kim (Weston, Conn./Weston), Mitchell, Rudy Rudatsikira (Kampala, Central, Uganda/Georgetown Prep [Md.]), and Cross (1:29.70).
• Hobelmann earned his third victory of the day and first individual win with a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke (55.99). Jack Murphy (Potamac, Md./Winston Churchill) followed behind in second place (57.98).
• Kim earned first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.71.
• The 400 Freestyle Relay A-Team of Lorenzo Zullo (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk), Luke McKenna (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford), Kim, and Cole Martin (Penn Laird, Va./Spotswood) won the final event of the day, with a time of 3:19.72. The B-Team of John Verosko (Gainesville, Va./Patriot), Joe Curry (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg), Rudatsikira, and Alex McDonnell (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) placed second (3:24.37).
 
FOR THE FOES
Jimmy O'Malley placed second in the 200 freestyle and third in the 500 freestyle.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• McAlister was first in the 100 butterfly with a swim of 53.11.
• Martin (22.13) led a tight trio of Bullets in the 50 freestyle, with only .14 seconds between first and third. He was followed by Zullo in second (22.33), and Booth rounded out the top three (22.37).
• In the 100 freestyle, Booth took first place (49.31).
• McKenna led a 1-2 finish in the 500 freestyle, swimming to a 4:54.03 to take the gold. Sam Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) followed in second with a 4:58.75.
 
THE INSIDE STORY
• In the 200 Medley Relay, the A-Team of Harry Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area), Sheeran, McAlister, and Zullo placed third (1:40.16).
• Verosko placed third in the 200 freestyle, touching just .05 seconds off the second-place time with a swim of 1:50.30.
• Jackson Schundler (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) earned third in the 100 butterfly with a swim of 56.34.
• Zullo touched third in the 100 freestyle (49.87).
 
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action Saturday against Washington and Lee. Meet time is 1 p.m.