THE FACTS
Gettysburg (6-4, 5-1 CC) 194, Ursinus (7-4, 3-4 CC) 67
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's swim meet
When: Saturday, February 3
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
 
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg took first in 12 of 14 events to earn a 194-67 win over Ursinus.
 
THE LEADERS
• Edward Kim (Weston, Conn./Weston) won three events, including two individuals. He started with a win as part of the 200 Medley Relay A-Team, and added victories in the 200 freestyle (1:45.34) and 200 backstroke (1:54.56). Kim also placed second in the 100 IM (53.72).
• Charlie Cross (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) also had a multiple win day. He won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.86 before taking first in the 200 breaststroke (2:08.46). He also added a win in the 100 IM (53.70), breaking the school record of 53.97 set in 2020.
 
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg took the top two spots in the 200 Medley Relay. The A-Team of Kim, Declan Sheeran (McLean, Va./McLean), Max McAlister (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy), and Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic) was first with a swim of 1:35.69. The B-Team of Charter Sasseville (North Yarmouth, Maine/Greely), Trey Mitchell (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Sussex Academy), Hunter Sundlun (Richmond, Va./St. Christophers School), and Lorenzo Zullo (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) was just behind with a time of 1:36.41.
• Sam Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) won the 1000 freestyle with a swim of 9:56.13.
• In the 200 freestyle, Conor Vienneau (Newburg, Md./LaPlata), and Cole Martin (Penn Laird, Va./Spotswood) went 2-3 behind Kim. Vienneau clocked in at 1:46.75 and Martin rounded out the top three with a time of 1:47.00.
• Hobelmann won the 100 backstroke with a swim of 52.98. Sasseville was just under a second behind, clocking in at 53.93 from second.
• Luke McKenna (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) won the 200 butterfly with a swim of 1:57.46. Mason Dillon (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) placed second with a time of 2:00.52.
•  Zullo out touched Ursinus' Stephen Lyons to take first in the 50 freestyle. Zullo won by just over a tenth of a second, with a time of 21.61.
• Connor Booth (Wallingford, Conn./Suffield Academy) out touched Zullo by 14 hundredths to win the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.37. Zullo's time of 47.51 was good for second place.
• In the 100 butterfly, McAlister placed first (52.67).
• Sheeran was second in the 100 breaststroke (59.26) and in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.06).
• Vienneau (1:57.72) and Sasseville (1:58.12) finished 2-3 behind Kim in the 200 freestyle.
• Luke McKenna (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) and Harry Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) placed second and third, respectively, in the 500 freestyle. McKenna clocked in at 4:48.39 while Nelson swam to a 4:55.11.
• The 400 Freestyle Relay B-Team of John Verosko (Gainesville, Va./Patriot), Harry Nelson, Jack Murphy (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill), and Rudy Rudatsikira (Kampala, Central, Uganda/Georgetown Prep [Md.]) placed second (3:18.53(.
 
THE INSIDE STORY
• Harry Nelson took third place in the 1000 freestyle (10:00.45).
• Martin took third in the 100 freestyle (48.34).
• Mitchell placed third in the 100 butterfly (54.25).
• The 200 Medley Relay C-Team of Rudatsikira, Dillon, Charlie Kiddoo (Avon, Colo./Battle Mountain), and Erik Floren Smith (Kennett Square, Pa./Kennett) took fifth place (1:40.37).
 
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action on February 17th at the Johns Hopkins Blue Jay Invitational.