THE FACTS
Gettysburg (3-1) 134, Franklin & Marshall (2-2) 62
What: Men's swimming action
When: Friday, Oct. 31
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg touched first in 10 of 11 events to easily defeat Franklin & Marshall, 134-62.
THE LEADERS
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Connor Mangan (Pipersville, Pa./Central Bucks West) and
Connor Booth (Wallingford, Conn./Suffield Academy) both won three events to lead the Bullets, including as part 200 medley relay win to open the night.
FOR THE FOES
• Sam Kamdin won the lone individual event for the Diplomats, touching first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.17 seconds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg opened the night with a bang, going 1-2 in the 200 medley relay with a pair of top-10 all-time marks.
Connor Mangan,
Connor Booth,
Griffin Koester (Purcellville, Va./Woodgrove) and
Ben Butterfield (Henrico, Va./St. Christopher's School) combined for a time of 1:31.93 to rank seven in program history. The B-relay quartet edged the Bullets' A-relay by 0.03 seconds.
Evan Graham (Crofton, Md./The Key School),
Jackson Schundler (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle),
Max McAlister (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy) and Ehtan Keiner (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) had the No. 8 all-time mark with a time of 1:31.96.
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Sam Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) led a sweep of the top four places in the 1000 free with a time of 9:57.62.
• Mangan then won the 200 free, pacing a sweep of the top three spots with a time of 1:41.59. Later in the night, he was the first to the wall by more than 11 seconds in the 500 free with a time of 4:39.58. Gettysburg had the top three times in that event as well but two of the times were as exhibition marks.
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Toby Winston (Winchester, Va./Sherando) won the 50 free with a time of 21.17 seconds.
• Graham was just over a second off a 13-year Bullets Pool record in the 400 IM, winning the race by 16 seconds with a time of 3:58.33.
• Butterfield added an individual win in the 100 butterfly, posting the No. 5 time in program history with a time of 50.62 seconds. He edged McAlister by 0.2 seconds as part of a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Bullets.
• Booth added individual wins in the 100 free with a time of 46.30 seconds and 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.04 seconds. His breaststroke time ranks sixth in program history.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg had at least the top three finishers in five of the nine individual events.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Scranton on Saturday. Meet time is 1 p.m.
