THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes first
What: Gettysburg Invitational in women's swimming action
When: Friday-Saturday, Dec. 5-6
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg started the weekend with a program, conference and pool record in the opening session of the Gettysburg Invitational and carried that momentum to the team title at the end of three session. The Bullets finished with 1,032 points, which was nearly 100 points more than in last year's invitational.

THE LEADERS
• Evan Graham (Crofton, Md./The Key School) opened the weekend with a 200 IM that broke the program, conference and pool record in the event. It was his first of three individual wins. He was also part of all four relay victories for the Bullets.

FOR THE FOES
• Montclair finished second on the weekend with 736.5 points at the six-team meet.

FRIDAY'S RECAP:
• Ethan Keiner (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge), Toby Winston (Winchester, Va./Sherando), Evan Graham and Connor Booth (Wallingford, Conn./Suffield Academy) led off the night with a victory in the 200 free relay, posting a time of 1:22.21. The mark is eighth in program history. Max McAlister (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy), Ben Butterfield (Henrico, Va./St. Christopher's School), Charter Sasseville (North Yarmouth, Maine/Greely) and Rudy Rudatsikira (Kampala, Uganda/Georgetown Prep [Md.]) finished third in a time of 1:24.45.
• Connor Mangan (Pipersville, Pa./Central Bucks West) won the 500 free with a time of 4:38.91, which ranks ninth in program history. John Verosko (Gainesville, Va./Patriot) and Sam Nelson (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) went 2-3 in the event with times of 4:41.08 and 4:43.07, respectively.
• Graham followed up with a win in the 200 IM, breaking his teammate's program record by nearly three seconds with an NCAA B-Cut time of 1:47.81. It also broke the Centennial Conference record and Gettysburg Bullets Pool record by two seconds. Sasseville finished third with a time of 1:57.20.
• Gettysburg had four of the top nine finishers in the 50 free led by Booth's third-place finish in a time of 21.23 seconds.
• The 400 medley relay posted the No. 3 time in program history. Graham, Booth, Butterfield and Winston combined to win the event in a time of 3:19.60. Mangan, Schundler, McAlister and Keiner were second in a time of 3:22.50.

SATURDAY MORNING'S RECAP
• Gettysburg opened the Saturday morning session with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay. Graham, Connor Booth, McAlister and Keiner won the race with a time of 1:29.75 while Mangan, Schundler, Butterfield and Rudatsikira were second with a time of 1:33.86.
• In the 100 fly, McAlister finished second with a season-best time of 49.56 seconds. Koester placed fifth with a time of 50.56. Sasseville turned in the No. 8 time in program history with a mark of 50.86 to place eighth.
• Booth and Butterfield went 2-3 in the 200 free. Booth posted a time of 1:44.44 while Butterfield came home in a time of 1:44.62.
• Graham won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 56.59 seconds, which ranks sixth in program history. Schundler placed second with a time of 57.95 while Campet and Keiner were fourth (58.68) and fifth (59.50), respectively.
• Koester won the 100 back with a time of 50.86, which ranks fifth in program history while Tiffin placed second with a time of 52.59.
• Graham, Mangan, Winston and Keiner won the 800 free relay with a time of 6:47.52, which ranks fifth in program history.

SATURDAY EVENING'S RECAP
• Sam Nelson led a 1-2-3 finish in the 1650 free with a winning time of 16:29.07. Kellen Booth and John Verosko finished second (16:34.47) and third (16:41.99), respectively.
• Mangan and Tiffin went 1-2 in the 200 backstroke, turning in times of 1:50.27 and 1:53.02, respectively.
• Winston won the 100 free with a time of 45.67 seconds, which is 10th in program history. Keiner came in right behind him, placing second with a time of 46.27.
• Graham won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:03.62, which ranks fourth in program history.
• Mangan closed out the individual events, making it a clean sweep on Saturday night for Gettysburg, touching first in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:51.73, which was 0.62 seconds off his program record time from two weeks ago at Chicago. Butterfield placed third in the event with a time of 1:53.09, which is sixth in program history.
• Winston, Booth, McAlister and Rudatsikira closed out the weekend with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay, posting a time of 3:06.11.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Bates on Friday, Jan. 9. Meet time is 10 a.m.