Diplomats win first seven events for victory
LANCASTER, Pa. – Zach Wilt won twice to lead Franklin
& Marshall to a 109-54 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) men's
swimming action on Friday.
Ten different individual were victorious for the Diplomats (2-6,
2-1 CC), who won the first seven events of the meet to secure their
second win of the year.
Jesse
Mills (Catonsville, Md./Mt. St. Joseph) and Bryan Nuckles
(Suffolk, Va./Nansemond-Suffolk Academy) led the Green Terror (0-5,
0-5 CC) with individual wins.
Wilt teamed with David Fell, Travis Catania and Patrick
Musselman for a victory in the 200 medley relay, opening the meet
with a time of 1:43.32.
Wilt later touched first in the 100 butterfly with a time of
55.99 seconds.
Mills was victorious in the 500 freestyle (5:44.53) while
Nuckles won the 100 breaststroke (1:08.09).
Jono
Leafblad (Garnee, Ill./Warren Twp.), Morgan DeHart
(Salisbury, Md./Wicomico), Chris
Steinheimer (Monrovia, Md./Urbana) and Jason Harder
(Philadelphia, Pa./Pennington) closed the meet with a victory in
the 200 free relay (1:38.78).
The Green Terror returns to action at home against Elizabethtown
on Wednesday. Meet time is 6 p.m.
Franklin & Marshall 109, McDaniel 54
Event Winners: 200 Medley Relay –
Franklin & Marshall A (David Fell, Travis Catania, Zach Wilt,
Patrick Musselman) 1:43.32; 400 IM – Tim Landon (F) 4:26.66;
200 Freestyle – Jake Reingold (F) 1:49.61; 50 Freestyle
– Dave Apple (F) 22.67; 100 Butterfly – Wilt (F) 55.99;
100 Freestyle – Tommy Bergstrom (F) 49.59; 100 Backstroke
– Conor Finnegan (F) 55.51; 500 Freestyle – Jesse Mills
(M) 5:44.53*; 100 Breaststroke – Bryan Nuckles (M) 1:08.09*;
200 Freestyle Relay – McDaniel A (Jono Leafblad, Morgan
DeHart, Chris Steinheimer, Jason Harder) 1:38.78*.
* Franklin & Marshall swam event as exhibition.
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