WESTMINSTER, Md. – Paul Van Nevel (Gaithersburg, Md./Poolesville) won twice to lead McDaniel against Swarthmore in the Centennial Conference (CC) men's swimming opener on Saturday.
Scoring:
- The Garnet (1-0, 1-0 CC) defeated the Green Terror (0-1, 0-1 CC) by a score of 73-22.
Head of the Class: The following athletes won multiple events at the meet:
Striking Gold: The following athletes won a single event at the meet:
Precious Metal: The following athletes finished second or third in an event at the meet:
- Paul Van Nevel, Adam Halmy (Shenandoah, Texas/College Park), Grayson Blanchard and Nick Villareal (Fleetwood, Pa./Berks Catholic) finished third in the 200 medley relay (1:41.46).
- Brandon Loehmer (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) finished third in the 1000 free (11:06.30) and 500 free (5:22.24).
- Grayson Blanchard finished third in the 200 free (1:54.49).
- Nick Villareal finished third in the 50 free (23.54) and 100 free (52.41)
- Michael Brant (Wilmington, Del./Cab Calloway School of the Arts) finished third in the 100 butterfly (58.26).
- Adam Halmy finished third in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.12).
- Sam Simacek (Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus), Michael Brant, Zach Kiick (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) and Brandon Loehmer finished third in the 200 free relay (1:38.86).
For the Foes: The following Swarthmore athletes won events at the meet:
- Alec Menzer won the 1000 free (10:03.59).
- Riley McLaughlin won the 200 free (1:48.05) and 500 free (4:59.82).
- Carlo Sivilotti won the 50 free (22.67).
- Jeffrey Tse won the 100 free (47.43).
- Jerry Gu won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.60).
- Alec Menzer and Chris Smith joined Tse and Gu to win the 200 medley relay (1:37.90).
- Raveesh Koul and Ben Hsiung joined Tse and Sivilotti to win the 200 free relay (1:29.91).
Next Up: The Green Terror returns to action at home against Ursinus on Saturday, Nov. 11. Meet time is 1 p.m.
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