Men's Swimming & Diving Takes Down Bridgewater State for First Win

LOCATION: Bridgewater, Mass. (BSU Campus)

THE RUNDOWN:

Competing on the road for the fifth straight meet, the Wheaton College men's swimming & diving team earned a strong 145-92 win Wednesday evening over Bridgewater State behind solid performances from the first-years.
Wheaton set the tone with a win in the 200 medley relay with Jacob Cost, Austin Halstead, Kevin Silva, and Timmer Sposato combining to touch in 1:39.38.
First-year Zachary Koffman kept things going with a first place finish in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:40.52, followed closely by a second place finish from Jesmond Bollman.
Daniel Roch and Elias Steward finished back-to-back in the 200 free, paced by Roch who finished first with a time of 1:51.21. Steward finished in 1:51.45.
Cost picked up a second place finish in the 50 free (22.41), with Sposato taking third (22.98) and Brennan McIntyre fourth (24.07).
Wheaton took the top two spots in the 200 IM with first-year Richard Matthews leading the way with a time of 2:07.13. Chris Steward finished in second place with a time of 2:08.94.
In his first dive of the season, Hajmil Carr finished third in the 1-meter with a score of 134.30.
It was a sweep for the Lyons in the 100 butterfly with E. Steward taking first with a time of 54.36. Silva was the next to touch, doing so in 55.65, while Matthews finished third with a time of 56.82.
Roch paced Wheaton in the 100 free, finishing in second place with a time of 49.92. John Giberti finished third (52.21), while McIntyre took fourth.
Cost earned an individual win in the 100 backstroke, touching nearly three seconds ahead of the next competitor with a time of 53.62. C. Steward finished third for the Lyons, while first-year Troy Eakman earned points with a fourth place finish.
Koffman returned to the water for the 500 free, collecting another first place finish, touching in 5:09.29. Bollman finished third (5:11.89) with Trevor Ragas taking fourth.
The final individual race saw a second place finish from Matthews in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.00) and a third place finish from Halstead (1:04.88).
Wheaton wrapped up the meet with a first and second place finish in the 400 free relay with E. Steward, Roch, Giberti, and Sposato finishing first in 3:22.88.