Friday, November 18
Jacobs Pool
6:00:00 PM
Lehigh University
223
vs
77
Lafayette
Lehigh men make it 21 straight wins over Lafayette
11/19/2011 2:28:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh continued its dominance over rival Lafayette in men's swimming and diving with a convincing 223-77 win over the Leopards Friday night at Jacobs Pool. The Mountain Hawks won 14-of-16 events, including three wins from senior Kevin Shoemaker and a pool record-setting performance from Lehigh's 200 free relay team.
The win is Lehigh's 21st straight over Lafayette as the Brown and White remain undefeated in dual competition this season at 5-0.
“I liked everything about tonight's effort,” said Lehigh head coach Rob Herb. “I liked the extra effort people were giving. That's what you're supposed to do for Lehigh-Lafayette. There were races won by fingertips on both sides, but our team came out and dominated. Both the men and women made a point to put the meet away early.”
On a night with many strong performances, Shoemaker led the way winning the 200 yard butterfly, 100 yard butterfly and 200 yard individual medley. Shoemaker won the 200 fly by a whopping six seconds over the next-highest finisher with a 1:54.02 and added a win in 51.69 seconds. He also led a sweep in the 200 IM in 1:57.61 with junior Alex Aboud and freshman Michael Wheaton taking the next two spots.There were four additional double-event winners for Lehigh. Freshman Danny Bennett continued his strong work in the distance events, winning the 1000 in 10:00.53 and the 500 free in 4:48.34. Freshman Jake Greene took second to Bennett in the 1000. Another freshman, Sean Brant took the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Brant led a sweep in the 100 with a time of 54.87 with classmates Henry Cohen and Martin Kendig taking the next two spots. Brant and Cohen also went 1-2 in the 200 back with Brant posting a winning time of 1:57.07.
Lehigh continued to excel in the sprint events, with junior Frank Cuzzola leading a sweep in the 200 free and pacing a top-two finish in the 100 free. Cuzzola posted a time of 1:45.85 with junior Dave Pennenga and sophomore Matt Chrzanowski finishing second and third. In the 100, Cuzzola edged out sophomore Demetri Karedis with a time of 47.50. Karedis also won an event, taking the 50 free in 21 seconds flat with sophomore Chris Hoke and freshman Christoph Schillig finishing the top three sweep.
On the diving boards, senior Connor Styles won the one and three meter events, scoring 289.71 in the one meter and 309.00 in the three meter. Sophomore Mike Harshman took second to Styles in the three meter.
In the relays, Brant, Aboud, Shoemaker and Karedis won the 400 medley in 3:30.55, but the 200 free relay team ended the meet with a bang as Karedis, Cuzzola, Schillig and Hoke set a new Jacobs Pool record with a time of 1:23.58.
“We've always done well against Lafayette but what always seems to happen is that Lafayette always seems to beat us in that last relay,” Herb said. The point is in six years we haven't won that last relay but tonight we won it in record fashion. I'm very proud of their accomplishment.”
Herb added, “Overall it was every character that we've talked about came through tonight. We don't have one superstar. We have a great group and they're all doing their part to make us better.”
The Mountain Hawks will return to the pool at the US Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning December 1.
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