Sunday, October 12
Worcester, Mass.
11:00:00 AM
Lehigh University
162
at
127
Holy Cross
Mountain Hawks swim past Holy Cross for first victory
10/12/2014 4:16:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Results
WORCESTER, Mass. – Behind a strong all-around team performance, the Lehigh men's swimming and diving team capped its season-opening trip to New England with a convincing 162-127 win over Holy Cross Sunday at the Hart Center Pool.
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Lehigh won 13 of the first 14 events before competing unscored in the final two events of the meet. The Mountain Hawks also had just one scorer in each of the five swimming events from event nine to 13.
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Sophomore Kevin Huntley and senior diver Dan Bateman both won two events as the Mountain Hawks evened their season record at 1-1.
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Bateman captured both the three and one meter diving events, scoring 261.75 points in the three meter and 238.79 in the one meter.
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Huntley's two wins came in the breaststroke events, winning the 50 in 28.09 and the 100 in 1:01.16. Lehigh swept the top three spots in the 50 with senior Owen Dunbar and freshman Tyler Lessner occupying the second and third spots.
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Lehigh swept the top three spots in four of the first five events, including the meet-opening 200 medley relay where sophomores Huntley, Justin Kostelnik, Jacob Moyar and Jamal Willis posted the winning time of 1:39.28.
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Junior Jacob Hassel led a sweep in the 200 free in 1:47.69 with senior Jake Greene and freshman Patrick Champagne finishing second and third respectively.
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Senior Sean Brant led a sweep in the 50 back with a time of 26.06, followed by juniors Matt Carducci and Sean Daugherty. The only of the first five events where Lehigh didn't sweep was the 1000 free, where senior Eric Sherwood won in 10:25.84, followed by classmate Michael Wheaton, who finished second.
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Willis added an individual win in the 50 free (21.59), with classmate Justin White finishing second. White later won the 100 free in 47.51.
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Other individual winners for the Mountain Hawks included Kostelnik, who won the 500 free in 4:53.83, Carducci, who took the 50 fly in 24.46, and freshman Dean Shafritz, who captured the 100 back in 55.67.
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Lehigh will be off next weekend and the Mountain Hawks will return to action with two home meets October 23-24 at Jacobs Pool. The Mountain Hawks will host West Chester in their home opener October 23 at 3 p.m. before welcoming the Rider Broncs the following afternoon.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Behind a strong all-around team performance, the Lehigh men's swimming and diving team capped its season-opening trip to New England with a convincing 162-127 win over Holy Cross Sunday at the Hart Center Pool.
Â
Lehigh won 13 of the first 14 events before competing unscored in the final two events of the meet. The Mountain Hawks also had just one scorer in each of the five swimming events from event nine to 13.
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Sophomore Kevin Huntley and senior diver Dan Bateman both won two events as the Mountain Hawks evened their season record at 1-1.
Â
Bateman captured both the three and one meter diving events, scoring 261.75 points in the three meter and 238.79 in the one meter.
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Huntley's two wins came in the breaststroke events, winning the 50 in 28.09 and the 100 in 1:01.16. Lehigh swept the top three spots in the 50 with senior Owen Dunbar and freshman Tyler Lessner occupying the second and third spots.
Â
Lehigh swept the top three spots in four of the first five events, including the meet-opening 200 medley relay where sophomores Huntley, Justin Kostelnik, Jacob Moyar and Jamal Willis posted the winning time of 1:39.28.
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Junior Jacob Hassel led a sweep in the 200 free in 1:47.69 with senior Jake Greene and freshman Patrick Champagne finishing second and third respectively.
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Senior Sean Brant led a sweep in the 50 back with a time of 26.06, followed by juniors Matt Carducci and Sean Daugherty. The only of the first five events where Lehigh didn't sweep was the 1000 free, where senior Eric Sherwood won in 10:25.84, followed by classmate Michael Wheaton, who finished second.
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Willis added an individual win in the 50 free (21.59), with classmate Justin White finishing second. White later won the 100 free in 47.51.
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Other individual winners for the Mountain Hawks included Kostelnik, who won the 500 free in 4:53.83, Carducci, who took the 50 fly in 24.46, and freshman Dean Shafritz, who captured the 100 back in 55.67.
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Lehigh will be off next weekend and the Mountain Hawks will return to action with two home meets October 23-24 at Jacobs Pool. The Mountain Hawks will host West Chester in their home opener October 23 at 3 p.m. before welcoming the Rider Broncs the following afternoon.
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