Friday, October 22
Bethlehem, Pa.
5 p.m.
Lehigh University
134
vs
97
West Chester
Mountain Hawks soar, defeat West Chester at home Friday
10/22/2021 11:27:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – After falling in the season opener at Loyola Maryland last weekend, the Lehigh men's swimming and diving team rebounded with a much-needed victory, a 134-97 win over West Chester Friday evening at Jacobs Pool.
The Mountain Hawks (1-1, 0-1 PL) got the win in nine different events, led by sophomore Connor Drucis' two first place finishes in the 400-yard IM (4:11.70) and 200-yard butterfly (1:56.86).
"I thought it was a great team effort today and something we wanted to go into meet with," said head coach Rob Herb. "We knew we could win this if we did that. We saw that in the scores. We had a lot of 1-2 finishes, 1-2-3-4 finishes, so everyone was really doing their part tonight.
"We had a lot of guys tonight have a great meet, both for the upperclassmen and the underclassmen."
Lehigh began the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay, as the tandem of Owen Thomas, Connor Sept, Elvin Lee and Aiden McCurley got the first-place finish with a time of 1:33.69.
Freshman Tim Norris and sophomore Alex Patti went 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle with respective times of 1:42.27 and 1:43.34.
Heading into the 50-yard freestyle, it was senior Glenn Lasco that looked dominant with a time of 20.88, creeping closer to Justin White's school record of 19.96 set back in 2017. Sophomore Aiden McCurley came in second with a time of 21.62. Lasco also got the win in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.08, just in front of Patti at 46.45.
After getting the win at Loyola Maryland on Saturday, senior Owen Thomas picked up another first-place win in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:54.04, ahead of third-place finisher, freshman Elvin Lee at 1:56.78.
Freshman Connor Goodyear got the win in the 500-yard freestyle event with his fast time of 4:47.74.
And finally, the men capped off the night winning the 400-freestyle relay, as the team of Norris, Patti, Lasco and McCurley timed in at 3:06.12.
The Mountain Hawks close the weekend on Saturday vs. Rider at Jacobs Pool Saturday at 1 p.m. The meet will be the final one before Lehigh welcomes archrival Lafayette on Nov. 19.
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The Mountain Hawks (1-1, 0-1 PL) got the win in nine different events, led by sophomore Connor Drucis' two first place finishes in the 400-yard IM (4:11.70) and 200-yard butterfly (1:56.86).
"I thought it was a great team effort today and something we wanted to go into meet with," said head coach Rob Herb. "We knew we could win this if we did that. We saw that in the scores. We had a lot of 1-2 finishes, 1-2-3-4 finishes, so everyone was really doing their part tonight.
"We had a lot of guys tonight have a great meet, both for the upperclassmen and the underclassmen."
Lehigh began the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay, as the tandem of Owen Thomas, Connor Sept, Elvin Lee and Aiden McCurley got the first-place finish with a time of 1:33.69.
Freshman Tim Norris and sophomore Alex Patti went 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle with respective times of 1:42.27 and 1:43.34.
Heading into the 50-yard freestyle, it was senior Glenn Lasco that looked dominant with a time of 20.88, creeping closer to Justin White's school record of 19.96 set back in 2017. Sophomore Aiden McCurley came in second with a time of 21.62. Lasco also got the win in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.08, just in front of Patti at 46.45.
After getting the win at Loyola Maryland on Saturday, senior Owen Thomas picked up another first-place win in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:54.04, ahead of third-place finisher, freshman Elvin Lee at 1:56.78.
Freshman Connor Goodyear got the win in the 500-yard freestyle event with his fast time of 4:47.74.
And finally, the men capped off the night winning the 400-freestyle relay, as the team of Norris, Patti, Lasco and McCurley timed in at 3:06.12.
The Mountain Hawks close the weekend on Saturday vs. Rider at Jacobs Pool Saturday at 1 p.m. The meet will be the final one before Lehigh welcomes archrival Lafayette on Nov. 19.
Like Lehigh Swimming and Diving on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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