Three decades of dominance! Mountain Hawks get 30th straight win over Lafayette

Friday, November 19

Bethlehem, Pa.

5 p.m.

Lehigh University

154

134

Lafayette

Results

Photo by: Brent Hugo

11/20/2021 12:01:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Meet Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – In a meet that went all the way down to the wire, the Lehigh men's swimming and diving team eeked out a close, yet successful 154-134 victory over archrival Lafayette Friday night in The Rivalry presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network and Coordinated Health. The win is the Mountain Hawks' (2-2, 1-1 PL) 30th straight over the Leopards, taking a dominant 79-14 lead in the all-time series.

Lehigh managed to take home nine first place finishes en route to the 20-point win over Lafayette. Of the nine wins, Owen Thomas, Glenn Lasco and Miles Cox each earned two first place finishes, while Addison Cochran also got a pair of victories on the diving board to lead the Mountain Hawks to the win.

"It was definitely a nail-biter tonight," said head coach Rob Herb. "I've said many times before, I've seen the progress of the Lafayette men's program, which isn't a surprise because it's Jim Dailey. He's an amazing coach that has put together a team that continues to chip away at us and it makes me nervous every year.

"We try to improve constantly. We did have a little bit of a miss in the fact that we had a three-week training period when we didn't have any meets. That can put a strain on racing and I think it did. But while you want to sweep Lafayette, this was very much a team win. Everyone went out and did their part and we did it, that's why we won. A win is a win, as much as I'd like to say I wanted to win by more, no, a win is a win."

The big event of the night ended up being the final one, the 400-yard freestyle relay in which the Mountain Hawks needed at least a second and third place finish to get the dual meet victory. The team of Tim Norris, Aiden McCurley, Alex Patti and Lasco swam to a time of 3:03.85 to obtain the dramatic win. The relay team of Keagan Casey, Elvin Lee, Joe Huber and Connor Goodyear picked up third place with a time of 3:07.93.

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The first victory of the night for Lehigh came in the 100-yard backstroke event when Thomas swam to a time of 49.44, beating out third place finisher Huber at 50.76. Thomas also won the 200-yard backstroke event with a time of 1:50.74.

Cox won his first of two in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.70) while Janik Wing came in third place (1:55.11). Cox was also victorious in the 100-yard butterfly with his time of 49.74.

Per usual, Lasco secured wins in the 50-yard freestyle (20.62) and 100-yard freestyle (45.47) events.

And on the diving boards, it was Cochran who shined with a win in the one-meter (227.95) and the three-meter (260.48), in which he received 10 bonus points, giving the Mountain Hawks the cushion needed to move past the Leopards.

Lehigh will get back to the dual meet schedule following the Thanksgiving Break, taking on Drexel in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.

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