Arcadia splits with FDU-Florham and Misericordia on Saturday.
Arcadia Press Release
DALLAS, Pa. - The Arcadia University men's swimming team took to the pool for the second time this season, this time in a tri-meet with FDU-Florham and Misericordia. The Knights took down the Devils 213-39, however fell 133-121 to the Cougars to move to 2-1 on the season.
RELAYS: Arcadia opened the meet by taking second and third in the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet of senior Eric Lam, junior Chris Nicolescu, sophomore Michael Melissen and freshman Tristan Highet touched the wall in second place with a time of 1:40.99. Freshmen T.J. Dalton and Mark Preedy teamed with junior Jacob Schellinger and sophomore A.J. Cawley for a third-place time of 1:44.51. Highet and Preedy combined with junior Grant Fisher and senior Matthew Morano for a second place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a 3:17.08 to finish the day.
BACKSTROKE: Lam claimed a pair of second place finishes in the individual backstroke events. He clocked in a 56.79 in the 100-yard event before touching the wall at 2:03.55 in the 200-yard race.
BREASTSTROKE: Nicolescu took third in both breaststroke events by finishing the 100-yard race in 1:02.83 and the 200-yard race in 2:26.50. Dalton claimed the runner-up spot in the 200-yard event at 2:20.97.
BUTTERFLY: The Knights saw more success in the butterfly events as they claimed first and second in the 200-yard event and second, third and fourth in the 100-yard race. In the 200-yard race Melissen set the pace with a time of 2:09.08 ahead of freshmen Austin Lauer's second-place 2:17.76. Highet, Schellinger and Melissen all finished within one second of each other in the 100-yeard event with Highet touching the wall at 56.60, Schellinger finishing at 56.78 and Melissen touching the wall at 57.30.
FREESTYLE: Fisher found great success in the distance freestyle events, capturing first place in both the 1000 and 500-yard races. He opened his individual day with a 10:27.13 in the 1000-yard event before posting a 4:48.33 in the 500-yard race. Freshman Reed French finished just outside the top-three in the 1000-yard event as he finished at 11:53.84, just 0.17 seconds behind the third place finisher.
Morano opened the sprint freestyle events with a second place finish in the 200-yard race with a time of 1:50.11, he later claimed first in the 100-yard event at 49.56. Preedy took third in the 100-yard freestyle at 51.26, just half a second ahead of Schellinger's 51.77 third place finish. In the fastest event, the 50-yard freestyle, Highet claimed first place with a time of 22.97.
INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: Lam and Dalton compiled all four strokes in the 200-yard individual medley. The former touched the wall in second place at 2:05.99 while the latter finished third with a time of 2:10.56.
DALLAS, Pa. - The Arcadia University women's swimming team moved to 3-0 on the young season with a pair of wins Saturday afternoon. The Knights took down FDU-Florham 218-27 while defeating Misericordia 182-76.
RELAYS: The day started and ended with a pair of first place relay finishes. Freshmen Eunice Ardamoy and Kayla Drago teamed with sophomores Samantha Carpenter and Taylor Byers for the top time of 1:52.91 in the 200-yard medley relay to start the day. Drago and classmates Megan Hupp and Rachel Samson combined with Carpenter to take the top spot in the 400-yard freestyle relay to cap the day with a time of 3:47.92. Ardamoy anchored a team that consisted of classmate Bailey Babarsky and seniors Megan Obarowski and Anna Sweeny to take third in the latter event with a time of 3:56.77.
BACKSTROKE: The Knights garnered a pair of one-two finishes in the backstroke events. Ardamoy claimed the top spot in the 100-yard race with a time of 1:03.97 ahead of junior Rose Georgias' second-place time of 1:05.49. Carpenter claimed first place in the 200-yard event at 2:16.18 ahead of Samson's 2:21.75 in second place.
BREASTSTROKE: The 100-yard breaststroke also saw a win for Carpenter as she paced the field with a time of 1:09.69. Babarsky followed with a third place finish by touching the wall at 1:13.44. Sophomore Taylor Byers completed the 200-yard event in 2:38.74 for a second place finish.
BUTTERFLY: A one-two-three finish came for the Knights in the 100-yard butterfly led by Drago's 1:03.21. Senior Megan Obarowski touched the wall just 0.19 seconds later at 1:03.40 in second place before freshman Bekah Brown finished at 1:06.37. Obarowski claimed the top spot in the 200-yard event earlier in the day with a 2:19.77. Junior Danielle Fundakowski posted a third place finish in the event at 2:28.96.
FREESTYLE: Hupp set the pace in both distance events as she led a one-two-three finish in the 1000-yard race at 10:59.73. Brown claimed second place with a time of 11:42.02 ahead of sophomore Caroline Patterson in third place at 11:50.68. Hupp then led a one-two finish in the 500-yard event at 5:22.96 with sophomore Alyssa D'Esposito finishing second at 5:38.82. Babarsky's 5:40.79 in fourth place was just 0.44 seconds back from third.
Success also came for Hupp in the 200-yard race as she took the top spot in 2:00.99. Sweeny touched the wall in third place at 2:07.42 in the same event. Arcadia finished two-three-four less than a second apart in the 50-yard sprint led by Byers' 26.69. Senior Lillie Curtis placed third at 27.42 with freshman Jackie McDowell taking fourth at 27.50. Drago and Ardamoy went back to work in the 100-yard event as they combined for a one-two finish led by the former's 56.02 with the latter touching the wall at 58.37.
INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: Samson and Byers closed out the individual events in the 200-yard individual medley. Samson took second with a time of 2:21.10 with Byers finishing in third at 2:26.28.
