COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Dickinson men's swimming team won one relay and got individual wins from
Alexander Kanard and
Justin Wong, but it was not enough as the host Ursinus College earned a 121-75 conference win over the Red and White on Saturday afternoon.
Dickinson was on the podium in the first race of the day as the team of
Nolan Chenot,
Frederico Colloca-Bianchi,
Daulton Kendall and Wong clocked in at 1:39.97 for second. Another DC group of
Paul Florio,
Andrew Kelley,
Henry Lease and
Daniel Vasquez was just outside the Top-3 in fourth with a 1:45.32.
Kanard claimed the Devs first triumph in the second race of the day by besting the field during the 1000-yard freestyle by hitting the wall in 10:15.69, while
Aidan Keillor took third in 10:36.10.
The Red and White put two athletes inside the Top-3 during the 200-yard freestyle with
Reid Schattgen posting a 1:46.96 for second, followed by
James Wright two seconds later (1:48.57).
Sunil Surprenant also competed with a 2:04.64.
Dickinson held down fourth through sixth in the 50-yard freestyle thanks to the trio of Kendall (22.38), Wong (22.46) and Lease (23.92).
Vasquez was the highest placing Devil for the 400-yard individual medley grabbing fourth in 4:30.04 with Florio (4:31.96) and Kelley (4:32.44) falling in right behind him.
Chenot earned a podium slot during the 100-yard butterfly finishing third by clocking in at 56.08. The duo of Kanard and
Sam Strieb took up fifth (57.91) and sixth (1:04.38) respectively.
Three Devils competed in the 100-yard freestyle with Kendall grabbing fourth (49.08), while Keillor (51.59) and Surprenant (54.12) claimed fifth and sixth.
Senior
Patrick Dunn made an appearance in the 100-yard backstroke taking fifth with a 1:03.50, while Colloca-Bianchi was a spot above at 56.41.
Wright and Schattgen occupied podium spots for the 500-yard freestyle thanks to times of 5:02.62 and 5:04.75.
The Red and White tasted victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay thanks to the unit of Chenot, Kanard, Schattgen and Wright clocking in at 3:23.29.
Next on the Pool Deck
Dickinson will now have some time before they return to action on Thursday, February 16th for day one of the Centennial Conference Championship at Gettysburg College.
