Georgetown, Towson vs. East Carolina

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, October 25. THE East Carolina swimming and diving teams won three of four dual meets over the weekend with the men posting wins over Georgetown (144-82) and Towson (203-95), while the ladies defeated Georgetown (145-89) before succumbing to Towson (102-198).

With its two victories, the men's team improved its overall record this season to 4-1, while the ladies suffered their first loss of the year Saturday to drop to 5-1 overall.

Against Georgetown on Friday, ECU set seven McCarthy Pool records. Kelsey Brosi, Jessica Brinkley, Amanda Duncan and Jenna Stewart combined to set a new mark in the 200-yard medley relay (1:50.03).

Brosi and Duncan joined Rachel Blue and Kali Gaskill to establish a new record in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:38.11) as did the men's team of Ailton Temotio, Adam Papendick, Thiago Cavalcanti, and Jason Guzewich (1:24.56). Blue also earned first place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.40).

Duncan got her name in the record book for a third time by winning the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.62. Stewart also set an individual record in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.45, while claiming first place in the 50-yard freestyle (24.36). Jackie Jones set a new ladies' mark in the 200-yard IM (2:08.95) as well as taking first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.60).

Cavalcanti registered a pool record-breaking time of 1:43.03 in the 200-free, while Temotio placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (21.65). Other Friday night winners included: Brennan Gaeckle (1,000-free), Billy Gordon (1,000-free), Roman Sandler (200 IM), Katie Yamamoto (One-meter diving), Cliff Kohut (One-meter diving), Andrew Stoker (100-fly), Tommy Ryan (100-breast).

Cavalcanti continued to have a dominating weekend on Saturday as he won three individual events and was a member of a winning relay team in the men's victory over Towson. Cavalcanti finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:46.13 before earning a victory in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:44.08 seconds. After winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:39.09, Cavalcanit helped the Pirates win the 400-yard freestyle relay by swimming the third leg for the victorious team, which posted a time of 3:08.51 seconds.

Temotio finished first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.55 seconds before taking a victory in the 100-yard freestyle in 46.95 seconds. Ryan took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.17 seconds before earning first place in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:10.08.

Junior James Mehaffey won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:58.00 while Stoker won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:56.62. Freshman Travis Stauder posted a time of 1.58.27 to earn first place in the 200-yard IM.

Freshman Meghan Coyne led the Pirates in the loss to Towson by winning the one-meter diving event with 254.32 points while Duncan earned first place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.82 seconds.

The Pirates return to dual meet competition Saturday, Nov. 8, against College of Charleston. The meet is scheduled for a 10 a.m. start at the Minges Aquatic Center.

Special thanks to East Carolina for contributing this report.

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