Ursinus Swimming Sweeps McDaniel College in Centennial Conference Matchup

COLLEGEVILLE – Ursinus swimming swept McDaniel College in a Centennial Conference matchup.

Ursinus Press Release

Ursinus senior Chelsea Kozior lead the Ursinus Women’s swim team to their fourth consecutive victory, with a comfortable 120-79 victory over McDaniel at home, Saturday afternoon.

Kozior captured 24 points with two first place finishes in the 400 medley relay and the 200 yard freestyle and a second place finish in the 500 yard freestyle.

Meggie Leitz, Olivia Tierney, Katherine Porter and Kozior set the tone early taking first place in the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 4:07.30.

In the 1000 yard freestyle, Sydney Gunderson ran away with first place by almost thirty seconds, clocking in at 11:00.90. Following in second place Amanda Lucock finished at 11:29.88.

Kozior again took first place in the 200 yard freestyle finishing at 1:59.95 and Katie Pielmeier followed in second place with a time of 2:03.39.

Ursinus again took the top two spots in the fifty yard freestyle with Corinne Capodanno in first at 24.81 and Alli Hemp a second behind her 25.52.

Tierney took the top spot in the 200 yard IM at 2:16.02.

Pielmeier and Rebecca Schroll took first and third place respectively, with times of 2:15.13 and 2:20.89 in the 200 yard butterfly.

In the 100 yard freestyle Gunderson placed in first with a time 54.90 while Hemp finished behind in third with a time of 57.19.

For the 200 yard backstroke Leitz finished in first a 2:16.83 while Rachel Weil finished in third with a time of 2:22.35.

Ursinus swept the top three in the 500 yard freestyle with Capodanno, Kozior and Tierney all finishing in order.

The Ursinus men’s swim team hosted McDaniel and came away with the victory, cruising over the Green Terror 109-90 Saturday afternoon.

William Benn lead the Bears, contributing 17 points on the afternoon, placing in three events.

Opening the meet in the 400 yard medley relay, William Benn, Keith Larkin, Chris Hoops and Benjamin Jumping placed second with a time of 3:48.93, capturing four points.

In the 1000 yard freestyle Marcus Wagner placed in second with a time of 10:03.60, with Chris Barthold and Henry Nonack placed in third and fourth respectively.

For the 200 yard freestyle the Bears swept the top three with Joe Gershun taking first with a time of 1:49.52, Dylan Cooper taking second at 1:52.97 and Benn seconds behind at 1:54.31.

Colin McNamara took second place in the 50 freestyle with a time 23:05 and Nick Dipalo followed by three tenths of a second for third place.

Ursinus took second, third and fourth place in the 200 yard IM with Jacob Robinson in second at 2:05.40 and Barthold and Larkin following.

In the 200 yard butterfly Hoops won first place by a slim margin with a time of 1:59.70. Alec Heckman also finished in third place with a time 2:06.59.

For the 100 yard freestyle the Bears took first and third with Jumper in at 49:79 and Joao Angelotto at 51.01.

Benn captured first place in the 200 yard backstroke at 2:00.92 followed by James Marrone and Nonack in second and third place respectively.

In the 500 yard freestyle Wagner, Gershun and Cooper finished in second, third and fourth capturing seven points.

Larkin, Robinson, and Barthold also finished in second third and fourth place in the 200 yard breaststroke for the Bears.

Ursinus will dive back into competition next Saturday afternoon at Centennial Conference favorite Gettysburg.

McDaniel Press Release

Ursinus won the first nine events to key a 120-79 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) women’s swimming action on Saturday.

Kelly Lewis (Montgomery Village, Md./Watkins Mill) led the Green Terror (0-4, 0-3 CC) with a victory in the 200 breaststroke, finishing in a time of 2:34.70.

Sydney Gundersen led the Bears (4-0, 2-0 CC) with two individual victories, touching first in the 1000 free (11:00.90) and 100 free (54.90 seconds). She was one of five Ursinus swimmers to win twice on the day.

In addition to Lewis’ victory, McDaniel’s 400 free relay of Samantha Smith (APO, AP, Thailand/International School of Bangkok), Becca Sykes (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton), Maddie Gamble (Colora, Md./Rising Sun and Meg Protzman (Elkridge, Md./Mount de Sales) won with a time of 3:53.53.

Lexie Jacobs (Forest Hill, Md./North Harford) finished second in both the 200 IM (2:19.0) and 200 butterfly (2:18.91), turning in the sixth-ranked time in program history.

Syd Knadler (Crowley Lake, Calif./Mammoth) was second in the 100 free (55.86 seconds) while Cara Dube (Milford, Conn./Joseph A. Foran) touched second in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:17.93, which ranks seventh all-time.

Gamble added a third-place finish in the 1000 free, finishing in a time of 11:41.28 to break into the all-time top 10.

The Green Terror returns to action at St. Mary’s (Md.) on Saturday. Meet time is 1 p.m.

Ursinus won four events but also added eight second-place finishes to top McDaniel 109-90 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s swimming action on Saturday.

Justin Allen (Ashburn, Va./Broad Run) led the Green Terror (0-3, 0-3 CC) with three victories, including touching first in the 200 IM (2:04.85) and 200 breaststroke (2:18.71). He was also part of the 400 medley relay with Logan Linden (Millville, Del./Indian River), Stevie Hoyt (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) and Adam Halmy that opened the meet with a win in a time of 3:43.03, which ranks fifth all-time.

Four different swimmers won individual events for the Bears (4-0, 2-0 CC), including victory by William Benn in the 200 back (2:00.92).

Brad Brooks (Newark, Del./Charter School of Wilmington) added individual wins in the 1000 free (9:55.60) and 500 free (4:51.14) while also finishing second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:59.90, just 0.20 seconds behind Chris Hoops’ winning time for Urisnus.

Hoyt added a second win, touching first in the 50 free with a time of 22.52 seconds. Hoyt was also second in the 100 free (49.97).

Brandon Bond (Hebron, Md./Mardela), Brian Austin (Turlock, Calif./J.H. Pitman), Garrett Merlino (Gaithersburg, Md./Damascus) and Brandon Loehmer (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) closed the meet with a win in the 400 free relay (3:44.14).

McDaniel returns to action at St. Mary’s (Md.) on Saturday. Meet time is 1 p.m.

Results: Ursinus vs. McDaniel

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