LaSalle at George Washington

WASHINGTON D.C., November 3. SOPHMORES Owen Black and Brandon Hargraves each won a pair of events to pace the La Salle men's swimming team in a 142-77 win at George Washington. The victory gives the Explorers a 3-0 record to start the season.

Hargraves won both the 1,000 and 500-yard freestyles in convincing fashion. The Coatesville, PA native dominated the competition in the 1,000, finishing with a time of 10:02.28, more than 25 seconds ahead of the Colonials' James Forrest. Hargraves was equally impressive in the 500, clocking in at a time of 4:54.01, which was more than 10 seconds better than Forrest, who took second in both events.

Black edged out a couple of Explorer teammates en route to his two first place finishes on the afternoon. In the 200-yard freestyle, Black won the gold in a narrow victory over fellow Explorer Grant Chin. Black later beat out senior John Welsh to take the top spot in the 100-yard freestyl

Chin would go on to finish first in the 200-yard butterfly.

Freshmen Chris Tiano and Kieran Edling also captured first-place finishes on the afternoon. Tiano and junior David Ellerson finished 1-2 in the 200-yard I.M., while Edling took first in the 200-yard backstroke. Junior Stuart Barr finished ahead of Welsh to win the 50-yard freestyle event.

La Salle's 400-yard medley relay team, comprised of Edling, Chin, Tom Whelan and Dustin Gibb, earned a first-place finish in the event.

For the women, the swimming and diving team earned a convincing 134-94 victory at George Washington on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Explorers improve to 3-1 on the year.

Sophomore Shannon Duval got things started for La Salle with a first-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing in a time of 10:32.04. She also swam past the competition in the 200-yard I.M., earning top finish (2:08.98).

Junior Carleen Caldwell also had a big day for the Explorers, taking first place in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.05) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.69). The top three spots in the 100 all went to Explorers, as freshman Holly Biro and senior Melanie Charles finished second and third, respectively.

In addition to her second-place finish in the 100, Biro claimed the gold in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 25.17. Classmate Jess Carbin edged out Duval for first-place in the 200-yard backstroke. Carbin finished in a time of 2:10.98, just ahead of Duval (2:12.50).

Junior Shannon Halleran garnered the top spot in the 200-yard butterfly, narrowly defeating GW's Nicole Mansfield by three-tenths of a second. Senior Jaclyn Kubala won the gold in the 500-yard freestyle (5:21.86).

La Salle's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Biro, Kubala, Charles and Aubrey Cefalo finished first with a time of 3:43.21.

Special thanks to LaSalle for contributing this report.

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