{"id":353468,"date":"2019-02-22T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T03:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=353468"},"modified":"2019-02-22T20:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T03:58:09","slug":"2019-big-east-championships-night-3-recap-villanova-women-georgetown-men-hold-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-big-east-championships-night-3-recap-villanova-women-georgetown-men-hold-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Big East Championships Night 3 Recap: Villanova Women, Georgetown Men Hold Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ryan Gibbons, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Big East Championships closed out night 3 in East Meadow, N.Y., featuring the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, 3M Diving, and 400 Medley Relay \u2014 a wide-ranging yet exciting event schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Villanova&#8217;s women built on their night 2 lead, extending to 671.5 points over Xavier&#8217;s 449. Impressive finishes in the 400 IM and 200 Free, combined with a series of individual event wins and a relay victory, threw the Wildcat women ahead, giving them a strong lead going into the final day. Following the two are Georgetown (390.5), Seton Hall (293), Butler (159), and Providence (156).<\/p>\n<p>While Georgetown&#8217;s men kept their lead, the Xavier team pulled close, with 500.5 points to Georgetown&#8217;s 522. The close fight is sure to make an exciting final day, with either team having a strong shot at the Big East title. Seton Hall&#8217;s 451 points fall a bit behind the two leaders, but with a large event schedule planned for Saturday, a series of strong showings could make them a contender to watch. Villanova (434.5) and Providence (179) currently sit in fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstiming.com\/2019-big-east-championships-live-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigeast.com\/documents\/2019\/2\/18\/\/2019_02_17_2019_Big_East_Swimming_Championships_Psych_Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h2>\n<p>Villanova kicked off the night with a 1-2-4 finish in the 400 IM, with <strong>Kelly Montesi<\/strong> taking the win in a 4:10.25. Following her was teammate <strong>Elise Pidutti<\/strong> (4:15.99), with Seton Hall&#8217;s <strong>Elizabeth Sargent<\/strong> taking third (4:24.54).<\/p>\n<p>Villanova&#8217;s <strong>Emily Provenzo<\/strong> (4:25.35) finished out the Wildcat&#8217;s 1-2-4, followed by Xavier teammates <strong>Taylor Hogan<\/strong> (4:25.75) and <strong>Alison Herman<\/strong> (4:27.57). Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Lauren Henasey<\/strong> (4:28.57) and Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Emma Kauffeld<\/strong> (4:30.47) closed out the event&#8217;s top eight.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 15  Women 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Montesi, Kelly M       18 Villanova         4:14.36    4:10.25  \r\n  2 Pidutti, Elise D       22 Villanova         4:22.37    4:15.99  \r\n  3 Sargent, Elizabeth H   20 Seton Hall        4:27.55    4:24.54  \r\n  4 Provenzo, Emily S      19 Villanova         4:26.08    4:25.35  \r\n  5 Hogan, Taylor E        19 Xavier            4:25.86    4:25.75  \r\n  6 Herman, Alison R       19 Xavier            4:29.27    4:27.57  \r\n  7 Henasey, Lauren C      20 Georgetown        4:29.55    4:28.57  \r\n  8 Kauffeld, Emma C       19 Xavier            4:30.31    4:30.47<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8216;Nova Wildcats took another IM win, this time in the men&#8217;s pool, with <strong>Justin Cucchi<\/strong> winning in a 3:52.98. The podium spots were rounded out by <strong>Brett Sherman<\/strong> of Georgetown (3:54.06) and <strong>Lior Grubert<\/strong> of Seton Hall (3:57.64).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Viotto<\/strong> of Providence (3:58.09), <strong>Carlson Temple<\/strong> of Georgetown (3:58.61), <strong>Cameron Weese<\/strong> of Xavier (3:59.61), and Seton Hall teammates <strong>Caleb Smith<\/strong> (4:01.44) and <strong>Ivan Michalovic<\/strong> (4:02.03) made up the remainder of the event in a final featuring all five competing teams in the men&#8217;s meet.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Cucchi, Justin M       20 Villanova         3:54.54    3:52.98  \r\n  2 Sherman, Brett M       19 Georgetown        3:56.51    3:54.06  \r\n  3 Grubert, Lior          25 Seton Hall        3:58.29    3:57.64  \r\n  4 Viotto, Justin A       19 Providence        4:01.19    3:58.09  \r\n  5 Temple, Carlson D      19 Georgetown        3:57.90    3:58.61  \r\n  6 Weese, Cameron N       20 Xavier            3:59.19    3:59.61  \r\n  7 Smith, Caleb B         18 Seton Hall        4:01.47    4:01.44  \r\n  8 Michalovic, Ivan A     21 Seton Hall        4:00.07    4:02.03<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h2>\n<p>The first butterfly event of the meet, the women&#8217;s 100 fly featured another Wildcat win with <strong>Micaela Grassi<\/strong> of Villanova taking the race in a 54.49, just touching out Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Caroline Gaertner<\/strong> (54.51) in the closest finish yet this meet. Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Taylor Hogan<\/strong> took bronze with a 55.31.<\/p>\n<p>Close behind were Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Dorothy Morgan<\/strong> and Villanova&#8217;s <strong>Tarryn Els<\/strong>, tying for fourth at a 55.50. The remainder of the event was finished out by Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Lauren Henasey<\/strong> (55.66), Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Anne Cummins<\/strong> (55.79), and Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Gabriella Meringolo<\/strong> (56.31).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 17  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Grassi, Micaela S      20 Villanova           55.54      54.49  \r\n  2 Gaertner, Caroline F   22 Xavier              55.07      54.51  \r\n  3 Hogan, Taylor E        19 Xavier              55.87      55.31  \r\n  4 Morgan, Dorothy L      22 Georgetown          55.97      55.50  \r\n  4 Els, Tarryn C          21 Villanova           55.53      55.50  \r\n  6 Henasey, Lauren C      20 Georgetown          56.45      55.66  \r\n  7 Cummins, Anne M        21 Xavier              56.64      55.79  \r\n  8 Meringolo, Gabriella   19 Georgetown          56.54      56.31<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h2>\n<p>Seton Hall posted their first win of the evening with <strong>Liam Cosgrove<\/strong>&#8216;s 48.41 taking first. Close behind was Villanova&#8217;s <strong>Stephen Krecsmar<\/strong> (48.79). Xavier followed with an incredibly close 3-4-5 finish, with <strong>David Bunnell<\/strong> (49.02), <strong>Brandon Abboud<\/strong> (49.06), and <strong>Charles Clark<\/strong> (49.07) all finishing within five one-hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n<p>Villanova also took sixth and eigth, with <strong>Luke Sabal<\/strong> (49.58) and <strong>Jesse Marsh<\/strong> (50.16), respectively. <strong>Kyle Nash<\/strong> of Seton Hall finished seventh with a 49.76.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Cosgrove, Liam R       20 Seton Hall          49.01      48.41  \r\n  2 Krecsmar, Stephen A    21 Villanova           48.63      48.79  \r\n  3 Bunnell, David T       22 Xavier              49.46      49.02  \r\n  4 Abboud, Brandon A      21 Xavier              48.86      49.06  \r\n  5 Clark, Charles L       21 Xavier              48.93      49.07  \r\n  6 Sabal, Luke T          22 Villanova           49.49      49.58  \r\n  7 Nash, Kyle C           21 Seton Hall          49.75      49.76  \r\n  8 Marsh, Jesse A         18 Villanova           49.88      50.16<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h2>\n<p>Villanova took a commanding 1-2-3-4-8 finish in the 200 Free, a major win for the Wildcats and a pillar of their growing lead. <strong>Alexandra Fabbri<\/strong> won in a 1:47.92, followed closely by teammate <strong>Millicent Routledge<\/strong> (1:47.97). Fellow Wildcats <strong>Taylor Wilson<\/strong> (1:48.28) and <strong>Nicole Welch<\/strong> (1:50.54) took third and fourth, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Close behind were Xavier teammates <strong>Emily Conners<\/strong> (1:50.68) and <strong>Emily Saugstad<\/strong> (1:50.69), with Seton Hall&#8217;s <strong>Courtney McCardle<\/strong> (1:51.35) taking seventh and Wildcat <strong>Andrea Fong<\/strong> (1:51.46) finishing as the fifth Villanova woman in the final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 19  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Fabbri, Alexandra M    22 Villanova         1:50.07    1:47.92  \r\n  2 Routledge, Millicent   19 Villanova         1:49.18    1:47.97  \r\n  3 Wilson, Taylor N       22 Villanova         1:49.22    1:48.28  \r\n  4 Welch, Nicole E        18 Villanova         1:50.35    1:50.54  \r\n  5 Conners, Emily A       21 Xavier            1:50.82    1:50.68  \r\n  6 Saugstad, Emily M      21 Xavier            1:50.60    1:50.69  \r\n  7 McCardle, Courtney N   21 Seton Hall        1:50.14    1:51.35  \r\n  8 Fong, Andrea L         19 Villanova         1:51.47    1:51.46<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h2>\n<p>Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Jacob Kohlhoff<\/strong> took home the win with a 1:38.45, the first night 3 win for the Bulldogs. Following him were Seton Hall&#8217;s <strong>Benjamin Laclair<\/strong> (1:38.88) in second, and Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Michael Wheeler<\/strong> (1:39.09) in third.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the championship final were Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Benjamin Quon<\/strong> (1:39.55) and <strong>Jared Ritz<\/strong> (1:39.83), as well as <strong>Joseph Gibson<\/strong> of Seton Hall (1:40.53), <strong>Enrique Hernandez<\/strong> of Xavier (1:40.76), and <strong>Noah Chernik<\/strong> of Villanova (1:41.31).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 20  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kohlhoff, Jacob D      22 Georgetown        1:39.44    1:38.45  \r\n  2 Laclair, Benjamin P    18 Seton Hall        1:39.35    1:38.88  \r\n  3 Wheeler, Michael A     19 Georgetown        1:39.22    1:39.09  \r\n  4 Quon, Benjamin B       18 Xavier            1:39.96    1:39.55  \r\n  5 Ritz, Jared P          19 Xavier            1:39.49    1:39.83  \r\n  6 Gibson, Joseph R       21 Seton Hall        1:40.12    1:40.53  \r\n  7 Hernandez, Enrique     22 Xavier            1:41.05    1:40.76  \r\n  8 Chernik, Noah          20 Villanova         1:41.38    1:41.31<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h2>\n<p>The first breaststroke event of the meet featured Villanova&#8217;s <strong>Rayann Jaryszak<\/strong> taking a significant win in a 1:02.75. Following her were Butler&#8217;s <strong>Emma Spotts<\/strong> (1:03.99) and Seton Hall&#8217;s <strong>Jordan Decker<\/strong> (1:04.42).<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the final featured Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Lydia Schaeffer<\/strong> (1:04.46), Villanova&#8217;s <strong>Samantha Cheruk<\/strong> (1:04.88), Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Megan Smith<\/strong> (1:04.89), Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Rebecca Titterton<\/strong> (1:05.30), and Providence&#8217;s <strong>Abigail Czerniecki<\/strong> (1:05.90) &#8211; the first women&#8217;s heat featuring all six teams, a testament to the meet&#8217;s incredible breadth of performers.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 21  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Jaryszak, Rayann M     19 Villanova         1:03.79    1:02.75  \r\n  2 Spotts, Emma L         19 Butler            1:04.38    1:03.99  \r\n  3 Decker, Jordan E       21 Seton Hall        1:04.87    1:04.42  \r\n  4 Schaeffer, Lydia D     18 Xavier            1:04.85    1:04.46  \r\n  5 Cheruk, Samantha M     21 Villanova         1:05.61    1:04.88  \r\n  6 Smith, Megan E         19 Georgetown        1:04.67    1:04.89  \r\n  7 Titterton, Rebecca M   22 Xavier            1:05.54    1:05.30  \r\n  8 Czerniecki, Abigail E  22 Providence        1:05.53    1:05.90<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast<\/h2>\n<p>Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Matthew Dyer<\/strong> took the men&#8217;s breaststroke opener in a 54.29, crushing his prelims time of 55.65. Following him were <strong>Josh Tosoni<\/strong> of Seton Hall (54.95) and <strong>Nathaniel Goldfarb<\/strong> of Georgetown (55.06).<\/p>\n<p>Behind Providence&#8217;s <strong>Ryan Trammell<\/strong> (55.84) were Georgetown teammates <strong>Matthew Szilagyi<\/strong> (56.57), <strong>Arthur Want<\/strong> (56.58), and <strong>Carlson Temple<\/strong> (56.90). Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Cameron Weese<\/strong> closed out the heat in a 56.94.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 22  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Dyer, Matthew S        22 Xavier              55.65      54.29  \r\n  2 Tosoni, Josh R         20 Seton Hall          54.81      54.95  \r\n  3 Goldfarb, Nathaniel D  20 Georgetown          55.21      55.06  \r\n  4 Trammell, Ryan E       21 Providence          55.91      55.84  \r\n  5 Szilagyi, Matthew S    20 Georgetown          56.39      56.57  \r\n  6 Wang, Arthur Z         22 Georgetown          56.54      56.58  \r\n  7 Temple, Carlson D      19 Georgetown          56.08      56.90  \r\n  8 Weese, Cameron N       20 Xavier              56.51      56.94  \r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h2>\n<p>The third stroke sprint of the night, the women&#8217;s 100 back belonged to <strong>Darby Goodwin<\/strong> of Villanova, touching in a 54.61. Close behind were <strong>Enlin Chen<\/strong> of Georgetown (55.05) and Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Caroline Gaertner<\/strong> (55.30), all three faster than their prelims times.<\/p>\n<p>The backstroke was finished out by <strong>Ali Fort<\/strong> of Xavier (55.64), <strong>Julie Stankiewicz<\/strong> of Seton Hall (56.14),<strong> Eve Mauze<\/strong> of Georgetown (56.45), <strong>Laura Dicus<\/strong> of Xavier (56.64), and <strong>Gracie Wielar<\/strong> of Villanova (56.79).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 23  Women 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Goodwin, Darby E       22 Villanova           54.98      54.61  \r\n  2 Chen, Enlin            18 Georgetown          56.02      55.05  \r\n  3 Gaertner, Caroline F   22 Xavier              55.66      55.30  \r\n  4 Fort, Ali M            21 Xavier              55.37      55.64  \r\n  5 Stankiewicz, Julie A   19 Seton Hall          55.99      56.14  \r\n  6 Mauze, Eve E           19 Georgetown          56.67      56.45  \r\n  7 Dicus, Laura A         21 Xavier              56.60      56.64  \r\n  8 Wielar, Gracie E       18 Villanova           56.61      56.79<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h2>\n<p>While Xavier&#8217;s impressive 2-3-5-6-7 placing in the men&#8217;s backstroke sprint caught eyes, Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Andrew Carbone<\/strong> ultimately hit the wall first, touching in at a 48.27, just ahead of Xavier teammates <strong>Samuel Johanns<\/strong> (48.34) and <strong>Nathan Runyon<\/strong> (48.46).<\/p>\n<p>Finishing fourth was Villanova&#8217;s <strong>Andrew Kelley<\/strong> (48.66), followed by Xavier teammates <strong>Alexander Sironen<\/strong> (48.69), <strong>Charles Clark<\/strong> (49.64), and <strong>Christian Thomas<\/strong> (49.71), with Seton Hall&#8217;s <strong>Christopher Tucker<\/strong> placing eighth with a 50.06.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 24  Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                    === Championship Final ===                    <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Carbone, Andrew M      19 Georgetown          48.22      48.27  \r\n  2 Johanns, Samuel R      22 Xavier              48.59      48.34  \r\n  3 Runyon, Nathan D       21 Xavier              48.27      48.46  \r\n  4 Kelley, Andrew R       21 Villanova           48.64      48.66  \r\n  5 Sironen, Alexander J   19 Xavier              49.06      48.69  \r\n  6 Clark, Charles L       21 Xavier              49.85      49.64  \r\n  7 Thomas, Christian A    19 Xavier              49.96      49.71  \r\n  8 Tucker, Christopher W  22 Seton Hall          49.53      50.06  \r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 3M Diving<\/h2>\n<p>In the night&#8217;s only diving event (and the second of the men&#8217;s meet), <strong>Michael Perra<\/strong> of Villanova took first with 617.70 points, followed by fellow Wildcat <strong>Michael Ackert<\/strong> (564.90). Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Griffen Edmonds<\/strong> dove a 504.20 for bronze, followed closely by &#8216;Nova&#8217;s <strong>Joe Swinda<\/strong>l (499.20). Georgetown teammates <strong>Ryan Blom<\/strong> (473.40) and <strong>Matthew Werner<\/strong> (443.95) took fifth and sixth, with <strong>Tim Lynch<\/strong> and <strong>Joseph Ianelli<\/strong> of Seton Hall finishing seventh and eighth with a 419.05 and a 396.50, respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 26  Men 3 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age School            Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                          === Finals ===                          <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Perra, Michael            Villanova          305.40     617.70  \r\n  2 Ackert, Michael           Villanova          269.15     564.90  \r\n  3 Edmonds, Griffen          Georgetown         243.10     504.20  \r\n  4 Swindal, Joe              Villanova          240.40     499.20  \r\n  5 Blom, Ryan                Georgetown         238.55     473.40  \r\n  6 Werner, Matthew           Georgetown         216.60     443.95  \r\n  7 Lynch, Tim                Seton Hall         224.80     419.05  \r\n  8 Ianelli, Joseph           Seton Hall         189.15     396.50<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 400 Medley Relay<\/h2>\n<p>Villanova&#8217;s women took another relay win this evening, with <strong>Darby Goodwin<\/strong>, <strong>Rayann Jaryszak<\/strong>, <strong>Kelly Montesi<\/strong>, and <strong>Taylor Wilson<\/strong> posting a 3:40.92. Following the Wildcats were Xavier&#8217;s <strong>Ali Fort<\/strong>, <strong>Lydia Schaeffer<\/strong>, <strong>Caroline Gaertner<\/strong>, and <strong>Emily Conners<\/strong>, touching in at a 3:45.34. (Splits were not accurately available due to errors on the posted results.)<\/p>\n<p>Finishing out the women&#8217;s relay were Georgetown (3:48.17), Seton Hall (3:49.98), Butler (3:51.91), and Providence (3:53.18).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 27  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 Villanova  'A'                      3:40.90    3:40.92  \r\n     1) Goodwin, Darby E 22           2) Jaryszak, Rayann M 19        \r\n     3) Montesi, Kelly M 18           4) Wilson, Taylor N 22          \r\n  2 Xavier  'A'                         3:44.23    3:45.34  \r\n     1) Fort, Ali M 21                2) Schaeffer, Lydia D 18        \r\n     3) Gaertner, Caroline F 22       4) Conners, Emily A 21          \r\n  3 Georgetown  'A'                     3:49.74    3:48.17  \r\n     1) Chen, Enlin 18                2) Smith, Megan E 19            \r\n     3) Morgan, Dorothy L 22          4) Donohoe, Belinda J 20        \r\n  4 Seton Hall  'A'                     3:51.53    3:49.98  \r\n     1) Stankiewicz, Julie A 19       2) Decker, Jordan E 21          \r\n     3) Calocino, Jillian M 20        4) McCardle, Courtney N 21      \r\n  5 Butler  'A'                         3:52.80    3:51.91  \r\n     1) Hanson, Megan M 19            2) Spotts, Emma L 19            \r\n     3) Van Gheem, Annah R 19         4) Horton, Victoria L 21        \r\n  6 Providence  'A'                     3:58.16    3:53.18  \r\n     1) McGlaughlin, Juliet E 21      2) Czerniecki, Abigail E 22     \r\n     3) Thornton, Katherine R 19      4) Bankes, Jennifer P 18<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 400 Medley Relay<\/h2>\n<p>Xavier&#8217;s medley team of <strong>Nathan Runyon<\/strong>\u00a0(48.79), <strong>Matthew Dyer<\/strong> (53.74), <strong>Brandon Abboud<\/strong> (48.38), and <strong>Samuel Johanns<\/strong> (43.93) took a vast win over the rest of the pack, with Georgetown&#8217;s <strong>Andrew Carbone<\/strong> (47.87), <strong>Nathaniel Goldfarb<\/strong> (55.17), <strong>Justin Summers<\/strong> (49.41), and <strong>Jacob Kohlhoff<\/strong> (44.69) finishing second in 3:17.14. Dyer&#8217;s breast split, Abboud&#8217;s fly split, and Carbone&#8217;s back split were all faster than the winning times in the individual events (although Dyer and Carbone were both those individual winners as well).<\/p>\n<p>Seton Hall&#8217;s 3:18.51, Villanova&#8217;s 3:19.30, and Providence&#8217;s 3:26.04 finished out the last heat of the night, closing out an incredibly fast finals session.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 28  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals        \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 Xavier  'A'                         3:21.71    3:14.84  \r\n     1) Runyon, Nathan D 21           2) Dyer, Matthew S 22           \r\n     3) Abboud, Brandon A 21          4) Johanns, Samuel R 22         \r\n  2 Georgetown  'A'                     3:21.51    3:17.14  \r\n     1) Carbone, Andrew M 19          2) Goldfarb, Nathaniel D 20     \r\n     3) Summers, Justin M 21          4) Kohlhoff, Jacob D 22         \r\n  3 Seton Hall  'A'                     3:22.21    3:18.51  \r\n     1) Tucker, Christopher W 22      2) Tosoni, Josh R 20            \r\n     3) Cosgrove, Liam R 20           4) Williams, Dakota F 21        \r\n  4 Villanova  'A'                      3:22.61    3:19.30  \r\n     1) Kelley, Andrew R 21           2) Prikasky, Francis M 19       \r\n     3) Sabal, Luke T 22              4) Cucchi, Justin M 20          \r\n  5 Providence  'A'                     3:27.20    3:26.04  \r\n     1) McLaughlin, Mark W 19         2) Trammell, Ryan E 21          \r\n     3) Ferrell, Andrew B 19          4) Brannigan, Patrick K 20<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ryan Gibbons, Swimming World College Intern. 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