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Fazio led off the winning 200 free relay, the foursome with <strong>Cody Stewart, TJ Bearor<\/strong> and <strong>Ryan Baldino<\/strong> going 1:19.46, just over a second ahead of UNC Wilmington. Fazio then anchored the 400 medley relay to a similar margin of victory over UNCW, joining <strong>Evan Bota, Brian Benzing<\/strong> and <strong>Nick McClure<\/strong> to clock in at 3:11.85.<\/p>\n<p>In between Fazio found time to finish second in the 50 free, while Benzing was second in the 200 individual medley.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware\u2019s <strong>Bryce Ciecko<\/strong> took home the 500 free, with a winning time of 4:27.82 to pull away from the field by more than four seconds. Second was <strong>Eric Cantrell<\/strong> of UNCW in 4:31.99, fractions ahead of Towson\u2019s <strong>Ryan Bookstein<\/strong> and UNCW mate <strong>Zackary Whipple.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Henderson Louviere<\/strong> of UNCW won the night&#8217;s most intriguing race in the IM, getting to the wall first in 1:47.02. Just .05 behind was Benzing, a freshman. Two more rookies followed, with Drexel\u2019s <strong>Kacper Karnik<\/strong> in 1:47.29 as part of the title hunt and <strong>Will Goldey<\/strong> of UNCW well back of the pace.<\/p>\n<p>Fazio\u2019s huge day was spoiled by <strong>E\u2019Likai Crompton-English<\/strong> of UNC Wilmington, the sophomore transfer from Indy cracking 20 seconds to get the win in 19.89. Fazio was second in 20.12, while William &amp; Mary&#8217;s <strong>Graham Hertweck<\/strong> and Baldino of Towson tied for third in 20.19. 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