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Men's Swimming and Diving

Fitzgerald, Szyszko Take Home A-10 Golds For Men's Swimming & Diving; Explorers Are In Fourth Place


Day Three Results 

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Junior Dan Fitzgerald won the 100-back, breaking the school record he set in the morning session, while classmate Blase Szyszko took gold in the 100-breast as La Salle wrapped up day three of the 2012 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships.

Heading into the final day of competition, the Explorers are in fourth place.

Winning the 100-back in 48.68, Fitzgerald shaved more time off his own record of 49.11 that he set in the morning.

Szyszko lowered his morning 100-breast time by three-tenths of a second to win the event in 56.30.

In the 100-fly finals, senior Austin Thomas swam a 49.30, good for fourth, while senior Edward Carnes was right behind him in fifth (49.36).

Carnes also finished 13th overall while swimming in the 100-back consolation final (51.84).  Sophomore Dave Derr clocked in at 51.42 in the same event, good for tenth. 

Sophomore Sean McCall helped the Explorers with an eighth-place finish in the 200-free (1:42.15).  In the consolation final, sophomore Cameron Cabrera (1:41.30) and juniors Brian Batson (1:41.69) and Zach Anderson (1:43.54) came in 10th, 11th and 16th overall, respectively.

Freshman James Gravel swam his best 400-IM time of the year (4:03.12) to finish first in the “B” final and ninth overall. 

Seniors Eric Patenaude (4:10.83) and Joe Jung (4:10.83) were 13th and 14th, respectively.

On the diving board, senior Jordan Baker finished seventh with a score of 265.65.

The 400-medley relay was disqualified.

The championship meet will conclude tomorrow, with event preliminaries beginning at 10:30 a.m. 
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