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Glenesk Sets 1650-Yard Freestyle A-10 Record on Saturday; Named Most Outstanding Rookie


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GENEVA, Ohio – Freshman Mattias Glenesk swam a 15:20.48 in the 1650-yard freestyle final on Saturday evening at the Atlantic 10 Championships, breaking the A-10 Championship record (15:24.66) and a 26-year old school record (Jeff Gershe – 15:28.22, 1988) in being named the meet's Most Outstanding Rookie.

"Mattias has been a great match for La Salle and quite obviously for our team," associate head coach Jamie Platt said. "He brings a strong work ethic and personality to each workout in and out of the pool. His future and the team's future is very bright." 

Glenesk won the race by more than 19 seconds, dispatching the top time in the conference dating back to 1983. Glenesk swam the first 1000 yards of the race in 9:15.20, burying the the previous school record (Jeff  Gershe - 9:18.66, 1988) by more than three seconds. 

As a team, La Salle finished the weekend with 403 points, placing fourth in the A-10.

Stefan Sharpe and Sean McCall each scored points in the 1650-yard freestyle, coming in 12th and 14th, respectively. Sharpe touched the wall at 16:08.46 while McCall posted a 16:13.31.

Johan Roth captured his second consecutive A-10 200-yard breaststroke title with a 1:59.15. Roth broke the previous school record which he set last year at the conference championships (2:00.70). Strahinja Stankovic registered a 2:03.71 in the consolation final, coming in 13th.

Jerry Gravel broke a 20-year old school record in the 200-yard backstroke (Paul DeConti – 1:48.99, 1994) during preliminaries on Saturday afternoon, swimming a 1:48.32. His record was short lived, however, as Dave Derr snatched it away in the consolation finals with a 1:47.76. Gravel timed a 1:48.83 in the finals, earning the Explorers 12 points with a seventh place finish. Justin Hughes (1:50.43) and Marcus Cloutier (1:54.04) finished 13th and 16th, respectively.

The 400-yard freestyle relay team (Roth, Derr, Hughes, Cabral) timed a 3:04.32 in the finals, coming in seventh. 

St. Bonaventure scored 718 team points, winning this year's A-10 title. UMass (624 points) and George Mason (591) finished second and third, respectively. 


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