Men's Swimming and Diving | January 28, 2015

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's swimming and diving teams hosts the Penn Quakers in Kirk Pool for their Senior Day on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The men improved to 6-0 in dual meets this season with a 216-87 defeat of the Loyola Greyhounds in Kirk Pool on Thursday evening.

Freshman diver Dylan Yurasits earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week after topping both events on the diving board in the win. The North Wales, Pa. native earned nine points by winning the 1-meter dive with a score of 297.68, and another nine for the taking the 3-meter dive with a score of 296.55.

The Explorers took control of the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay as Fabian Bergman, Johan Roth, Jakub Bartosiewicz and Kip Gravel posted a 3:29.71 to take the victory.

Bergman also excelled individually, taking 1st place in the 100-yard backstroke (52.72), the 200-yard backstroke (1:58.93), and turning in the top time in the 200-yard IM (1:56.49).

Bartosiewicz was another top performer for the Explorers, winning the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:54.81 and touching the wall in 51.62 to win the 100-yard butterfly.

Mattias Glenesk continued his dominance of distance freestyle this season, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:41.55) by more than 20 seconds before pacing the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.21) by nearly 15 seconds.

La Salle will honor seniors Kip Gravel, Taylor Jeronis, Sean McCaffrey and Stefan Sharpe prior to the meet.

The Explorers are in preparation for the Atlantic 10 Championships at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio from February 18-21.