Men's Swimming and Diving | October 21, 2015
Full Results
PHILADELPHIA- The La Salle men's swimming and diving team picked up a win in a dual meet over Villanova on Wednesday evening at Kirk Pool. Sophomore
Jakub Bartosiewicz won two individual events and was a part of two separate relay team wins.
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The sophomore won the 200-yard freestyle race thanks to a time of 1:44.68, which was nearly two seconds clear of the field. He returned to win the 500-yard freestyle thanks to a time of 4:47.56 which beat out teammate freshman
Aleksandar Nikolic who was second in 4:51.41.
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Bartosiewicz also swam as a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team which won with a time of 1:29.18. He swam the third leg of the 400-yard medley relay to help the team win the race with a 3:27.89 time.
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"We are continuing on the right path," added head coach
Jamie Platt. "Each week, we are taking steps forward and becoming a more cohesive team on the boards and in the pool. The season is young, but when we continue this growth, only great things can occur!"
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Sophomore
Dylan Yurasits won two diving events, taking home the title in both the 1-meter and three meter events. In the one meter he edged out teammate senior
CJ Gimpel with 276.83 points while the senior was close behind with 276.76.
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Yurasits and Gimple were the top two in three meter diving as well with Yurasits scoring 238.80 and Gimpel scoring a 220.05.
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Junior
Mattias Glenesk won the 1000-yard freestyle race thanks to a time of 9:51.31, which was 8.1 seconds clear of the nearest competitor. Classmate
Jerry Gravel swam a 54.08 to win the 100-yard backstroke, which was 1.9 seconds over teammates Mike Stein and
Johan Roth.Â
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Sophomore
Dimitrije Mladenovic bested a six man field in the 100-yard breaststroke thanks to a 1:00.11 time.
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Senior
Johan Roth won the 200-yard medley race while also swimming on two winning relay teams. He swam a 1:57.44 to win the medley race my .34 seconds over teammate sophomore
Fabian Bergman.
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Junior
Strahinja Stankovic won the 50-yard freestyle race with a 22.28 time. He was also part of the 200-yard freestyle team that topped the podium.
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Freshman
Aleksandar Nikolic won the 100-yard freestyle race with a 48.3 time to take home the title over the six man field.
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Senior
Justin Hughes won the 200-yard backstroke event thanks to a time of 1:57.67 which was nearly two seconds better than the nearest competitor.
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La Salle returns to action on Friday as they head across Philadelphia to take on Drexel.
