Men's Swimming and Diving | January 16, 2017
PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle Men's Swimming and Diving team returned to action to host George Mason at Kirk Pool on Monday. The men were able to pick up a commanding win, defeating George Mason by a score of 212-88.
The Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams are fresh off of a training trip to Florida during the academic winter break. Check out some of what they have been up to in
this video.
"I am excited seeing our performances today on the boards and in pool," said Head Coach
Jamie Platt after the event. "The men and women spent plenty of time in Florida and here in Philadelphia preparing for the final stretch of our season. I am pleased with where we are coming off our trips to Orlando and Boca Raton, but we still have 1 month until A10's. This team is driven and I expect a singular focus on preparation for A10's the next few weeks."
The Men's team won both relays in the event, starting with the 200 medley.
Fabian Bergman,
Marcus Forsgren,
Cameron Fadley, and Sam Odtallah totaled a time of 1:34.64 in the win. Later in the day, the Men also took the 400 free relay.
Jerry Gravel, Forsgren, Jakob Bartosiewicz and
Aleksandar Nikolic clocked in at 3:11.17 for the win.
The aforementioned Nikolic and Forsgren finished first and second respectively in the 200 free. The two Explorers were joined by sophomore
Kyle McElwee in the top three. Nikolic also took first in the 100 free (48.10 seconds).
Bergman and Gravel finished one-two in the 100 back and 200 back. Bergman's winning time was 51.21 seconds in the 100 back and 1:53.13 in the 200 back. Bergman also took the 200 IM (1:54.84).
Bartosiewicz, a junior, also took first in the 200 fly (1:52.27). Fadley was first in the 100 fly (51.20).
Dimitrije Mladenovic, a junior, finished atop the leaderboard in the 100 breast (59.43 seconds). Freshman
Christoff Ras took second, just over a third of a second off Mladenovic. Ras, however, placed first in the 200 breast later in the day (2:07.98) by over four seconds in front of Mladenovic.
Senior Mattias Glenesk ran away with the 1000 free. His official time of 9:39.89 was over five seconds ahead of second place. Glenesk also won the 500 free (4:41.32).
In the 50 free, senior Sam Odtallah took first in a quick 21.62 seconds.
Dylan Yurasits placed first in the 1 meter dive, scoring 310.58.
Blake Griffith (272.38) and
Chase Ott (249.68) placed third and fourth. Yurasits took second in the 3 meter dive (306.08) while Griffith (268.95) and Ott (246.38) were third and fourth.
The Men's team will hit the water again in a tri-meet with Fordham and Richmond at Kirk Pool on Saturday at noon.
