Men's Swimming and Diving | October 5, 2019
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Men's swimming & diving wrapped up the New England Catholic Invite on Saturday, finishing in the same position that they began the day: second overall with 886.5 points. Sophomore
Zachary Wolbert led the way with two first-place finishes, including setting an Invite record in the 200 Fly, while senior
Norm Gregory (first and second) and sophomore
Ian Venter (first and third) also tallied two individual podium finishes.
MEET NOTES
- Wolbert's pair of winning times were in the 400 IM and 200 Fly, where he timed in at 4:09.46 and 1:54.05 respectively.
- Gregory's victory took place in the 100 Free where he touched in 46.15--also an Invite record. That time was less than a second faster than the second-place finisher, junior Daniel Johnson (46.77). Gregory also placed second in the 200 Free with a time of 1:43.78.
- Venter's win came in the 100 Back, clocking in at 51.27, which tied an Invite record. His bronze time was recorded in the 200 Back (1:54.29).
- Freshman watch: Rookie diver Sam Henninger picked up the sole win for the men on the boards with his finish in the 1-meter (282.90 points). Trenton Burr placed second in the 100 Fly with a time of 52.40.
- The men's two best relay times, in the 200 Medley and 400 Free, each contained a freshman swimmer. A second-place time in the 200 Medley consisted of rookie Sebastian Aguirre, Venter, N. Gregory, and senior Marcus Forsgren (3:31.61). A silver medal finish in the 400 Free was swam by freshman Cole Dyson, Wolbert, Venter and Johnson (3:10.65).
- Other notable podium finishes include junior Isaiah Gregory's second-place time in the 100 Breast (59.35), senior Christoff Ras' silver medal result in the 200 Breast, and sophomore Steven Stasolla's third-place dive in the 1-meter (269.30).
COACH'S THOUGHTS
- Head coach Jamie Platt gave his thoughts on how the opening weekend went, saying: "I am very pleased how the athletes responded to a new challenge. Traditionally, we are just training at this time of year, so to get up and compete against other teams created a unique opportunity for our teams. We can now take what we learned from this experience and have a few more training weeks until we get into a busy competition schedule. We have plenty of work left to do, but our starting point excites me as to where we can go!"
UP NEXT
- The Explorers will be back in action on the 25th for an away meet at Drexel beginning at 5 p.m.
