PHILADELPHIA — Calvin LeBlanc set a program record in the men's 3-meter dive as La Salle swept all four diving events against Drexel on Saturday. Göksu Dogan and Santiago Custodio added two individual swimming victories apiece to lead the Explorers in the pool.
La Salle earned 10 event victories, while Drexel finished with a 386.5–209.5 advantage in the combined team standings.
LeBlanc highlighted the meet with a record-setting score of 366.38 points on 3-meter, winning the event by more than 71 points. He also won the 1-meter competition with 286.95 points, narrowly finishing ahead of teammate Tyler Reeve's 286.35 to give the Explorers a one-two finish.
Tiffany Brawn and Lily Chandler split the women's diving victories. Brawn won the 1-meter competition with 265.35 points, while Chandler placed third with 257.33. Chandler then topped the 3-meter field with 305.85 points, and Brawn added a third-place finish with 273.15. Kenna Post placed fourth on 1-meter with 239.70, while Grace Ciepiela finished fourth on 3-meter with 211.95.
Dogan swept the women's backstroke events, winning the 100-yard race in 58.32 before taking the 200 in 2:07.09. Alyssa Kelly finished second in the 200 backstroke in 2:10.17, securing another one-two finish for La Salle.
Kelly added a victory in the 200 individual medley, touching in 2:10.28 to finish nearly five seconds ahead of the field. Zyenna Martinez placed third in the event in 2:17.69.
Custodio paced the men in the pool with victories in the 1,000 freestyle and 200 butterfly. He won the distance event in 9:46.01, with Mateo Shearer placing third in 9:53.95, before taking the 200 butterfly in 1:51.03. Custodio nearly secured a third victory in the 500 freestyle, finishing second in 4:40.50, just 0.41 seconds behind Drexel's Cinga Cinga.
Noah Juhlin Fredriksson added a win in the men's 100 freestyle in 46.67 and placed third in the 100 backstroke in 51.14. Blaise Hofmann earned runner-up finishes in the 200 backstroke (1:53.66) and 200 individual medley (1:55.11), missing first place in the medley by just 0.13 seconds. Beck Armstrong followed Hofmann in third in 1:58.63.
Ryan Christie finished second in the men's 100 butterfly in 51.38, while Mia Gamble took second in the women's race in 59.62. Josie Strader placed third in both the women's 200 freestyle (1:56.52) and 100 freestyle (54.32), and Beren Celik finished third in the 200 breaststroke in 2:28.51.
The Explorers closed the meet with a second-place finish in the men's 200 freestyle relay. Fredriksson, Austin Wakefield, Andy Barger and Matthew Rivas combined for a time of 1:24.97.
La Salle returns to action Saturday, Nov. 14, when the men's and women's teams travel to Baltimore to face UMBC.
