From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics
The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team
hosted Denison University in its last home meet of the season on
Saturday, January 24. The Big Red outlasted the Tartans 174-95.
Sophomore Brian Walsh (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier) turned
in the Tartans lone first-place finish of the afternoon when he
touched the wall with a time of 1:52.50 in the 200-yard
butterfly. Senior David Campbell (Voorhees,
N.J./Eastern Regional) placed third in the event with a time of
1:55.62.
Walsh also competed in the 100-yard butterfly were he took second
with a time of 51.65 while fellow sophomore Sivan
Mehta (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale) finished .14 seconds back in
fourth with a time of 51.79.
Sophomore Brian Jay (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) finished
second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:10.52, as
junior Matthew Nielsen (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods) was
less than a second behind finishing third in 2:11.20. In the
100-yard breaststroke, freshman Matthew Chu (Warren,
N.J./Saint Peter's Prep) took third in 58.58 and Jay touched in
58-84 for a fourth-place finish.
In the 200-yard freestyle, junior Steven
Geier (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) was second with a time
of 1:43.42.
Jay turned in a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle
followed by freshman Kevin Steinhouse (St. Louis,
Mo./John Burroughs School) and Mehta in fourth and fifth. Jay
touched in 21.63 while Steinhouse and Mehta touched in 21.80 and
21.96, respectively.
Freshman Michael DiBacco (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia) turned
in a third-place showing in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of
1:57.68.