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Tartans Sweep Dual Meets Again with Victories Against W&L and Allegheny

Tartans Sweep Dual Meets Again with Victories Against W&L and Allegheny
Posted: Nov 14, 2015

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team hosted Washington and Lee University and Allegheny College on Saturday, November 14 at the CMU Invite. The Tartans improved to 7-0 in dual meets for the year with a 170-91 victory against Washington and Lee and a 206-53 victory against Allegheny.

For the third straight meet the Tartans started with a win in the 200-yard medley relay with swims from senior Jay Jin (Canton, Mich./Canton),  freshman Winston Chu  (Warren, N.J./Saint Peter's Prep), junior Sivan Metha (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale) and junior Brian Jay (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) who finished in 1:36.61.

Freshman Mitchell Riek (Sunland, Calif./Bishop Alemany) won the 1,000-yard freestyle in a season-best time of 9:40.75. He also claimed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:46.34. Junior Dustin Ferzacca (Beverly, Mass./Manchester Essex) touched in 4:56.88 for third place in the 500 event.

Mehta picked up a victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a season-best touch of 53.56 and won the 100-yard butterfly in 52.43. Sophomore Benjamin Pierce (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic) finished third in the 100-yard backstroke in 56.40 before taking fourth in the 200-yard backstroke. SeniorSteven Geier (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:58.71, while Jin took third in 2:02.18. Geier also swam the 200-yard freestyle, touching second in a season-best 1:46.20.

Chu led the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.68. He was chased by senior Peter Podniesinski (Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East) who placed second in 1:01.20 while Jin took third in 1:01.56. Chu also led a sweep in the 200-yard breaststroke touching in a season-best 2:10.62 with Jay behind him in 2:10.86 and Podniesinski in third in 2:15.31.

The 200-yard butterfly saw Riek claim first place with a season-best time of 1:53.99 for his third victory of the day. Senior Matthew Nielsen (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods) won the 200-yard IM with a season-best time of 2:00.69

In the sprint freestyles, Jay took third in the 50-yard event with a time of 21.83 while freshman Jack Dangremond (Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy) was second in the 100-yard event in 48.13.