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Tartans Top CWRU, 194-89, in Season Opening Meet

Tartans Top CWRU, 194-89, in Season Opening Meet
Posted: Oct 28, 2017

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team began the season at home against Case Western Reserve University on Saturday, October 28. The Tartans won the meet by a score of 194-89.

The Tartans opened and closed the meet with victories in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. Sophomore Richard Deng (West Windsor, N.J. / West Windsor Plainsboro South), senior Matthew Chu (Warren, N.J. / Saint Peter's Prep), freshman Max Gonzalez (Allison Park, Pa. / North Allegheny), and sophomore Sam Hawke (Malvern, Pa. / Episcopal Academy) won the medley relay in 1:34.71 while freshman Justin Britton (Falls Church, Va. / George Mason), Gonzalez, Deng, and Hawke touched first in the freestyle relay in 1:25.27.

Freshman Andrew Joyner (Holly Springs, N.C. / Tar Heel Springs Academy) won the 1000-yard freestyle for the Tartans in 9:58.14 with sophomore Daniel Li(Charlotte, N.C. / Providence) winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:48.80.

Gonzalez earned a win in the 200-yard freestyle by touching first in 1:43.65 and later won the 100-yard butterfly in 52.27.

Hawke led a sweep of the 50-yard freestyle in 21.95 with Britton touching second in 22.05 and sophomore Ryan Fitzpatrick (Montgomery, N.J. / Montgomery) third in 22.13. Hawke later won the 100-yard freestyle, an event the Tartans also swept, in 47.59.

Deng touched just ahead of sophomore Ben Baxter (Bernardsville, N.J. / Bernards) in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.04 while Baxter touched in 54.33.

Junior Winston Chu (Warren, N.J. / Saint Peter's Prep) won the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.33, which was 1.20 seconds ahead of his brother, Matthew, in second place. Winston also won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:09.52 with sophomore Connor Clayton (Simpsonville, S.C. / Mauldin) touching second in 2:12.45.

Junior Gabe Bamforth (Cambridge, Mass. / CRLS) won the 1-meter diving event with 253.92 points and the 3-meter diving event with 261.15 points. Sophomore Evan Hill (Knoxville, Tenn. / Bearden) placed second on the 3-meter diving board with 184.65 points.