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WILKES MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING FALL AT MESSIAH

10/25/2014 7:35:00 PM

WILKES MEN'S & WOMEN'S SWIMMING FALL AT MESSIAH

GRANTHAM, PA – The Wilkes University men's and women's swimming teams fell at Messiah College in a dual meet Saturday afternoon. The Colonels men dropped a 174-49 decision while the Wilkes women fell 182-59.

Beth Chmil led the Lady Colonel scorers in the meet placing second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.50 and third place finish in the 50 breaststroke at 34.28. Sarah Cole (Hanover Twp., PA/Wyoming Seminary) claimed second in the 11 backstroke with a time of 1:09.88, while Megan Evers (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) finished third in the 500 freestyle at 6:32.86.

The relay team of Cassie Morey, Mandy Stickles, Gillian Gagliardi (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Meyers) and Chmil claimed first place in the 200 freestyle with a school record time of 1:54.12.

For the men, Will Hauze (Wapwallopen, PA/Holy Redeemer) took first place in the 500 freestyle coming in at 5:50.72. The relay team of Greg O'Malley (Binghamton, NY/Windsor), Thurman Fogleman (York, PA/William Penn), Austin Paisley (Sugarloaf, PA/Hazleton Area) and Chris Bright set a school record in the 200 freestyle finishing first at 1:42.05.

Both squads are back in the pool Saturday, November 8^th at Lycoming College's tri-match with Stevenson University starting at 1:00 p.m.

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