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Wilkes Men 5th, Women 8th After Day One of Diamond City Invitational

11/22/2014 8:14:00 PM

Wilkes Men 5^th, Women 8^th After Day One of Diamond City Invitational

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's swimming team stands in fifth place while the women are in eighth place after the opening day of the third annual Diamond City Invitational at the Wilkes-Barre CYC.

In the men's meet Misericordia was the day one leader with 574.5 points while Arcadia sits in second with 460.5 points. Hood is third with 355 points followed by King's in fourth with 302.5 points. Wilkes stands fifth (234), followed by Mount Saint Mary (NY) (230.5), and Stevenson (20).

The relay team of Dominic Parfianowicz (Elmira, NY/Elmira Free Academy), Jacob Parfianowicz (Elmira, NY/Elmira Free Academy), Jeff Mastrantuono (Waverly, NY/Waverly) and Greg O'Malley (Binghamton, NY/Windsor) took fourth place with a time of 1:45.33. Mastrantuono claimed fourth in the 100 breaststroke coming in at 1:02.57, over eleven seconds better than the previous school record time of 1:13.06. D. Parfianowicz set a school record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59:19 taking sixth in the event overall.

In the women's meet, Misericordia and East Stroudsburg are tied for the day one lead with 516 points. King's is in third with 336 points followed by Hood (322), Mansfield (252), Arcadia (198), Mount Saint Mary (NY) (198), Wilkes (76) and Stevenson (30).

Sarah Cole (Hanover Twp., PA/Wyoming Seminary) finished 13^th in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:08.08.

The Diamond City Invitational will conclude on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. at the CYC.

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