WILKES-BARRE – After finishing the previous three Diamond City Invitationals in sixth place, the Wilkes University men's swim team finished in fifth place out of 11 teams in the 2017 version after completing the final session Sunday afternoon at the Wyoming Valley CYC hosted by King's College.

Session III Results

The relay team of Jared Byrne (Pequea, PA/Penn Manor), Justin Burda (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic), Anthony Stampone (Kent Island, MD/Kent Island), and Nick Martino (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) set a new record in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:23.66, good for a fifth place finish.

Byrne set new records in the 1000 and 1650 freestyle during the 1650 race, finishing the 1650 race in 18:05.23, finishing in seventh place.

Tyler Weatherby (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester County Institutional Technology) finished 10^th in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:18.17.

Christopher Daley (Bethlehem, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) finished 12^th in the 1650 freestyle in 19:39.14.

Martino was 14^th in the 200 backstroke at 2:17.63.

Burda came in 15^th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.11.

Thurman Fogleman (York, PA/William Penn) was 15^th in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:37.27.

Stampone finished 16^th in the 100 freestyle at 52.13.

The Colonels return to the pool on December 3^rd when they head to Lycoming for a 2:00 p.m. Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) meet.