Wilkes Men's Swim Records Ten Top-Ten Finishes in Day One of Electric City Invitational

SCRANTON, PA - The Wilkes men's swim team competed in day one of the Electric City Invitational today, posting ten top ten finishes. 

Full Results

The schools competing in the invitational along with Wilkes are King's, Messiah, Lycoming, Scranton, and SUNY Oneonta.

In the 200 yard freestyle relay, the Colonels finished in fifth with a time of 1:31.95. On the relay were Owen Lewis (Ellicott City, MD/Howard), Leo Miller (Oak Forest, IL/Oak Forest), Alton Smargiassi (Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia), and Ashton Dainty (Scranton, PA/Scranton). In the 50 yard freestyle, Dainty placed seventh with a time of 23:00, and in the 200 yard freestyle, Miller placed tenth with a time of 1:55.04.

In the 200 yard medley relay, the Colones placed fifth by a time of 1:42.83, and took sixth in the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:53.72. On the relays were Dainty, Smargiassi, Miller, and Jacob Piotrowski (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge). In the 100 yard backstroke, John Falcone (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) took eighth with a time of 1:03.87. 

Smargiassi placed sixth in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 55.71 and Dainty took eighth with a time of 56.84. In the 100 yard breaststroke, Piotrowski finished in seventh with a time of 1:06.60 and Lewis took ninth with a time of 1:07.86.

The Colonels will finish competing in the Invitational tomorrow morning in Scranton.