Men's Swimming and Diving Sweeps in Season Opener
 

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes University men's swimming and diving team swept both Marywood University and King's College in their first meet of the 2026-27 season. 

The Colonels defeated the Pacers 198-55, while also defeating the Monarchs 172-86.

 Wilkes opened the meet with a first place win in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:43.76 from Jacob Piotrowski (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge), Tobias Misinay (Somerset, KY/Pulaski County), Maximilian Wilson (Manassas, VA/Seton), and DJ Hammond (Stone Mountain, GA/Stephenson). Piotrowski also finished first in the 50 yard breaststroke (29.86), second in 100 yard backstroke (1:00.40), and third in the 200 yard IM (2:15.09). 

Misinay had another first place finish in the 100 yard freestyle (51.58), while also finishing second in the 50 yard breaststroke (30.41) and 200 yard IM (2:12.60). Wilson also completed two other first-place finishes in the 50 yard butterfly (24.83) and the 50 yard freestyle (23.10). He also placed second in the 50 yard backstroke with a time of 25.94 respectively. 

The Colonels were on a roll with placing in the top-three as Hammond also placed first in the 100 yard butterfly (59.21) and second in 50 yard butterfly (25.94). 

Other notable placements include the team of Luke Donato (Westerly, RI/Westerly), Max Johnson (Clarksburg, MD/Clarksburg), Leo Miller (Oak Forest, IL/Oak Forest), and Cameron Place (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield) who placed second in the 200 yard freestyle relay. Johnson also completed three other second-place finishes in 200 yard freestyle (1:56.49), 100 yard butterfly (1:01.54), and 500 yard freestyle (5:18.02). Wilkes' Caleb Keener (Shrewsbury, PA/Susquehannock) also had two second-place finishes in the 1000 yard freestyle and 100 yard breaststroke, with the times of 11:32.65 and 1:10.03 respectively. 

The Colonels return to the pool on Saturday, October 17 at 1 p.m. as they travel to Moravian University.