Wilkes Men's Swimming Continues Winning Ways with Sweep of McDaniel and Penn State Altoona
WESTMINSTER, Md. – The Wilkes University men's swimming team remain with only one loss on their record after this weekend's tri-meet, sweeping hosts McDaniel College and Penn State Altoona on Saturday afternoon.
The Colonels opened the day with a win in the 400 yard medley relay, as the team of
Maximilian Wilson (Manassas, VA/Seton),
Joshua Robinson (Richmond, VA/St. Christopher's),
DJ Hammond (Stone Mountain, GA/Stephenson), and
Max Johnson (Clarksburg, MD/Clarksburg) took the top spot with a time of 3:56.71.
Owen Lewis (Ellicott City, MD/Howard) won the team their second event of the day in the 50 yard freestyle with a 23.49, before the Colonels took another relay win to close the day thanks to a dominant win by the team of
Tobias Misinay (Somerset, KY/Pulaski County),
Leo Miller (Oak Forest, IL/Oak Forest),
Jacob Piotrowski (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge), and Wilson, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of second place with a time of 3:24.99.
In between the trio of victories, the Colonels finished on the podium in all but one event, as Johnson, Misinay, Hammond,
Cameron Place (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield), Wilson and Piotrowski collected second or third place finishes on the day.
Wilkes returns to the pool on Saturday, November 14
th when the Colonels host Goucher College and Stevenson University for a tri-meet at the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center starting at 1:00 p.m.
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