PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Jan. 24)- The Saint Vincent College (SVC) men's swimming team finished a two-day meet at the Western PA Invitational at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
The invite had six teams participating but only four with men's teams: CMU, Grove City College, Chatham University, and SVC. The meet was unscored.
The SVC team had some top performances most notably from senior Jacob Dzurica. Dzurica won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle and received a second-place touch in the 100-yard backstroke. Freshman William Schauss swam his off events but still swam at a high level in the 200-yard Individual Medley, butterfly, freestyle and breaststroke. He placed in the top ten in all four of these events with a third-place finish in the butterfly.
Likewise, sophomore Giovanni Guido also finished top ten in all his events. He swam the 200- and 400-yard Individual Medley, the 200-yard backstroke, and the 200-yard breaststroke. His top finish was in the backstroke with a fourth-place touch. Freshmen Maxwell Huck and Evan Zeni came in 13th and 11th place in the 50-yard freestyle.
Freshman Owen Echegaray had an impressive weekend in the 100-yard butterfly while senior Jake Bacasa had a solid race in the mile. Four relays were swum over the two days and were the focus of many swimmers.
The 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay were on Friday night. The freestyle A-relay placed third and consisted of Dzurica, Huck, and seniors Alex Leskovansky and Hayden Klein. The A medley relay was made up of Dzurica, Echegaray, Leskovansky, and freshman Joe Borneman and placed eighth.
On Saturday, the 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay was swum. The first A relay placed eighth and consisted of the same members as the 400-yard relay previously stated. The freestyle relay placed fourth with Zeni, Dzurica, Leskovansky, and Huck.
The Bearcats return to action on Saturday, January 31, competing against Westminster in their final PAC meet of the season before the PAC Championships next month. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with senior day festivities taking place prior to the meet.
