ALLIANCE, Ohio (Oct. 15) – The Saint Vincent College men's swimming team opened its 2026-27 season on Thursday evening, falling to the University of Mount Union by a score of 169-90 in a non-conference dual meet.
The Bearcats recorded two first-place finishes on the evening, highlighted by Giovanni Guido's victory in the 200-yard individual medley and a first-place performance in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Guido led the way individually for Saint Vincent, winning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:07.88. Freshman Michael Riely followed in second place, touching the wall in 2:08.97, while fellow freshman Aaron Moccaldi completed a sweep of the top three scoring positions for the Bearcats with a time of 2:25.82.
Guido also recorded a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking a time of 57.59 seconds, while placing third in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 27.20 seconds.
Saint Vincent closed out the meet with a strong showing in the 200-yard freestyle relay, as the quartet of Maxwell Huck, Landon Kirkpatrick, Aidan Burnworth and Evan Zeni earned first-place points with a time of 1:31.29.
The Bearcats also claimed second and third place in the event. The team of Gabriel Yant, Joe Borneman, Owen Echegaray and Ryan Ventry finished second in 1:34.24, while Christopher Shilaos, William Schauss, Alex Rodriguez and Moccaldi placed third in 1:39.66.
Burnworth turned in a strong performance in the sprint freestyle events, finishing second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.51 seconds. Freshman Levi Kruper-Peck followed in fourth place with a time of 23.16 seconds, while Ventry finished fifth in 23.72 seconds.
Kruper-Peck also earned a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 49.96 seconds.
In the distance freestyle events, Riely paced the Bearcats in the 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing third with a time of 10:45.46. Schauss followed closely behind in fourth place, clocking a time of 10:45.85.
Schauss also placed third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:15.67, while Zeni finished fifth in 5:17.30.
Zeni added a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:52.37.
Kirkpatrick recorded a pair of strong finishes in the breaststroke events, placing second in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 29.16 seconds and third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.66.
In the butterfly events, Huck led Saint Vincent with a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, clocking a time of 55.34 seconds. Echegaray followed in fourth place with a time of 55.82 seconds, while Riely finished fifth in 56.58 seconds.
Echegaray also placed third in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 24.85 seconds, followed by Kruper-Peck in fourth place at 24.93 seconds.
The Bearcats opened the evening with a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, as Kruper-Peck, Borneman, Echegaray and Burnworth combined for a time of 1:42.03.
Saint Vincent returns to action on Saturday, October 24 with a road dual at Juniata. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
