YORK, Pa. (Oct. 31) – The Saint Vincent College men's swimming team turned in a strong showing at the two-day York College Invitational, held Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 31.
The Bearcats recorded several first-place finishes throughout the two-day, non-scoring meet, highlighted by strong performances from William Schauss and Levi Kruper-Peck.
Schauss led the way for Saint Vincent, capturing four individual first-place finishes. On Friday, Schauss won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:55.22 before adding another victory in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 1:58.79.
He continued his strong weekend on Saturday, winning the 400-yard individual medley in 4:20.08 before closing out his individual competition with a first-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 17:19.66.
Kruper-Peck also put together a strong weekend for the Bearcats, winning the 200-yard individual medley on Friday with a time of 2:01.43. He followed that performance with another first-place finish on Saturday, winning the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.72. Evan Zeni finished second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:49.37, giving Saint Vincent the top two finishes in the event.
Giovanni Guido added a first-place finish on Friday in the 200-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 2:03.51. Guido also finished second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:02.48.
On Saturday, Joe Borneman led a Saint Vincent sweep of the top three spots in the 200-yard breaststroke, winning the event in 2:19.33. Liam Randolph finished just behind him in second place with a time of 2:19.84, while Landon Kirkpatrick placed third in 2:22.52.
The Bearcats also found success in relay competition, winning the 200-yard freestyle relay on Friday. The quartet of Aidan Burnworth, Ryan Ventry, Zeni and Kruper-Peck combined for a first-place time of 1:27.09, edging York's top relay team, which finished in 1:27.60.
Other notable performances included Burnworth's second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (21.59) on Friday and Max Huck's runner-up finish in the 100-yard butterfly (52.56) on Saturday.
Saint Vincent's top 200-yard medley relay team of Kruper-Peck, Zeni, Owen Echegaray and Burnworth also placed second on Saturday with a time of 1:38.02.
The two-day invitational was a non-scoring event, with no team scores recorded.
The Bearcats return to action on Friday, November 6 with a home PAC meet against Grove City. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
