GROVE CITY, Pa. (Nov. 6) – The Saint Vincent College men's swimming team fell to Grove City College by a score of 180-82 in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) dual meet on Friday evening.
Levi Kruper-Peck highlighted the evening for the Bearcats, recording Saint Vincent's lone individual event victory in the 100-yard backstroke.
Kruper-Peck touched the wall in 55.38 seconds, finishing more than a second ahead of Grove City's Ryan Turner, who placed second in 56.41 seconds. Kruper-Peck also added a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 50.35 seconds.
Evan Zeni turned in a strong performance in the freestyle events, recording a pair of top-three finishes. Zeni placed second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.67 before finishing third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:07.38.
William Schauss also recorded a pair of strong finishes in the distance freestyle events. Schauss placed second in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 5:07.25, just 1.42 seconds behind Grove City's C.J. Mayhew. He also finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:38.18.
Michael Riely added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard butterfly, swimming a time of 2:01.35. Riely also placed third in the 200-yard individual medley, clocking a time of 2:08.62.
Giovanni Guido recorded a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.75. Guido also placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (57.54) and 200-yard individual medley (2:08.75).
Aidan Burnworth added another runner-up finish for Saint Vincent in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 22.01 seconds, just 0.18 seconds behind Grove City's George Witte, who won the event in 21.83 seconds.
Liam Randolph also contributed a pair of third-place finishes in the breaststroke events. Randolph finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.97 before recording a time of 2:23.26 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
In the relay events, the Bearcats recorded a pair of second-place finishes.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Kruper-Peck, Randolph, Max Huck, and Burnworth finished second with a time of 1:38.67.
Saint Vincent also placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay, as the quartet of Kruper-Peck, Burnworth, Ryan Ventry, and Zeni combined for a time of 1:30.07.
Huck added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.60), while also placing fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (55.33) and 100-yard freestyle (51.18).
Saint Vincent returns to action on Friday, November 20, competing in the three-day Fredonia Blue Devil Invitational.
