Senior Victor Polyakov (Taganrog, Russia) showed his dominance at the PSAC Championships this weekend by helping West Chester win its 19th straight title with 1,007 points.
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Polyakov was named the swimmer of the meet at the conclusion of the championships for the third time in his four-year college career. On the opening day, he swam his way to a 12th individual conference crown, taking first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 9 minutes, 17.08 seconds.
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The next day he followed it up by capturing his 13th PSAC individual title in the 200 freestyle with a winning time of 1:37.68. Polyakov picked up his 14th PSAC individual crown with a win in the 500 free at 4:30.43.
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Lastly, he won his 15th individual PSAC crown and fourth of this championship meet on Sunday with a victory in the 100-yard freestyle. He covered the ground in 44.45 seconds.
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West Chester has now won a PSAC record 30 men's swimming team titles while head coach Jamie Rudisill has steered both his men's and women's teams to a combined 34 titles since 1999.
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