PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Victor Polyakov continued his torrid pace at the Frank Elm Invitational while helping the 800-yard freestyle relay set a PSAC record on the second day of competition at the Sonny Werblin Rec Center Saturday evening.
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West Chester moved into second place with 1,280.5 points, trailing only Army with 1,691.5 points. Drexel, Villanova and Saint Peter's round out the field of Division I opponents.
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Polyakov led off the 800 free relay with a time of 1 minute, 11.92 seconds, which set a PSAC mark, while the rest of the foursome, Phil Letcavage, Jared Haley and Bradley Strathmeyer pitched in to post an overall time of 6:37.63 and set yet another conference record. That time was good for first place and just four second off a Division II "A" cut time.
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Bogdan Grebenyuk also set a new PSAC record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 54.8 seconds. He won that event while teammate David McCormick placed second in 55.72 seconds. McCormick won the 400 individual medley, posting the second-best time in school history. He touched the wall in 3:56.94. Teammate Mike Oliver was second in 4:03.58, and Evan DeaKyne was fifth in 4:06.26.
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The 200 medley relay, consisting of Michael O'Brien, Grebenyuk, Luke Maguire and Ryan Stahley, turned in a winning time of 1:31.57 in the finals. Maguire also won the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.56. O'Brien was right behind him in 50.23.
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Polyakov won the 200 free in 1:39.21, and Letcavage was seventh in 1:43.62 while Strathmeyer was eighth in 1:43.93. O'Brien placed runner-up in the 100 backstroke (51.07 seconds) while teammate Dan Sokman was seventh in 52.41.
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The third and final day gets under way on Sunday with prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
