West Chester University Athletics

SWEET 16 FOR WCU MEN

2/23/2014 10:35:00 PM

2014 PSAC Swimming Championships - Full Results

YORK, Pa. – West Chester University claimed its 16th straight and 27th overall Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men's swimming championship at the York YMCA Sunday evening. The Golden Rams concluded the 56th PSAC Championships with a school record 1,036 points.

Victor Polyakov was named the PSAC Male Swimmer of the Meet. It marked the eighth straight year in which a West Chester swimmer copped swimmer of the meet honors. The Golden Rams have dominated the award since 2006. Polyakov was a four-time individual champion, who set a PSAC mark in the 200-yard freestyle on the first night of the championships.

"(Winning) never gets old," WCU head coach Jamie Rudisill said. "For (the swimmers) its fresh because it's new to them. That's what makes it fun.

"Each year is different. We still have nationals, where we will be humbled again. We haven't been Top 10 at nationals in awhile, and we need to work our way back up there. We have a shot this year. But, we are still missing a few pieces, I think."

Bradley Strathmeyer, last year's male swimmer of the meet, won the 1650 free in a time of 15 minutes, 36.29 seconds while teammate Jared Haley was right behind with a time of 15:37.92. Connor Forlini placed fifth in 15:59.24. Strathmeyer, a sophomore, repeated his conference crown from a year ago.

Polyakov claimed his fourth individual title of the meet in the 100 free with a time of 44.77. Ryan Stahley placed fourth in 45.88, Tommy McMahon sixth (46.41) and Phil Letcavage eighth (46.58).

Michael O'Brien placed second in the 200 backstroke, touching the wall in 1:50.86 while Dan Sokman posted a third-place time of 1:51.67 and Evan DeaKyne was fourth in 1:52.70. Connor Murphy placed seventh in 1:57.91.

Bogdan Grebenyuk won the 200 breaststroke with a meet record of 2:00.93. David McCormick was right behind in second with 2:01.43 and Mike Oliver was third in 2:02.22.

The 400 free relay team of Sokman, Polyakov, Strathmeyer and Stahley posted a time of 3:00.08.

West Chester will now train for the NCAA Division II Men's Swimming & Diving Championships next month in Ohio.

2014 PSAC Men's Swimming Championships Final Results