West Chester Men Drop Dual Meet Finale At UPenn, 175-113

Meet Results

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Senior Shota Nakano (Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey was a double winner, and diver Quinn Mitchell (Towamencin, Pa./North Penn) won the 3-meter competition, but host University of Pennsylvania proved to be too strong in a 175-113 victory over visiting West Chester in a non-conference swimming & diving meet at Sheerr Pool Friday night.
 
West Chester (8-4) concluded its dual meet schedule for the 2017-18 campaign with a strong showing in its final tune-up for the 2017-18 PSAC Swimming Championships next month.
 
Nakano won both the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200 breast in times of 58.13 seconds and 2:07.50, respectively. Mitchell scored 224.54 off the 3-meter board to take that competition.
 
Senior Thomas McCormick (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) won the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 1 minute, 58.50 seconds and placed fourth in the 200 breast in a time of 2:10.10. West Chester swimmers took three of the top four spots in the 200 breast. Freshman Jarod Anderson (Newville, Pa./Big Spring) was third in 2:09.04.
 
Sr., Austin Doss (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) was second to McCormick in the 200 individual medley while So., Ben Francis (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) was third.