WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University men's swimming and diving team was back in action for the first time in well over a month on Saturday afternoon as the Penn Quakers paid the Golden Rams a visit for the Golden Rams final dual meet of the season. Penn captured the victory winning 196-100 over West Chester.
West Chester began its afternoon by capturing second, fourth, and fifth in the 200-medley relay with times of 1 minute and 33.95 seconds, 1:37.45, and 1:41.80 respectively.
Dylan North (Airville, Pa./Red Lion) swam well in the 1000 free as he finished in third with a time of 9:45.02 while teammate
Tom Powell (West Grove, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) was fifth with a time of 10:09.99.
Christopher Kelly (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Lower Moreland) led a trio of Golden Rams in the 200 free as he finished in fourth while
Keir Uhlin (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) and Benjamin Van Meter (Oreland, Pa./Springfield Township) finished in fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the 100 backstroke,
Kohle Kerchner (Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg) was the Golden Rams top finisher as he finished in third to lead the Golden Ram contingent in this event as well.
Jarod Anderson (Newville, Pa./Big Spring) earned a top-five finish of his own as he finished in third in the 100-yard breaststroke.
In the 200 butterfly,
Joao Pedro Barreto (Niteroi, Brazil) captured a second-place finish with a time of 1:54.89 before teammate
Pijus Mackevicius (Kaunas, Lithuania) earned a second-place finish of his own in the 50-free with a time of 21.04 seconds.
Powell registered another top-five finish in the 100-free, as he finished third in this event as well with a time of 48.00 seconds.
In the 200-yard backstroke, Kercher led the way once again for the Golden Rams as he finished in third with a time of 2:00.51.
Anderson, North, and
Stephen Dow (Landenberg, Pa./Avon Grove) all swam well in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in second, third and fourth with times of 2:12.64, 2:15.46, and 2:17.69, respectively.
Collin Petit (Havertown, Pa./Haverford) was the Golden Rams top-finisher in the 500-free as he finished in second with a time of 4:50.43. Mackevicius was not far behind as he finished in third just two seconds behind his teammate.
In the 100-yard butterfly, Barreto was a winner for the Golden Rams as he clocked a time of 50.55 to give the Golden Rams men's swimmers their first victory of the afternoon.
North also captured a second-place finish in the 200-yard Individual Medley (IM) with a time of 1:57.36.
The combination of Barreto, Petit, Kerchner, and Mackevicius also proved to be effective during the 200-yard freestyle relay as the Golden Rams captured a victory in this event as well with a time of 1:26.52.
Jonas Ricci (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) also captured a top-five finish for the Golden Rams as he finished in fifth off the 1m board with a score of 239.78.
West Chester is slated to be back in the pool on February 9th at the Pre-Championship meet.
