Pisarenko Wins Breaststroke; Pair of NCAA times highlight Day 2

DAY 2 RESULTS (HTML)

GAMBIER, OHIO – Nikita Pisarenko (Tallinn, Estonia) won the 100-yard breaststroke to lead West Chester's Day 2 effort in the Total Performance Invitational at Kenyon University Friday evening.
 
West Chester remains in third place with 882.5 points. Host Kenyon University has 2,001.5 points to easily lead the six-team field. Carnegie Mellon is second with 1,122 points. Hope College is third with 663.
 
The Golden Rams put two swimmers in the finals of three events: 400 individual medley, 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Dalton Fink (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) led off the 200 medley relay that placed fifth. He also finished fifth individually in the 100 back. Teammate Gabe Laslo (Wind Gap, PA/Nazareth Academy), who also swam on that relay, placed eighth.
 
Logan Brockway (York, PA/Dallastown) hit an NCAA 'B' time in the 400 individual medley, touching the wall in a lifetime best of 3 minutes, 59.14 seconds. Ben Desclous (Hagerstown, MD/North Hagerstown) was sixth. He also put up a lifetime best.
 
Thomas Powell III (West Grove, PA/Bishop Shanahan) finished fourth in the 200 free with a career-best time of 1:41.01, and Max Bachman (Lansdale, PA/North Penn) was eighth.
 
Carter Smith (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights) placed fifth off the 3-meter diving board.
 
West Chester will conclude the Invitational Saturday with prelims at 10:30 am and finals again at 6 pm in the following events: 1650 freestyle, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay and then the 3-meter diving competition.