West Chester Men Sweep Tri-Meet With Lehigh and Bloomsburg

MEET RESULTS

WEST CHESTER, PA – Nolan Benner (Green Lane, Pa./Boyertown) won the 100-yard freestyle, placed second in the 50 free and was part of a pair of winning relays as West Chester's men's swimming team earned a pair of wins over Division I Lehigh and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rival Bloomsburg Saturday afternoon inside Graham Natatorium on South Campus.
 
West Chester (4-0) picked up a win over Lehigh for the first time since 2017 when both the men and women swept the Mountain Hawks – a feat the two combined to achieve again Saturday. On this day, the men won both relays and 11 individual events to easily outdistance their opponents.
 
"There were drops across the board," West Chester head coach Steve Mazurek said afterwards.
 
Benner touched the wall ahead of the 2021 PSAC Swimmer of the Year and All-American from Bloomsburg in the 100 free. That was payback for the 50 free where Thomas got the better of Benner, who finished second. Benner's time of 45.96 seconds in the 100 free was his best dual meet time in college. Benner also was part of the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay that picked up wins Saturday.
 
Fink also swam both relays with Benner while picking up a win in the 100 back stroke and taking second in the 100 butterfly. Gabe Laslo (Wind Gap, Pa./Nazareth Academy), Paul Demesy (Saint-Ulrich, France) and Kolos Nagy (Szazhalombatta, Hungary) were all double winners individually Saturday as well. Laslo won both butterfly events while taking part in the 400 medley relay win. Demesy continued his dominance in distance events with wins in the 500 and 1650 free. Nagy won the 200 backstroke and the 400 individual medley.
 
A.J. McClurkin (Langehorne, Pa./Neshaminy) won the 200 breaststroke, and Nikita Pisarenko (Tallinn, Estonia) won the 100 breast while helping the 400 medley relay win.
 
Michael Robinson (Chester Springs, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) and Tyler Czeiner (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) led the way in the diving competition off both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.
 
West Chester is off until the Total Performance Mid-Season Meet in Gambier, Ohio.