SWIM RESULTS
DIVING RESULTS
TEAM SCORES
WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University men's swimming and diving team returned to action for the first time since early December against Ivy-League foe Penn inside Graham Natatorium and the Jenkins Aquatic Center on a frigid January evening. While temperatures outside hovered near single digits with remnants of the most recent winter storm remaining on the ground, the competition inside the West Chester aquatic facilities kept the home crowd warm and on its feet throughout the evening. West Chester battled throughout the night and claimed event victories in the 1000 free, 200 butterfly, 100 and 50 free but fell to the visiting Quakers by a 173-124 final on Wednesday.
West Chester started its evening with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay in a time of one minute and 32.54 seconds before
Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France) registered West Chester's first event victory of the evening in 9:33.26 in the 1000 free.
Danny Dunigan (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) took fourth in the 200 free with a time of 1:43.92, while
Dalton Fink (Pottsgrove, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) led West Chester in the 100 back with a second-place finish in 51.40 seconds.
Kai Hang (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) finished fourth in the 100 breastroke for West Chester, touching the wall in 57.96 before the Golden Rams went 1,2 in the 200 fly with
Ben Desclous (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) touching the wall first in 1:55.53 followed by
Joel Dunnigan (York, Pa./Dallastown) in second in 1:56.63.
Devin Metzger (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) and
Nolan Benner (Green Lane, Pa./Boyertown) also went 1,2 in the 50 free in times of 20.67 and 21.24 to send West Chester to the first break of the evening with back-to-back event victories. In the first event out of the break, Metzger picked up another victory, this time winning the 100 free in 46.01 seconds, while Benner was a close third in 47.25 seconds.
Kolos Nagy (Szazhalombatta, Hungary) led the way in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:56.17 to finish third before Hang picked up his second fourth-place finish of the night in the 200 breaststroke in 2:08.09.
In the 500 free, Demesy
stood toe-to-toe with Quaker Matthew Fallon, who was a member of the 2024 US Olympic Swimming team for much of the early going before finishing a close second to Fallon in 4:38.36. Dunnigan picked up another top-three finish in this event, finishing third in 4:44.37.
In the 100 butterfly, Fink was third in 51.22, while
Brey Wright (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) touched the wall in fourth in 52.43 seconds.
West Chester took three of the top four spots in the 400 IM as Nagy, Desclous, and
Aidan Faikish (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) finished second, third, and fourth in 4:13.68, 4:13.71, and 4:19.28, respectively.
West Chester ended its night in the Natatorium with a 1-2 finish in the 200 free relay in times of 1:23.41 and 1:30.13, respectively.
In the Ronn Jenkins Aquatic Center, West Chester was led by
Boden Burkhart (Walnutport, Pa./Northampton) who finished third off the one-meter board with a score of 232.65 and second off the three-meter board with a score of 258.08.
Tyler Czeiner (Doulgassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) took fourth on the one-meter board with a score of 221.78, while
Michael Finlaw (Warrington, Pa./C.B. South) was fourth with a score of 189.90.
West Chester will be back in action on Saturday morning against NYU beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday will also be Senior Day for the Golden Rams, so fans are encouraged to arrive early as Senior Day ceremonies are expected to commence around 10:50 a.m.
