MEET RESULTS
BETHLEHEM, PA – Boden Burkhart (Walnutport, PA Northampton) and Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France) were each double winners while
Kai Hang (Pennsburg, PA Upper Perkiomen) was also a first-place finisher to highlight West Chester's performances against Division I Lehigh in a non-league men's swim meet inside Jacob Pool Friday night. However, it was not enough to overcome the Mountain Hawks, 130-122.
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Burkhart won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions on Friday. He posted a score of 281.63 off the 1m board and 288.83 off the 3m board. The men captured first, second, third and fourth in both competitions as the Golden Rams put up a strong showing in the diving well Friday.
Dominick Horning (Williamsport, PA Loyalsock) was second in both events with 241.48 points off the 1m and 227.48 off the 3m.
Michael Finlaw (Warrington, PA Central Bucks South) was third in each event. Freshman
Jed Alderfer (Plymouth Meeting, PA Plymouth-Whitemarsh) was fourth off both boards.
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Demesy won both the 500-yard freestyle and the 1000 free just six days after winning both events against New York University. He swam the 500 free in 4 minutes, 39.82 seconds and the 1000 free in 9:35.97.
Szymon Kapala (Olsztyn, Poland) was third in the 1000 free for West Chester as well.
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Brey Wright (Georgetown, DEL Sussex Central) was runner-up in the 100 butterfly in a time of 52.19 seconds while
Till Schroeder (Wiesbaden, Germany) was runner-up in the 100 free (46.95).
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West Chester returns to the pool next Friday when they travel to Bloomsburg for a 5 p.m. meet with the Huskies.
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