Men's Swimming Welcomes Rowan to Graham Natatorium Saturday Morning

West Chester vs. Rowan
Match Details: November 8 | 11:00 a.m.
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Location: West Chester, PA

 
WEST CHESTER, PA – The Golden Rams men's swimming team returns to action following a two-week hiatus from competition when they welcome Division III opponent Rowan University to the Graham Natatorium on Saturday for a non-league meet. Saturday's encounter marks the first meeting between the two schools.

LAST TIME OUT
Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France) won a pair of races while Bartosz Brzozowski (Warsaw, Poland) won the 200-yard backstroke and led off the 200 medley relay that also took first place as visiting West Chester topped host Bloomsburg.
 
Kolos Nagy (Szazhalombatta, Hungary) won the 200 individual medley in addition to his second in the 200 back. West Chester won seven of the 11 events on the evening. Kai Hang (Pennsburg, PA Upper Perkiomen) was the other first-place effort in the 200 breaststroke. Henry placed second in both the 200 IM and the 200 breast while swimming the second leg of the 200-medley relay.
 
SCOUTING THE PROFS
Rowan University men's swimming (2-1) is coming off a loss to Salisbury. Prior to that they won their matches against Montclair State and Stevens. The Profs received a strong effort from Braden Sheehan. In their match up against Salisbury, the junior placed first in the 200 free (1:55.97) and in the 200 individual medley (2:09.84) with a second place showing in the 100 free (52.59). Gavin Danze recorded a second-place finish in the 400 free (4:14.91) and the 800 free (8:45.49). Oliveira contributed with a runner-up place finish in the 100 butterfly (59.37). Freshmen Mason Parkzes and Nolan McCloskey had strong showings with Parkzes notching a second-place result in the 100 back (1:00.34) while McCloskey placed second the 200 back (2:12.18).
 
FLOCK TALK
West Chester University men's distance swimmer, Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France), was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's men's swimmer of the week in the first week of the award this season. It marks the third time in his career that the conference has bestowed upon him this honor. He won it once in 2023-24 and once in 2024-25.

Demesy posted eight 1st-place efforts in four meets so far this fall, including 1st-place showings in both the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle six days apart for four of his six wins. Demesy owns the fastest time in the PSAC in both of those events so far on the season, and he easily hit a PSAC-qualifying time in all seven of his events. The only race that the distance swimmer didn't win was the 200-yard butterfly, where he finished third, but still hit a PSAC-qualifying time.

Demesy won the 500 and 200 free against Southern Connecticut State University with times of 4:41.18 and 1:43.90, respectively. He followed that with a first-place effort in both the 500 and 1,000 free at New York University in times of 4:40.57 and 9:32.07, respectively. That 9:32.07 is the best in the PSAC so far this year. He placed third in the 200 fly in 1:56.38. Six days later, he repeated wins in the 500 and 1000 free in times of 4:39.82 and 9:35.97, respectively. His 4:39.82 is also the best in the PSAC so far this year.

UP NEXT
West Chester will compete in the Total performance Invitational November 20-22 in Gambier, OH.