WEST CHESTER, PA – The West Chester University Men's Swimming team returns from holiday break with a noon meet this Saturday afternoon. The Golden Rams head to Big Spring High School in Newville, Pa., for the John A. Pidgeon Memorial Invitational hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).
Please note that West Chester will not be competing in the PSAC Last Chance meet which follows the John A. Pidgeon Invitational. The Golden Rams will only compete in the first meet of the day.
West Chester at Pidgeon Invitational
Match Details: January 17th | 12:00 p.m.
Location: Big Spring High School
Address: 100 Mt. Rock Road, Newville, PA 17241
Last Time Out: West Chester University dominated the mile swim in addition to posting three NCAA B-Cut times and rewriting the record book with six Top 10 efforts on the final day of the Total Performance Invitational inside the Steer Aquatic Center on the campus of Kenyon College just before Thanksgiving.
Paul Demesy won the 1,650 free with a time of 15:20.31 seconds. However, he was followed to the wall by teammates
Szymon Kapala and
Marti Rosell Diez in second and third, respectively.
Danny Dunigan was sixth. Kapala touched the wall in 15:41.18, which was good for a B-cut time and seventh all-time in school history. Diez touched in 15:42.87 which also was a B-cut time and is ninth all-time at WCU.
Till Schroeder also hit a B-cut time in the 100 free. He was runner-up overall in the race, but his time of 44.42 is the third-best in school history. Schroeder and Diez made up half of the 400 free relay team that placed fourth in the final event of the meet.
Noah Shand and
Kolos Nagy made up the rest of that foursome.
Bartosz Brzozowski placed third in the 200 back. But, more importantly, his time of 1:49.88 is the fourth-best at the school.
Augustus Miller was ninth in the 200 back as well, touching the wall in 1:52.05.
Nagy placed sixth in the 200 fly with a time of 1:50.17 that is the 10th-best at WCU. Teammate
Nathan Noel won the B-Final in a time that was just .07 seconds slower than Nagy's time in the A-Final. Noel's 1:50.24 would have been the 10th-best at WCU had Nagy not swam 1:50.17 in the A-Final.
Kai Hang placed fifth in the 200 breaststroke. His time of 2:02.73 is eighth all-time at West Chester. West Chester finished third overall in the team standings accumulating 1,291 points.
FLOCK TALK
West Chester University freshman swimmer,
Bartosz Brzozowski was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's Swimming Athlete of the Week it was announced by that organization on Nov. 25. Brzozowski was the second West Chester men's swimmer to be recognized by the conference in the first half of the season. Senior
Paul Demesy was the loop's athlete of the week in the first week of the season.
West Chester is ranked No. 21 in the latest NCAA Division II Dual Meet rankings released by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) in December. The Golden Rams are the only PSAC school appearing in the dual meet rankings.
Next week's dual against the University of Pennsylvania will serve as Senior Day for the Golden Rams' men's and women's swim teams. The meet will begin at 5 p.m. at Graham Natatorium on South Campus. The Senior Day ceremony will take place before the meet.
