Results
Grantham, PA - Despite winning the final event of the meet, the women were narrowly defeated by Dickinson College 107-98, while the men were defeated by a tough Red Devil squad, 124-63.
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Nick Wieder highlighted the men's finishes with about a two-second win over his opponent in the 1000-yard free (10:34.58).
Tara Freeman was victorious in the 50-yard free for the women (25.27).
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The Messiah women started out the meet well and were looking to improve upon the result from last year; a close 112-93 loss in Carlisle, Pa. Â They won the 200-yard medley relay by a little more than two seconds with a time of 1:54.23.
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The men won their first event of the night with the 1000-yard freestyle win by Wieder. The first year swimmer stayed neck-and-neck with Chris Miles throughout the race and up until about two laps to go. Wieder finished his last length with his fastest split of the race (28.41).
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Laura Penwell also provided the Falcons with some winning points with a win in the 100-yard butterfly. Her time of 1:02.21 was eight-tenths of a second quicker than Rachel Williams from Dickinson.
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In the 100-yard breastroke,
Emily Reale finished with a four-tenths advantage to take the victory (1:11.61). Reale's time in the event came close to beating her previous personal record of 1:11.52, achieved earlier in the season.
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Both the men and women finished off the event with wins in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The women's team won by nearly six seconds (1:43.11), while the men swept the podium taking the top two spots. The winning men's team included
Ryan Shields (24.68),
David Whiting (23.76),
Phil Rodo (23.93), and
Nate Brown (22.41) for a time of 1:34.78.
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Dickinson proved to be the stronger team in the end, winning 15 of the total 22 races. Nine of those victories came on the men's side of the event.
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The losses bring the women's duals record to 4-4 overall, while the men fall to 2-6 overall. The Dickinson men's team improves to 5-2 and the women move to 6-2 overall. The Falcons will next face Lycoming College at home this Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2:00 p.m.
