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Grantham, PA – Messiah College men's and women's swimming hosted their final regular-season meet on Saturday, and all things seem to be clicking with MAC Championships just two weeks away. The men defeated both Lebanon Valley and Misericordia by scores of 188-71 and 131-123, respectively, and the women won by even great margins: 199-57 over the Dutchmen and 187-70 over the Cougars.
 
Messiah Men's Swimming
 
The Falcons' men were led by a host of great performances and season-best times. Dakota Schmalz, who last year won the MAC Championship in the 400 IM, took first in that event with a time of 4:25.26. The super sophomore also took the top spot in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.24.
 
Nolan McArdle also earned a first-place finish for Messiah, doing so in the 50 free with a season-best time of 22.63. He also finished third in both the 100 backstroke (55.74) and the 200 IM (2:07.21).
 
Additional performances of note included:

• Aaron Eckman (5:06.35) and Nick Wieder (5:06.95) took second and third in the 500 freestyle, respectively. Jordan Frank also finished fifth with a season-best mark of 5:26.10
• Nick Wieder finished second in the 200 fly with a time of 2:04.22, more than two seconds better than his time of 2:04.78 earlier this year
• Jeremy Wakeley finished fourth in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 1:52.40, exactly one-fifth of a second better than his previous best time this season
• David Patawaran finished third in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.52
• Joe Cornelius (51.39) and David Patawaran (52.07) finished fourth and fifth, respectively in the 100 freestyle, with each swimmer ahead of any Lebanon Valley finisher
• Messiah finished second in both the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay

Messiah Women's Swimming
 
Emily Reale's school record swim in the 400 IM highlighted a tremendous day for the Falcons. Reale finished second to Misericordia's Dani Blass in the event, but her time of 4:48.35 was nearly three seconds better than the previous mark of teammate Anna McArdle (4:51.17).
 
Reale's swim was a major highlight, but her teammates kept pace with a number of first-place finishes. That included wins in both relays; in the 200 medley relay Joelle Williamson, Gaby Brubaker, Cassie Cotton, and Tara Freeman finished with a time of 1:51.63; in the 400 freestyle relay, the final event of the day, Cotton, Freeman, Reale, and Kaitlin Wingert won with a mark of 3:42.90.
 
Additional performances of note included:

• Joelle Williamson won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.79. Teammates Caitlin Magaw (1:05.07) and Izzy Ramsland (1:06.63) rounded out the top five
• Joelle Williamson also won the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:17.63. Molly Martin was in second with a season-best mark of 2;21.06
• Kaitlin Wingert (2:01.73) won the 200 freetstyle with Brittany Pond in second with a season-best time of 2:04.06. Anna McArdle was fourth with a time of 2:07.73
• Gaby Brubaker won the 100 breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:12.68. Sarah Woods was behind her in second with a season-best time of 1:13.76, followed by Molly Martin at 1:16.27.
• In the 50 freestyle Tara Freeman won with a time of 24.90, just .10 short of her best time this year. Brittany Pond was in third at 26.04
• In the 100 freestyle Kaitlin Wingert won with a time of 55.48. Holly Hagar (58.72) and Anna McArdle (59.08) finished fourth and fifth.
• Kaitlin Wingert also won the 200 IM with a mark of 2:20.34. Brittany Pond (2:20.48) and Cassie Cotton (2:20.65) were just behind her in order.
• Cassie Cotton also finished second in the 200 butterfly with a season-best time of 2:15.50. She was just behind Blass from Misericordia (2:15.11)
• Britta Heath won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:38.11
• Britta Heath also finished third in the 400 IM behind Reale with a time of 5:05.17

 

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