Results
GRANTHAM, Pa. – The Messiah College men's swim team split in their home double-dual meet against King's College and Arcadia University on Friday evening. The Falcons defeated King's 114-90 but fell to the Knights of Arcadiam, 134-71.
The evening started off with the 200 medley in which the squad of
Nolan McArdle,
Jeffrey Gao,
Daniel Logan, and
Andrew Leeper took first place. This high-energy race was intense and the Falcons beat the Knights by a small margin of 0.53 seconds (1:41.08). At the end of the evening, the Falcons' relay team of
Daniel Logan,
Ridge Hagar,
Drew Wolfe, and
Andrew Leeper was successful in the 200 free relay in which they took first place with a time of 1:29.66.
Other notable finishes for the men are listed below:
- Kurtis Platteel, Jason Macconnon, Anthony Pompei, and Jake Valentine placed third in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:44.66
- Ridge Hagar had a steady performance in the 1000 free and picked up a third place finish (10:20.27). He also finished third in the 500 free (5:01.79)
- Drew Wolfe picked up second place in the 100 free (49.29) and grabbed a third place finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:52.00
- Andrew Leeper sped to a second place position in the 50 free (22.35), while Kurtis Platteel finished second in the 100 back (57.66)
- Kurtis Platteel, Anthony Pompei, Jason Macconnon, and Nolan McArdle secured third place in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:32.01 to finish the meet
Words from Coach McComb
Head Coach
Katie McComb was impressed with how her men's team came out in their home meet.
"The men did a good job, the relays were also exciting to watch like the women's. There were a few individual performances that I was really proud of, especially after a full week of hard training. The breaststroke was really competitive, the top four all went 1:02's and it was cool to see different techniques working and that they could all hit that time. It was fun watching them (the men's team) compete and to see where they are at right now."
The Falcons have a quick turnaround as they head to Stevenson University tomorrow, Jan. 13, for a 1:00 p.m. meet.
