GRANTHAM, Pa. – On Saturday afternoon, the Messiah University men's swimming team fell to the Cougars of Misericordia, 163-87 to open the 2026-27 season. The Falcons earned 15 medals with four first-place finishes in the individual races. The Falcons capped off the dual with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay.
Logan Radell led the Falcons with two gold medals.
Aidan Lacock and
Anders Youngman each added a first-place finish.
Up next, the Falcons travel to York, Pa to take on the Spartans of York College on Friday, Oct. 16 at 6:00 p.m.
How It Happened
The Falcons opened the individual races strong with a gold medal from
Logan Radell in the 1000 free with a time of 10:50.46. Radell also finished first in the 500 free with a time of 5:14.62.
In the next event,
John Bajwa touched the wall third in the 200 free with a time of 2:00.58. Bajwa also added a silver in the 50 free with a time of 23.84 and a third-place finish in the 100 free with a time of 52.16.
The Falcons then added a second-place finish from
Joseph Duquette in the 100 back with a time of 55.76. Duquette also earned silver medals in the 200 back (2:05.65) and the 200 IM (2:09.22).
Aidan Lacock added a second-place finish in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.27. Lacock also earned a gold in the 200 breast with a time of 2:29.49.
In the next event, the Falcons earned a gold and a bronze in the 200 fly.
Anders Youngman earned his first career first place finish with a time of 2:18.54 and
Aidan Siemieniec touched the wall third with a time of 2:32.64. Youngman added a silver in the 100 fly with a time of 57.47 and a bronze in the 200 IM with a time of 2:12.90.
Todjr Dohl added a bronze in the 200 breast with a time of 2:37.75.
The Falcons capped off the dual with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay. The team of
Austin Turner,
Todjr Dohl,
Aidan Siemieniec, and
Logan Radell touched the wall second with a time of 1:39.60.
Next
The Falcons travel to York, Pa to take on the Spartans of York College on Friday, Oct. 16 at 6:00 p.m.
