Men's Swimming And Diving Defeats La Salle, Rider

Photo by: Isaiah Bell

11/11/2022 11:45:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. - Delaware's men's swimming and diving team defeated La Salle, 168.50-103.50, and Rider, 205.50-93.50, on Nov. 11, 2022. Delaware recorded first-place finishes in seven events.

Gavin Currie came in first place in the 200 back (1:50.45) and second place (50.62) in the 100 back.

Simeon Sabev placed second in the 100 fly (50.69), while T.J. Yaglenski placed fifth (51.45). Simeon Sabev also came in second place in the 200 fly (1:52.92) and Jack Hattery came in fourth place (1:56.78).

Toni Sabev came in first place in the 100 breast (56.41), his third straight first-place finish in the 100 breast. Evan Frick placed right behind him in second (58.01).
Frick led a quartet of Blue Hens in the 200 breast with a first-place finish (2:04.71). Hattery (2:09.57) placed third, Jack Gibson (2:10.05), and Jack Zapp (2:10.49) placed fifth.

Matvei Namakonov took second place in the 50 free (21.21), while Luke Rautzhan came in sixth place (21.48). Miguel Vasquez (46.58), Namakonov (46.89), and Rautzhan (47.25) all finished in third, fourth, and fifth place in the 100 free. Andrew Taylor (1:43.72), Jacob Replogle (1:43.75), and Vasquez (1:44.15) finished in second-third-fourth in the 200 free. In the 500 free, Andrew Taylor came in first place (4:40.16) and Replogle came in second place (4:41.96). Kevin Lewke rounded out the top five with a time of 4:49.96. In the 1000 free, Dylan Smolders finished in second place (9:41.56), while Lewke finished in fourth place (10:06.54).

In the 200 IM, Taylor paced Delaware with a second-place finish (1:55.78). Toni Sabev (1:57.03) came in fourth place, Frick (1:57.24), and Smolders (1:57.65) all came in fourth-fifth-sixth.

In the 200-free relay, the quartet of Rautzhan, Simeon Sabev, Vasquez, and Namakonov placed in first with a time of 1:23.39.
The 400 medley relay team of Currie, Toni Sabev, Simeon Sabev, and Vasquez finished in first place with a time of 3:20.42.

Philip Townsend led Delaware in the 1-meter dive with a second-place finish (247.00), while Kevin Siegfried had a score of 225.95 and Josh Shipley with 191.30.
Siegfried (284.30) and Townsend (275.30) led the 3-meter dive with first and second-place finishes.

The Blue Hens will compete at the Bison Invitational from Nov. 18-Nov. 20 in Lewisburg, Penn.