FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Gannon swim teams concluded a solid first half of the season Friday night with a dual-meet split at Fredonia State. The men's team posted a 120.5-110.5 victory while the women's squad fell 130-86.
Six different Golden Knights combined to win seven events during the men's competition.
Ryan Carter (Yorktown, Va./Grafton) led the way as a double-winner. The true freshman took home the gold in the 200-yard IM (2:30.72) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.39). Both performances came with Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying times.
Other individual winners included
Mike Lawrence (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario/Notre-Dame-des-Grands-Lacs) in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:01.34 / PSAC time),
Ethan Chase (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) in the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.30 / PSAC time),
Nick Wolhaupter (Watertown, Wis./Watertown) in the 100-yard butterfly (53.38 / PSAC time),
Adam Chrzanowski (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) in the 100-yard backstroke (54.06 / PSAC time) and
Alex Fisher (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield Area) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.54).
Two more PSAC-qualifying times were recorded on the men's side as the
Nathan Bean (Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek) finished second in the 100-yard freestyle (49.56) and
Alex Dovale (Cape Town, South Africa/South African College) placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.39).
The Gannon women's team captured three individual titles and one relay first-place finish. Katie Joseph (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) and Katie Vincent (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) won individual gold medals with PSAC-qualifying times. Joseph did it in the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.79) while Vincent performed the feat in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.37).
Shanen Lazenby (Erie, Pa./McDowell) captured the Lady Knights' first championship of the night in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11 minutes and 15.77 seconds.
The night ended with the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Emily Nottingham (Titusville, Pa./Titusville), Madeline Summers (Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens), Michelle Fischl (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem) and Morgan Lydic (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls) touching the wall first in one minute and 40.73 seconds.
The Lady Knights also added three PSAC-qualifying times in non-title performances. Fischl swam a second-place time of 25.44 in the 50-yard freestyle. Kelsey Williams (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) had a third-place showing of 5:23.11 in the 500-yard freestyle. Amanda Knapp (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg) wrapped up the best efforts with a second-place finish of 1:11.31 in the 100-yard breaststroke.
The Gannon men's swim team improved to 6-4 with Friday's victory while the women's squad evened its dual record at 6-6. Fredonia State moved to 3-2 on the women's side and remained winless at 0-5 in men's action.
Head coach
Nathan Walters' swim teams will have 36 days off until returning to action Saturday, January 12 against NCAA Division I Canisius at the Carneval Athletic Pavilion. The home finale is scheduled for 11 a.m.
