ERIE, Pa. – The Gannon University men's swimming and diving team set a pair of pool records at Carneval Athletic Pavilion Pool in the team's first home dual meet since early 2020 on its way to defeating Indiana (Pa.), 169-117, for its second victory of the season and fourth consecutive over the Crimson Hawks.
 
The men began the dual with a win in the 200 yard medley relay (in 1:33.86 from Justin Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum), Josh Nel (Johannesburg, South Africa/American International), David Gallion (Arlington, Va./Homeschooled), and Stephen McCallum (Cape Town, South Africa/Wynberg Boys').)

Malachi Boyle (Knoxville, Tn./Home Life Academy) followed up that performance by earning one of the aforementioned pool records—a 9:41.06 in the 1000 freestyle.
 
McCallum added the other new record in the 100 freestyle, clocking a 45.75 to set the new standard. Boyle also came incredibly close to another record in his other individual win of the day (a 4:41.90 in the 500 free.)
 
Other individual event wins came from Ju. Decheck in the 50 backstroke (23.77), Gallion in the 100 fly (51.34), and Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) in the 100 individual medley (52.56.) The men also made it a sweep of the day's relays with a thrilling victory by a single hundredth of a second in the 200 free (1:25.39 from McCallum, Will Moses (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake), Joey Decheck (Plum, Pa./Plum), and Ju. Decheck) to squeak past IUP's 1:25.40.
 
In the diving portion of the event, contested only on the one-meter boards, Max Campbell (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Preparatory) earned a pair of second-place finishes (235.50 in the six-dive session and 151.05 in the five-dive session.)
 
The Crimson Hawks did set a new pool record in the 50 freestyle thanks to Thomas McGillan's blazing 20.60, which is also an NCAA "B" qualifying time.
 
View a complete list of Gannon's top times in each event below.
 
The Golden Knights have earned the rest of the year off and return to the pool in 2023 with a home dual meet on Friday, Jan. 20 versus Edinboro.

Gannon Men's Swimming Top Times
Men's 200 Medley Relay – Ju. Decheck, Nel, Gallion, McCallum (1^st place – 1:33.86)
Men's 1000 Free – Boyle (1^st place – 10:07.55) POOL RECORD | (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 200 Free – McCallum (2^nd place – 1:43.93) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 50 Backstroke – Ju. Decheck (1^st place – 23.77)
Men's 50 Breaststroke – Sataev/Nel (T-2^nd place – 26.80)
Men's 100 Butterfly – Gallion (1^st place – 51.34) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 50 Free –  Jo. Decheck ( 2^nd place – 21.40)
Men's 100 Free – McCallum (1^st place – 45.75) POOL RECORD | (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 100 Backstroke – Lombard (2^nd place – 53.68) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 100 Breaststroke – Sataev (2^nd place – 58.43) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 500 Freestyle – Boyle (1^st place – 4:41.90) (PSAC Qualifying Time)
Men's 50 Butterfly – Ju. Decheck (2^nd place – 23.22)
Men's 100 IM – Retsch (1^st place – 52.56)
Men's 200 Freestyle Relay –McCallum, Moses, Jo. Decheck, Ju. Decheck (1^st place – 1:25.39)