The Gannon men's swimming team earned its first dual win of the season after a dominating 175-87 win over IUP on Saturday afternoon inside Carneval Athletic Pavilion.
The Golden Knights are now 1-2 in dual meets, while IUP also moves to 1-2 in the year.
Head Coach
Milan Medo's team finished with 10 first-place finishes, 32 PSAC qualifying times and lastly, broke three pool records.
200 Medley Relay Pool Record
- The 17-year-old record was set by Gannon during the 2008-09 campaign (1:33.70).
- The Gannon foursome of Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain), Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill), Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland), and Bryce Burét opened the meet with a first-place finish and new pool record time of 1:32.70.
- However, in the same race, the team of Bengimin Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward), Jordan Denyer (Port Elizabeth, South Africa/Grey), Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton), and Nickolas Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward) finished second and recorded a time of 1:33.68.
100 Fly Pool Record
- The 5-year-old record was set by Gannon's Brent Benedict during the 2019-20 campaign (49.56).
- Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) earned a first-place, pool record time of 48.92 in the event.
400 Freestyle Relay Pool Record
- 5-year-old record was set by Gannon during the 2019-20 campaign (3:08.22).
- The Gannon foursome of Bryce Burét, Seth Butler (Maineville, Ohio/Little Miami), Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain), and Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) won the event in a pool record time of 3:07.70.
First-Place finishers
- 200 Medley Relay: Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain), Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill), Kuba Laoboda, and Bryce Burét (1:32.70)
- 100 Breast: Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) (56.50)
- 200 Butterfly: Hiyan Kubagawa (Sao Paulo, Brazil/) (1:55.62)
- 200 Freestyle: Bryce Burét
- 100 Backstroke: Bengimin Ambrosiani (Seward, Alaska/Seward) (52.54)
- 100 Freestyle: Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain) (46.51)
- 200 Breaststroke: Aidar Sataev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Forest Hill) (2:05.70)
- 100 Butterfly: Kuba Loboda (Lublin, Poland) (48.92)
- 200 IM: Will Retsch (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) (1:56.05)
- 400 Freestyle: Bryce Burét, Seth Butler (Maineville, Ohio/Little Miami), Nikita Pau Poparcea Greiter (Sant Carles de la Rapita, Spain), Kuba Lobado (3:07.70)
Up Next
The Golden Knights are back in action when they travel and compete in the Malone Invitational on November 21-23. The three-day event will take place at Branin Natatorium in Canton, Ohio.
