LEWISBURG, Pa. – Swimming and diving traveled to Lewisburg, Pa. to take on Bucknell, Navy and American at Kinney Natatorium on Saturday morning.
Senior Alexander Reihl delivered an impressive performance, breaking Lafayette school records in both the 50 free and 100 fly with times of 20.10 and 48.86, respectively. The Medford, N.J. native secured first in the 50 free as well as second in the 100 fly.
The men's 200 free relay team of Reihl, sophomores Augustus Sefcik and Charlie Moon and rookie ZJ Hays found success, capturing a first-place finish with a time of 1:22.01. The team of Hays, Reihl, Moon and sophomore Leo Frein placed second in the 200 medley relay (1:29.95).
Sophomore Justin Tucker garnered the victory in the 500 free with a final time of 4:35.44 while also earning a second-place finish in the 200 IM (1:53.17). Classmate Sefcik finished second in the 100 free with a time of 46.05.
Senior Alexander Zoldan and freshman Alex Carroll reeled in a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 1000 free and 100 breast (9:39.59, 57.21). Carroll also collected third in the 200 breast with a final time of 2:05.87.
On the women's side, senior Natalie Johnson captured fourth in the 50 free with a time of 23.75. For the divers, classmate Mia Guster secured third in the 1-meter dive and fourth in the 3-meter dive with scores of 243.45 and 247.60, respectively.
The men achieved victory over American 188-102 but fell to Navy (204.50-94.50) and Bucknell (181-118.) The women saw similar results, securing the win over American 189-104 but losing to Navy (263-36) and Bucknell (240-59).
"Today's success was spelled F.U.N.! This is a really fast meet for us this early in the season, and our time improvements from just two weeks ago at Colgate were outstanding!" head coach Mike Rinde said. "We are looking forward to our next meet against Lehigh. That meet will be our senior meet, and we look forward to celebrating our seniors."
The Maroon and White host Lehigh for senior night and the annual Laf-Lehigh dual meet on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m.
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