Complete Results
MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Grove City men’s swimming and diving team won eight events, including the last three out of four to defeat Allegheny 135-101 in non-conference dual-meet action on Saturday afternoon at Mellon Pool.
Alex Mathews was a double winner and Kyle Grubbs swept the one-meter and three-meter diving competition for the Wolverines, who handed the Gators their first loss of the season.
Allegheny opened the meet winning the 400 medley relay with a team of Mirno Pasquali, Josh Sesek, Brandon Intrieri and Matt Gauthier. The foursome posted a time of 3:49.02, shaving off 12 seconds off their time from the NCAC relays last weekend.
Mathews won the 1000 freestyle (10:19.16) and Allegheny’s Brandon Staley came in second, touching in 10:43.48. Kristoffer Wigley swam in third place with a time of 10:49.25.
Pasquali earned the Gators’ first individual winner in the 200 freestyle. Pasquali was a second ahead Nate Nielsen to collect nine points with a time of 1:47.75. In the fourth event of the day, Intrieri was .05 seconds behind the leader to come in second (22.42). Sesek and Christian Steinwarz went 2-and-3 in the 200 IM. Sesek finished in 2:03.15 and Steinwarz came in 2:05.30 to edge fourth place Josh Kim (2:05.69).
Intriieri won the 100 freestyle (48.45) and Pasquali followed with first place in the 200 backstroke (1:57.82) to be the only swimmer to make it under the two-minute mark.
Sesek became the third Allegheny swimmer to take first in an event, clocking in at 2:15.59 in the 200 breaststroke.
Zeben Ashton led the Gator divers, earning a score of 177.07 in the one-meter and 171.67 in the three-meter for second in both events. Patrick Juber, a converted diver just this season, tallied a score of 166.27 in his first chance at the diving in the one-meter event. .
Allegheny returns to action on Saturday at Westminster. Meet time is 1 p.m.