FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Heading into the final event against Nazareth on Saturday, the men's swimming and diving team needed at least a first and third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay to clinch a win. They got it by less than a second.
The team of
Bill Bradley (Dunkirk, N.Y. / Dunkirk),
Will Baker (East Amherst, N.Y. / Williamsville North), and brothers
Graham Jones (Buffalo, N.Y. / Kenmore East) and
Liam Jones (Buffalo, N.Y. / Kenmore East) finished just .19 seconds ahead of the second-place relay team from Nazareth.
Adam Clouthier (Fairport, N.Y. / Fairport),
Ben Chatley (Sanborn, N.Y. / Starpoint), and
David Carls (Allegany, N.Y. / Allegany-Limestone) were joined by diver
Arron Carlson (LeRoy, N.Y. / Notre Dame) to take third,.49 seconds ahead of the Golden Flyers' fourth-place team.
Arron Carlson set a new pool record on SaturdayThe performance gathered the team its second win of the season, 152-148.
"It was just a gutsy performance from the men," head coach
Arthur Wang said. "We were fortunate to be on the winning side."
Before helping the team to a win,
Arron Carlson set a new Steel Hall Natatorium record in the 3-meter dive of 348.75, breakig Eddie Quarantillo's (Canisius) record of 305.10 set in 2014. Carlson also took the 1-meter dive with a score of 301.75.
Baker, Clouthier, and
Liam Jones each had first-place finishes on Saturday. Baker took both the 100-yard (49.72) and 200-yard freestyle (1:48.74), but finished second to Jones in the 50-yard freestyle (22.80). Jones's first place finish in the event (22.60) was almost half a second better than his previous best performance (23.00). Clouthier won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.37), besting teammate
Jake Favret (Watertown, N.Y. / Watertown) by a tenth of a second (1:02.49).
Diver
Rafael Santiago (Middletown, N.Y. / Middletown) took second in the 1-meter dive (280.10), while freshman
Phil Tubbs (Jamestown, N.Y. / Jamestown) finished second in the 3-meter (237.95) and third in the 1-meter (257.65).
The team returns to action when they host the Blue Devil Invitational from Dec. 4-6 in Steele Hall.
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