Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Defeat Northeastern and Delaware

Saturday, January 5

Daskalakis Athletic Center

12 p.m.

Drexel University

185.50

114.50

Delaware

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Defeat Northeastern and Delaware

1/5/2019 5:34:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Final Scores | Full Results

PHILADELPHIA – Paris Raptis set a new pool record in the 200 yard fly as both the Drexel men's and women's swimming and diving teams excelled against Northeastern and Delaware. The men's team only versed Delaware, beating them 179.00 - 93.00 while the women's team took down both Northeastern (156.50 - 143.50) and Delaware (185.50 - 114.50).

"Really pleased with the team's performance today" said Head Coach Adam Braun. "They put in a lot of hard work over the break and you could see that pay off today in a number of races. School starts Monday, back to normal training schedules as we prepare for Towson, Georgetown and ultimately CAA Championships."

Raptis finished first in the 200 fly with a time of 1:49.12 which beats the previous pool record set by Lehigh's Jacob Moyar in 2016 (1:49.71). Other notable performances came from Patrick Cobb, April Forsthoffer and Becca Demaree. Cobb's performance in the 500 free was a second away from breaking a 1993 pool record and was his fastest dual meet time as a Dragon by five seconds. Forsthoffer finished the 100 fly with a time of 57.49, touching out Northeastern's Kelly Cheng by just .02 to win the event. Demaree was second overall in the 1-meter dive but first against Northeastern competition with a final score of 236.95, which is her first career win as a Dragon. In addition, the women's 200 IM went 1-2-3 to ultimately solidify the final victory.

The men's squad finished the event with 12 first place finishes, with Jason Arthur and Ralph Cannarozzi III each factoring into three. Arthur won the 100 back (50.26) and the 200 back (1:49.17) while Cannarozzi won both the 100 breast (57.85) and the 200 breast (2:11.15). The two of them teamed up with other Dragons, Raptis and Stathis Malamas, to win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:32.37. Raptis also notched a first place finish with his record breaking time in the 200 fly. In addition to Cobb's win in the 500 free (4:31.98) he also won the 200 free (1:41.77) while Kiran Richardson won both the 500 free (20.86) and the 100 free (46.30). Anthony Musciano swept both diving events with final scores of 294.90 in the 1-meter dive and 248.10 in the 3-meter.

The women's team also went on to win a handful of first place finishes with Gabrielle Rudy leading the way by factoring into three victories. Rudy started the day off on a high note teaming up with Alexa Kutch, Hollie Hopf and Natalie Gundling to win the 200 medley relay (1:44.92) before going on to win the 200 breast (2:22.02) and the 200 IM (2:08.25). Kutch got her second win of the day in the 100 back (57.11) while Sicinski took first in the 100 breast (1:06.01) and Forsthoffer won the 100 fly (57.49).

Harrison Schultz and John Scully highlighted the second place finishes for the men's team, each factoring into two. Schultz and Scully teamed up with Richardson and Joe Short for second in the 200 medley relay (1:32.65) before going on to win individual events. Schultz clocked in at 58.18 in the 100 breast while Scully finished second in 21.16 in the 50 free. Five other Dragons picked up second place finishes, including Luke Hanner (9:42.51, 1000 free), JonPat Ransom (1:44.16, 200 free), John Klein (1:53.60, 200 fly, Malamas (46.36, 100 free) and Joseph Brown (2:12.82, 200 breast).

Alicia Diaz factored into three second place finishes to help give the women 10 overall. Her three finishes came in the 100 back (57.75), 200 back (2:05.90) and the 400 free relay (3:35.61) where she teamed up with Paige Powell, Natalie Gundling and Kutch. Jordan Washart and Forsthoffer each picked up two second place finishes. Washart placed in the 200 free (1:56.53) and the 500 free (5:13.39) while Forsthoffer placed in the 200 fly (2:06.60) and the 200 IM (2:09.67). Sicinski and Gabrielle Rudy also added to the list with times in the 50 free (24.07) and 200 breast (2:22.66), respectively.

In addition, the men's team also earned 10 third place finishes, with one coming from a relay event. The relay squad made of Carson Huff, Zachary Valenzuela, Spencer Hill and David Kneiss finished third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:34.99. Valenzuela and Kneiss then went on to place in individual events. Valenzuela finished third in the 100 breast (59.43) and Kneiss took third in the 100 free (47.23). Rhys Kawaguchi took third in both the 100 back (52.61) and the 200 back (1:55.06). The Dragons took third in all three freestyle events with times from Brown (9:54.91, 1000 free), Malamas (21.41, 50 free) and Dane Bell (4:48.49, 500 free). Even Wagner earned third in the 200 fly (1:57. 64) and Schultz took third in the 200 breast (2:13.54).

Six third place finishes came from the women's team, including individual times from Becca Churchill, Hopf, Demaree, Gundling and Sicinski. Hopf placed in the 50 free (24.62) and Gundling closed out the freestyle events with third in the 500 free (5:14.38). Churchill finished third in the 100 breast (1:07.44) and Sicinski finished the 200 IM in 2:10.51 while Demaree placed third in the 3-meter dive (222.50).

The men's and women's swimming and diving teams will return to action when they travel to Towson on Saturday, Jan. 12. Diving events will begin at 10 a.m. with swimming events following at 1 p.m.