Dragons Finish Fourth at Patriot Invitational, Karnik Sets Meet Record in 200 Breast

Saturday, November 20

Fairfax, Va.

Drexel University

Patriot Invitational

Dragons Finish Fourth at Patriot Invitational, Karnik Sets Meet Record in 200 Breast

11/20/2021 10:18:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Drexel Athletics

Final Meet Results

FAIRFAX Va. - The Drexel men's swimming and diving team concluded its time at the 2021 Patriot Invitational Saturday by finishing in fourth place. Kacper Karnik set a meet record in the 200 breast and won a gold medal on the meet's final day of competition.

Xabier Carneiro posted a 15:59.59 in the preliminaries of the 1650 free to earn a spot in Saturday night's A final. The junior also secured himself a spot in the A final of the 200 back after a 1:52.94 finish in the preliminaries. John Scully made it to the A final of the 100 free after he clocked in at 45.83 in the preliminaries Saturday morning.

Karnik had originally set a meet record on Saturday morning after swimming the 200 breast in 1:59.30. The sophomore then broke the record again in the evening's finals, posting a 1:58.81. That time secured a gold medal in the event for the Dragons as Karnik finished three seconds ahead of second place. The Dragons followed it up with two medals in the 200 fly. Paris Raptis and Alessio Gianni posted times of 1:46.74 and 1:47.19, respectively, to earn the silver and bronze.

The Dragons return to the Daskalakis Athletic Center on Dec. 4 to host Lehigh in their first home meet since Feb. 14, 2019. The event is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday
Prelims (10 a.m.): 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, Time Trials
Finals (6 p.m.): 200 Free Relay, 500 Free, 200 IM, 50 Free, 400 Medley Relay
Diving (1 p.m.): Women's 3m and Men's 1m Prelims and Finals

Friday
Prelims (10 a.m.): 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, Time Trials
Finals (6 p.m.): 200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, 800 Free Relay
Diving (1 p.m.): Women's 1m and Men's 3m Prelims and Finals

Saturday
Prelims (10 a.m.): 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, Time Trials, 1,650 Free
Finals (6 p.m.): 1,650 Free, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 400 Free Relay

STANDINGS
1. Florida Atlantic University - 924
2. Delaware - 771
3. Seton Hall University - 605.50
4. Drexel University - 604.50
5. George Mason University - 569
6.American University - 270

MEDAL FINISHES

Gold
500 free - Alessio Gianni - 4:25.41 - Thursday
200 medley relay - Nikita Timoshenko, Kacper Karnik, Paris Raptis and John Scully - 1:28.33 - Friday
400 IM - Xabier Carneiro - 3:56.78 - Friday
200 breast - Kacper Karnik - 1:58.81 - Saturday

Silver
200 IM - Kacper Karnik - 1:49.57 - Thursday
100 fly - Paris Raptis - 47.44 - Friday
100 breast - Kacper Karnik - 54.25 - Friday
200 fly - Paris Raptis - 1:46.74 - Saturday

Bronze
50 free - John Scully - 20.75 - Thursday
400 medley relay - Carson Huff, Kacper Karnik, Paris Raptis and John Scully - 3:17.62 - Thursday
100 breast - Paris Raptis - 55.26 - Friday
100 back - Alessio Gianni - 49.37 - Friday
200 fly - Alessio Gianni - 1:47.19 - Saturday

MEDAL BY DAY

Thursday
Gold
500 free - Alessio Gianni - 4:25.41

Silver
200 IM - Kacper Karnik - 1:49.57

Bronze
50 free - John Scully - 20.75
400 medley relay - Carson Huff, Kacper Karnik, Paris Raptis and John Scully - 3:17.62

Friday
Gold
200 medley relay - Nikita Timoshenko, Kacper Karnik, Paris Raptis and John Scully - 1:28.33
400 IM - Xabier Carneiro - 3:56.78

Silver
100 fly - Paris Raptis - 47.44
100 breast - Kacper Karnik - 54.25

Bronze
100 breast - Paris Raptis - 55.26
100 back - Alessio Gianni - 49.37

Saturday
Gold
200 breast - Kacper Karnik - 1:58.81

Silver
200 fly - Paris Raptis - 1:46.74

Bronze
200 fly - Alessio Gianni - 1:47.19