COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall's men's swimming team fell in a hard-fought 133-129 meet against Ursinus on Saturday afternoon. Christopher Schiavone (50-yard Freestyle), Brendan Cline (100-yard Butterfly) and the 400-yard Freestyle Relay team all notched pool records.
The Diplomats dropped to 6-4 with a 2-2 mark in Centennial Conference (CC) action.
Top Finishers (Individual)
50-yard Freestyle – First – 20.97
100-yard Freestyle – First – 47.11
100-yard Butterfly – First – 51.29
200-yard Freestyle – Second – 1:45.65
100-yard Breaststroke – First – 1:00.02
200-yard Breaststroke – First – 2:13.12
200-yard IM – First – 1:57.56
200-yard Butterfly – First – 1:58.17
100-yard Backstroke – Second – 53.15
200-yard Backstroke – Second – 1:58.41
Top Finishers (Relay)
400-yard Freestyle Relay (Schiavone, Cline, Gould, Sanders) – First – 3:09.07
200-yard Medley Relay (Wahl, Graminski, Sanders, Schiavone) – First – 1:35.36
Additional Notes: Heading into the weekend, F&M had several swimmers with times in the top-50 across Division III:
Schiavone:
50-yard Freestyle – 13th – 20.49
100-yard Freestyle – 5th – 44.49
400-yard Freestyle Relay (Moskus, Gould, Sanders, Schiavone) – 11th – 3:08.88
800-yard Freestyle Relay (Schiavone, Gould, Cline, Moskus) – 14th – 6:56.89
400-yard Medley Relay (Wahl, Graminski, Sanders, Schiavone) – 20th – 3:24.99
200-yard Medley Relay (Wahl, Graminski, Sanders, Schiavone) – 22nd – 1:32.98
Up Next: The Diplomats head to Dickinson on Saturday, Feb. 2 for a tri-meet with the Red Devils and Cabrini starting at 1:00 p.m.