Men's Swimming & Diving
USMMA Mariners @ Drew University
Sat, Jan 16, 2010
Men's Swimming & Diving News
Mariners Remain Perfect in Landmark Conference
By Sports InformationJanuary 16, 2010
The United States Merchant Marine Academy men’s swimming and diving team picked up two more victories this afternoon with a 70-25 win over Drew University and a 56-39 win over Goucher College. The Mariners had six first place finishes and eight second place finishes, to pace them on the afternoon.
The Mariners were steady throughout the afternoon taking first and second in five different events, including the first three. Junior John Albrecht (New Bern, NC) opened the meet up on the right note winning the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:40.27 while freshman Joshua Sindorf (Lancaster, PA) came in second at 10:42.56. Junior Andrew Denning (Las Vegas, NV) then won the 200 yard freestyle (1:50.81) and senior Scott Heilman (Toms River, NJ) was close behind placing second (1:52.95). The third consecutive one, two punch of the meet came in the 50 yard freestyle with senior Pavel Milke (Rumson, NJ) taking first (22.43) and freshman Kevin Woods (East Stroudsburg, PA) taking second (23.65).
Senior Joe Martinet (Mission Viejo, CA) collected a second place finish in the 100 yard freestyle (52.27) and a third place finish in the 200 IM (2:11.22) to pick up some key points for USMMA. The Mariners collected four more first place finishes on the afternoon. Freshman Jordan Edler (Gretna, LA) won the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 49:56, Junior Brad Pearson (Pace, FL) took the 100 yard backstroke at 59.44 and sophomore Trevor Mays (Southlake, TX) won the 500 yard freestyle at 4:50.36. Junior Peter Kaminski (Pittsburgh, PA) finished the scoring on the day for the Mariners with the final first place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:02.97).
USMMA returns to action on Thursday, January 21st when they travel to York College. The meet is scheduled for 6:00pm.
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