York, Pa. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's swim team took part in the Saturday's quad meet hosted by York College of Pennsylvania. The Seahawks (2-5, 1-1 CAC) dropped a 112-92 Capital Athletic Conference decision to York while falling 147-57 to Dickinson College and 110-92 to St. Vincent College.
Sophomore Grant Burgess (Fallston, Md./Fallston) claimed St. Mary's highest finish of the day as Burgess staked a second-place finish in the 1000 freestyle in 10:37.97. Burgess also notched a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 200 butterfly (2:05.78) and the 500 freestyle (5:10.99).
Senior captain Thor Petersen (Germantown, Md./Northwest) garnered a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 1:50.27 while picking up a sixth-place finish in the 200 butterfly as Petersen was a second behind Burgess.
Junior Dylan Cope (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral), Petersen, first-year Matt Walchuck (Middletown, Md./Middletown), and sophomore Michael Speer (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) led the Seahawks to a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:20.71.
Senior captain Jimmy Forest (Columbia, Md./Atholton) grabbed a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 individual medley (2:06.92) and the 200 backstroke (2:07.71). Speer came in third in the 100 freestyle in 49.53 and fourth in the 50 freestyle in 22.68.
Walchuck paced the team in the 500 freestyle with a fourth-place finish (5:10.67) as he out-touched Burgess by 0.32 seconds while senior Ryan Wilson (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) placed seventh in the 200 breaststroke in 2:32.10.
The foursome of sophomore Zach Lilley (Myersville, Md./Middletown), Wilson, sophomore Kian Karimi (Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson), and first-year Andrew Braker (Olney, Md./Sherwood) posted a time of 4:03.11 to take seventh in the 400 medley relay.
The Seahawks will be back in action on Friday, November 15th as St. Mary's travels to Westminster, Maryland to take on McDaniel College in a non-conference dual meet at 4:00 pm.
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