Complete ResultsGRANTHAM, Pa. - The Arcadia University men's swimming team returned to competition Thursday night in a MAC double dual with King's and Messiah. The Knights took down King's 166-82, however fell 138-122 to the host Falcons. Arcadia moves to 6-2 on the season. Arcadia recorded 17 top-three finishes, including a pair of 1-2 finishes.
The Knights opened the meet with a second place finish in the 200 medley as
Eric Lam,
Andrew Givone,
Timothy Graham and
Jacob Schellinger combined for a 1:43.20 finish.
The Scarlet and Grey picked up its first individual win in the 1000 yard freestyle when
Grant Fisher finished the 40 lap race in 10:32.86. The win wouldn't be the only one for Fisher as a claimed the top spot in the night's other distance event, the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:05.53. He would also claim the runner-up position in the 200 freestyle with a time of 51.50, before finishing his night as part of the second-place 100 yard freestyle team.
Michael Melissen also claimed a top finish in the freestyle as he touched the wall in the 200 yard rendition at 1:52.41. He, along with Fisher,
A.J. Cawley and
Timothy Graham claimed second in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a 1:33.36 finish.
Arcadia posted a pair of 1-2 finishes, with the first coming in the 200 yard breaststroke and the second in the 100 yard butterfly.
Andrew Givone claimed the top spot in the 200 yard breaststroke with a 2:19.33 finish, edging Lam (2:20.59) by less than a second; the pair defeated by rest of the field by just over eight seconds. Graham and Schellinger combined for the other 1-2 finish as Graham touched the wall in 55.02 and Schellinger in 56.22 in the 100 yard butterfly. With a time of 1:03.63, Givone claimed first place in the 100 yard breaststroke.
The Knights recorded four other second place finishes on the night including a 57.21 finish in the 100 yard backstroke from Lam, a 2:02.78 performance from Graham in the 200 butterfly, a 23.41 finish from Schellinger in the 50 yard freestyle and a 2:05.50 finish from Lam in the 200 IM. Givone completed the individual medley in 2:08.29, good for third place.
Arcadia returns to Lenox Pool on Saturday to host Lycoming in a MAC meet.
