Feurer Becomes Eighth-Fastest in WC History
in 1000 Free
CHESTERTOWN, MD - Host Washington College won all
11 events on the evening to top visiting Eastern Shore rival
Salisbury, 123-82, in a non-conference men's swimming meet on
Wednesday evening at the Casey Swim Center in the home opener for
WC. With the victory, the Shoremen improve to 1-1 on the season,
while the Sea Gulls fall to 2-3. The Shoremen have now won 19
consecutive dual meets over the Sea Gulls.
Freshman A.J. Feurer (Kingsville,
MD/Archbishop Curley) won the 1000 freestyle with a time
of 10:38.84. His time is the eighth fastest all-time at Washington
College and is a season-best time. He also grabbed a second-place
finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:19.98
Junior Matt Violette (Westbrook,
ME/Westbrook), senior Chris Soper (Towson,
MD/Loyola Blakefield) and sophomore Austin Auger
(McLean, VA/Langley) all won two individual events each.
Violette won the the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle with
times of 2:07.34 and 5:08.11 respectively. Both times are
season-bests for the Shoremen. Soper grabbed wins in the 50
freestyle (22.72) and the 100 freestyle (50.36), both season-best
times for WC. Auger garnered wins in the 200 freestyle and the 100
breaststroke with Washington season-best times of 1:54.52 and
1:03.22 respectively.
Also recording first-place finishes were senior
Dylan Pollock (Savannah, GA/Benedictine Military)
in the 100 butterfly, with a WC season-top time of 55.26, and
sophomore Nick Longworth (Media, PA/Strath Haven)
in the 100 backstroke (57.53).
The relay teams won both events on the evening. The
400 medley relay team of Longworth, sophomore Johnny
Helenek (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg), Pollock and Auger
won the event with a time of 3:49.11, a season-best time. The 400
freestyle relay of Longworth, Pollock, Soper and Violette won the
event with a season-top time of 3:26.07.
Washington tallied 10 season-best times out of 11
events in the triumph.
Helenek had a second-place finish in the 200
individual medley with a time of 2:14.25.
The Shoremen return to action Saturday with a 1:00
p.m. non-conference meet against visiting St. Mary's (MD).
