Longworth Wins 200 Backstroke in WC Season-Best Time

SWARTHMORE, PA --  Host Swarthmore College defeated visiting Washington College, 126-66, in Centennial Conference men's swimming tonight in Swarthmore, PA. Junior Nick Longworth (Media, PA/Strath Haven) won the 200 backstroke in a Washington College season-best time of 2:02.40 in the loss for the Shoremen.

Junior Austin Auger (McLean, VA/Langley) added a first-place finish in the 200 breaststroke in 2:20.46. Junior Ross Mills (Silver Spring, MD/Paint Branch) received the first-place points in the 200 butterfly, finishing in 2:16.22. 

Washington's 400 freestyle relay team of Longworth, sophomore A.J. Feurer (Kingsville, MD/Archbishop Curley), and senior Tim Beadell (Timonium, MD/Loyola Blakefield) posted a WC season-best time of 3:32.41 in a third-place finish.

The Shoremen (2-8, 1-5 Centennial) will compete at the Centennial Conference Championships, hosted by Gettysburg, February 18-20.