Shoremen Post Top Time in 10 of 11 Races
CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The host Washington College men's swim team had little trouble with visiting Elizabethtown College tonight, rolling to a 130-64 non-conference victory by posting the top time in 10 of the meet's 11 races. The Shoremen improved to 4-2 with the win, while the Blue Jays dropped to 2-9 with the loss.
Freshman Eric Burcin (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) won the 100 breaststroke for the Shoremen in a Washington College season-best time of 1:01.17. That time was also a personal best for Burcin, who ranks as the team's sixth-fastest swimmer ever in that event. Burcin also won the 50 freestyle in 22.39.
Sophomore Austin Yocum (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) also won a pair of individual events, capturing the 1000 freestyle in 10:37.82 and the 100 backstroke in 57.32. Freshman Lucas Morgan (Allendale, NJ/Northern Highlands Regional) took first in the 200 individual medley in 2:02.84 and second in the 100 backstroke in 57.65, while freshman DJ Bradshaw (Reisterstown, MD/Calvert Hall) won the 200 freestyle in 1:56.04 and placed second in the 100 freestyle in 51.53.
Sophomore Steven Bilinski (Swarthmore, PA/Strath Haven) added a first-place finish in the 100 freestyle in 51.50, while freshman Charles Logan (Durham, NC/Riverside) won the 100 butterfly in 56.63. Freshman Chris Kelly (Ellicott City, MD/Centennial) placed second in both the 50 freestyle (23.39) and 100 butterfly (57.83). Sophomore Greg Lee (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) finished second in the 200 individual medley in 2:03.85, freshman Sean DiFatta (Baldwin, MD/John Carroll) was second in the 500 freestyle in 5:30.18, and junior Robert Mix (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown East) placed second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.61.
The Shoremen won the 200 medley relay to open the meet as Logan, Burcin, Lee, and Bilinski finished in 1:40.28. As an exhibition entrant, Washington recorded the fastest time in the 200 freestyle relay to end the meet as Lee, DiFatta, Kelly, and Yocum, finished in 1:35.18.
The Shoremen return to action Saturday with a 2:00 p.m. Centennial Conference meet at Dickinson.
