Swarthmore Whips Shoremen
CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- Sophomore Andrew Frampton and junior Jason Horowitz were triple-winners as the Swarthmore men (4-6, 4-2 CC) won the final Centennial dual meet of the season, defeating Washington (Md.) 122-81 on Wednesday evening.
Frampton breezed to a win in the 1000 yard freestyle, turning in a time of 10:08.53. It was the second-fastest 1000 swam in the Centennial this season and the second-best in school history. Frampton followed that performance up with a victory in the 200 butterfly (2:11.17) and swam the lead leg on the winning 400 yard freestyle relay team. Andrew Koczo '07, Horowitz, and Stephen Shymon '09 picked up the three remaining legs as the Garnet won in a time of 3:26.08.
Horowitz combined with Douglas Gilchrist-Scott '09, Koczo, and Jonathan Augat '07 to win the opening event, the 200 yard medley relay, in a time of 1:40.70 The junior then took top honors in the 200 yard backstroke, finishing in a time of 2:05.46.
Gilchrist-Scott also won an individual event, the 50 yard freestyle, in a time of 23.13. Shymon continued to swim strong times in the 500 free, winning the race in a time of 4:54.77.
The Garnet will spend the next week preparing for the 2006 Centennial Conference Championship Meet, which will take place in Lancaster, Pa. on February 17-19.