Swarthmore sweeps McDaniel in CC opener
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Swarthmore won 15 of 21 events in a sweep of McDaniel in the Centennial Conference (CC) men’s and women’s swimming opener on Saturday.
The Garnet men (1-1, 1-0 CC) defeated the Green Terror men (0-1, 0-1 CC) 56-30, winning eight of the 10 events scored. On the women’s side, Swarthmore (2-0, 1-0 CC) downed McDaniel (0-1, 0-1 CC) by a 58-33 margin, taking first in seven of 11 events.
On the men’s side, Douglas Gilchrist-Scott and Michael Ahn swam each end of the 200-yard medley relay as part of a two-win day. Teaming with Kyle Skolfield and Sterling Satterfield, the quartet finished with a time of 1:43.39 to stake the Garnet to a 7-0 lead that would never be challenged.
Gilchrist-Scott added a first-place finish in the 100 free (50.08) while Ahn’s second victory was in the 50 free (22.77).
Stephen Shymon was also a double winner for Swarthmore, touching first in the 200 free (1:52.66) and 500 free (5:01.45) – a victory that wrapped up the meet win with two events remaining.
On the women’s side, both teams had a pair of double winners.
Whitney Scheiren (Yardley, Pa./Pennington) and Kacey Cribbs (Chesapeake Beach, Md./Northern) swam the first two legs of the 200 medley relay that took first in the opening event with a time of 2:04.19.
Knotted at 8-all after Allison Bishop took the first of her two wins in the 1,000 free (11:23.70), Julie Wrobel notched the first of her two victories in the 200 free (2:04.97) to give the Garnet the lead for good, 16-9.
Bishop added a second win in the other distance event, winning the 500 free with a time of 5:40.02 to secure the meet victory.
Wrobel won the 100 free with a time of 57.90.
Scheiren’s other victory came in the 200 IM, touching first with a time of 2:22.45. Cribbs was credited with the win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:17.66.
McDaniel returns to action at home against Gettysburg on Wednesday. Meet time is 7 p.m.
Women: Swarthmore 58, McDaniel 33
Event Winners: 200 Medley Relay – McDaniel A (Whitney Scheiren, Kacey Cribbs, Amanda Burke, Gaby Cifuentes) 2:04.19; 1000 Free – Allison Bishop (S) 11:23.70; 200 Free – Julia Wrobel (S) 2:04.97; 50 Free – Jennie Lewis (S) 26.07; 200 IM – Scheiren (M) 2:22.45; 100 Fly – Anne Miller (S) 59.91; 100 Free – Wrobel (S) 57.90; 100 Back – Allie Jordan (S) 1:05.46; 500 Free – Bishop (S) 5:40.02; 100 Breast – Cribbs (M) 1:17.66*; 200 Free Relay – McDaniel A (Alyssa Romasco, Katie Dorian, Andrea Mills, Meghan Johnston) 1:52.47*.
Men: Swarthmore 56, McDaniel 30
Event Winners:200 Medley Relay – Swarthmore A (Douglas Gilcrest-Scott, Kyle Skolfield, Sterling Satterfield, Michael Ahn) 1:43.39; 1000 Free – Andrew Frampton (S) 10:29.69; 200 Free – Stephen Shymon (S) 1:52.66; 50 Free – Ahn (S) 22.77; 200 IM – Stephen Gomez (M) 2:07.50; 100 Fly – Brian Roth (S) 54.94; 100 Free – Gilcrest-Scott (S) 50.08; 100 Back – Guy Seaton (S) 1:02.03; 500 Free – Shymon (S) 5:01.45; 100 Breast – Chris Reed (M) 1:01.03*.
* Swarthmore swam event as exhibition.
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