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Men's Swimming and Diving

Record-setting day in road win

ERIE, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's swimming and diving team set three pool records Saturday afternoon on the way to a 188-100 non-conference win at Penn State Behrend in the Junker Centre pool. 

Grove City opened the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in a pool-record time of 1 minute, 32.36 seconds. Junior Owen Hancock (Brunswick, Ohio/Westside Christian), junior Bryce Pope (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Valley Classical), senior Caleb Einolf (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown) and senior Nathan Beukema (Kensington, Md./Homeschooled) combined for the record-setting win.

Hancock also set a pool record in the 50 backstroke by leading off the relay with a split of 23.18 seconds. Hancock also earned three individual wins, as he prevailed in the 100 backstroke (52.41), the 100 freestyle (47.92) and the 100 butterfly (51.69).

Einolf won the 100 breaststroke in a pool-record time of 56.47 seconds. He also added a win in the 200 breaststroke (2:07.58). 

Beukema took first in the 50 free (22.00) while freshman George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) won the 200 free with a time of 1:46.51. Sophomore Aidan McCarthy (Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville) recorded a winning time of 5:02.22 in the 500. Junior C.J. Mayhew (Gaithersburg, Md./Homeschooled) completed the sweep of the freestyle events by winning the 1000 in 10:32.05.

Senior Logan Myers (Middleburg, Fla./Homeschooled) won the 200 butterfly in a time of 2:01.34. Junior Andrew Buxbaum (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) placed first in the 200 individual medley (2:01.24).

Pope, Witte, Einolf and sophomore Ryan Turner (Fombell, Pa./Riverside) closed Saturday's meet by winning the 200 free relay in a time of 1:26.16.

The Wolverines (5-3) will compete in the unscored Carnegie Mellon Invitational next Friday and Saturday.
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Players Mentioned

Nathan Beukema

Nathan Beukema

Free
Senior
Andrew Buxbaum

Andrew Buxbaum

Breast/IM
Junior
Caleb Einolf

Caleb Einolf

Breast/Fly
Senior
Owen Hancock

Owen Hancock

Back/IM/Fly
Junior
C.J. Mayhew

C.J. Mayhew

Free
Junior
Aidan McCarthy

Aidan McCarthy

Free
Sophomore
Logan Myers

Logan Myers

IM/Fly
Senior
Bryce Pope

Bryce Pope

Breast/
Junior
Ryan Turner

Ryan Turner

Free
Sophomore
George Witte

George Witte

Back/IM/Fly
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Nathan Beukema

Nathan Beukema

Senior
Free
Andrew Buxbaum

Andrew Buxbaum

Junior
Breast/IM
Caleb Einolf

Caleb Einolf

Senior
Breast/Fly
Owen Hancock

Owen Hancock

Junior
Back/IM/Fly
C.J. Mayhew

C.J. Mayhew

Junior
Free
Aidan McCarthy

Aidan McCarthy

Sophomore
Free
Logan Myers

Logan Myers

Senior
IM/Fly
Bryce Pope

Bryce Pope

Junior
Breast/
Ryan Turner

Ryan Turner

Sophomore
Free
George Witte

George Witte

Freshman
Back/IM/Fly