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Men's Swimming and Diving

4 multiple event winners pace Wolverines

LATROBE, Pa. -- Four Grove City College swimmers earned multiple wins Friday night as the Wolverine men's swimming and diving team opened its Presidents' Athletic Conference schedule with a 180-82 victory at Saint Vincent.

Sophomore George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) swept the three sprint events while senior Andrew Buxbaum (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan), senior Owen Hancock (Brunswick, Ohio/Westside Christian) and senior C.J. Mayhew (Gaithersburg, Md./Homeschooled) all picked up two individual wins for Grove City (1-1, 1-0).

Witte took first in the 50 free with a time of 21.83 seconds. He then won the 100 free in a time of 48.81 seconds and posted a victorious time of 1:47.00 in the 200 free.

Buxbaum won the 200 breaststroke in 2 minutes, 13.82 seconds, then posted a winning time of 2:02.07 in the 200 individual medley. Hancock swept the butterfly, winning the 100 fly in 52.13 seconds and taking the 200 butterfly in 1:59.89. 

Mayhew prevailed in both distance events. He won the 500 in a time of 5:05.83 and recorded a victorious time of 10:24.73 in the 1000.

Senior Bryce Pope (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Valley Classical) completed Grove City's sweep of the breaststroke by winning the 100 in a time of 59.40 seconds. Sophomore Josh Langworthy (Bowdoinham, Maine/Mount Ararat) won the 200 backstroke in a time of 2:02.65. 

Hancock, Pope, freshman Charlie Thomson (Greensburg, Pa./Latrobee) and freshman Carson May (Tallmadge, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls) opened the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in 1:34.91. Pope, Thomson, Hancock and Witte sealed the meet win with a winning effort of 1:26.10 in the 200 free relay.

Grove City will visit Chatham for a conference double dual meet next Friday evening. Bethany will also compete in the event.
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Players Mentioned

Andrew Buxbaum

Andrew Buxbaum

Breast/IM
Senior
Owen Hancock

Owen Hancock

Back/IM/Fly
Senior
Josh Langworthy

Josh Langworthy

Back
Sophomore
C.J. Mayhew

C.J. Mayhew

Free
Senior
Bryce Pope

Bryce Pope

Breast/
Senior
George Witte

George Witte

Back/IM/Fly
Sophomore
Carson May

Carson May

Breast/
Freshman
Charlie Thomson

Charlie Thomson

Free/Fly
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Andrew Buxbaum

Andrew Buxbaum

Senior
Breast/IM
Owen Hancock

Owen Hancock

Senior
Back/IM/Fly
Josh Langworthy

Josh Langworthy

Sophomore
Back
C.J. Mayhew

C.J. Mayhew

Senior
Free
Bryce Pope

Bryce Pope

Senior
Breast/
George Witte

George Witte

Sophomore
Back/IM/Fly
Carson May

Carson May

Freshman
Breast/
Charlie Thomson

Charlie Thomson

Freshman
Free/Fly