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Men's Swimming Falls To La Salle, 142-77
Nov. 3, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC - The George Washington University men's swimming & diving team fell to Atlantic 10 rival La Salle, 142-77, in GW's home opener at the Charles E. Smith Athletic Center. The Colonials were highlighted by a victory in the 1-meter dive by freshman Dan Thomann to open the day.
The diving portion preceeded the swimming portion and Thomann got GW off to a solid start. Accumulating 217.43 points in six dives, the freshman from Chester, CT, won the 1-meter dive. Thomann took third in the 3-meter dive to follow.
Freshmen Jim Forrest and Andrew Maguire both managed second place performances in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly, respectively. Forrest and fellow freshman Fred Schneider finished second-third in the longest distance event on the day in times of 10:28.03 and 10:34.42. Maguire finished the 200-yard butterfly in 2:01.49, and also took third in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:15.04.
Freshman Konrad Kopczynski earned a pair of third place finishes in the 100 and 200-yard freestyles, touching the wall in 49.77 and 1:48.56, respectively.
Senior Mark DeSimone, a traditional breaststroker, was forced to swim the 50-yard freestyle, but managed a third place performance in 24.57. Junior Tom Pullen also took third n the 200-yard IM in 2:00.75.
GW was without the services of junior David Zenk and sophomore Rick Rogers who are competing at the CWPA Southern Championships (Men's Water Polo) in Annapolis, MD.
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The Colonials' next competition is the Patriot Invitational, held at George Mason's Jim McKay Natatorium inside the Aquatic and Fitness Center on Fri.-Sun, Nov. 16-18.
