Tartans Win Two at Home Tri Meet Over Allegheny and W&L

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team won two dual meets during its home tri meet with Allegheny College and Washington & Lee University. The Tartans topped the Gators 230-54 and the Generals 213-75.  The Tartans are now 6-0 in dual action.

The Tartans opened with a win in the 200-yard medley relay as senior Josh Lucheon (Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic), sophomore Brian Walsh (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier) and freshmen Matthew Chu (Warren, N.J./Saint Peter's Prep) and Kevin Steinhouse (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs School) touched in 1:35.63.

The 1,000-yard freestyle was won by senior Andrew Yee (Danville, Calif./Monte Vista) with a time of 9:57.63. Following Yee's win, The Tartans swept the next three events as Walsh led a sweep of the 200-yard freestyle touching in a time of 1:43.48. Freshman Josh Taekman (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) was second in 1:47.22 as fellow freshman Alex Glidden (Peabody, Mass./St. John's Prep) was third in 1:48.82. In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore Jay Jin (Canton, Mich./Canton) touched first first in a time of 54.71 as freshman Marcel Legros (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) was second in 54.75 and freshman Michael DiBacco (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia) was third in 54.80.

In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore Brian Jay (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) won the event with a time of 59.95 while junior Peter Podniesinski (Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East) and Chu touched in 1:00.25 and 1:01.42, respectively, to place second and third.

Senior David Campbell (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:55.58 before the Tartans swept four more events to close out the meet. The Tartans swept the 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 500-yard freestyle and the 400-yard IM.

In the 200-yard backstroke, Taekman touched first in 1:57.71 followed by DiBacco and freshman Benjamin Pierce (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic) with times of 1:58.31 and 2:01.33.  Jay touched the wall in 2:12.57 to win the 200-yard breaststroke with Podniesinski finishing in 2:13.79 followed by senior Roy Sung (Wayland, Mass./Wayland) in 2:14.95.

Walsh won his second individual event of the afternoon by touching in 4:44.46 in the 500-yard freestyle.  Freshman Edward Healy (Lincroft, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) and Glidden were second and third in 4:54.03 and 4:55.30. Junior Matthew Nielsen (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods), Campbell and Yee swept the 400-yard IM with times of 4:09.25, 4:13.18 and 4:19.08.

Carnegie Mellon closed the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay.  The team of Steinhouse, Walsh, Taekman and Jay touched in 1:27.44.

In diving, junior Yannos Michailidis (Athens, Greece/Hellenic American)  won the one-meter with 152.62 points while freshman Noah Fatsi (Midlothian, Va./Trinity Episcopal) placed second  with 145.57. On the three-meter board, Fatsi placed first with 154.87 points and  Michailidis took second with 105.82 points.

The Tartans will be off for a week before traveling to Kenyon College for the three-day Total Performance Invitational beginning on Thursday, December 4.