Tartans Host Western PA Invite, Break Two Pool Records
Posted: Feb 01, 2025

Tartans Host Western PA Invite, Break Two Pool Records

(PiTTSBURGH, Pa) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team hosted the Western PA Invitational on Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1. Participating schools included Chatham University, Grove City College, and Saint Vincent College.

Top Results

  • Freshman Daniel Baytin won the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing in 55.15 and breaking the pool record.
  • Freshman Matt Peitler won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 45.28, breaking the pool record.
  • The Tartans swept the top three in the 200-yard IM: senior Christian Lanuza finished first in 1:54.31, sophomore Thomas Xiao finished second in 1:54.95, and sophomore Andy Lu finished third in 1:58.48.
  • The Tartans swept the top nine places in a field of 18 athletes in the 500-yard freestyle. Sophomore Jacob Quan, freshman Philip Thayer, and freshman Alan Pham claimed the top three places in 4:36.75, 4:36.86, and 4:45.56, respectively. 
  • Freshman Matvey Malinovski, freshman Raaghav Reddy, and sophomore Miles Haraldsson swept the top three in the 200-yard backstroke with times of 1:48.58, 1:53.42, and 1:57.76, respectively.
  • Junior Todd Achuff won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:55.37. 
  • The 400-yard medley relay team of freshman Charley Hu, freshman Cayden Liao, sophomore Brayden Morford, and Peitler finished first with a time of 3:24.54. 
  • The Tartans swept the top five in the 400-yard IM. Senior Sammy Telanoff, Morford, and Quach took the top three spots with times of 4:07:00, 4:08.88, and 4:08.95, respectively. 
  • The Tartans took the top seven places in the 200-yard freestyle. Quan, Peitler, and Liao were the top three with times of 1:43.07, 1:44.67, and 1:44.23.
  • Graduate student Frank Jones won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.41.
  • Reddy won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.20.
  • Thayer, Haraldsson, and Quan held the top three places in the 1,650-yard freestyle with times of 16:12.96, 16:27.63, and 16:28:96. 
  • Senior Jonathan Lindstrom placed first on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 271.00 after a six dive list. He also placed first on the 3-meter springboard with a score of 249.55 after a six dive list. 
  • Sophomore Nico Shuster placed second on both boards, earning 259.15 points on the 1-meter and 210.10 points on the 3-meter.

Up Next

The Tartans will travel to Emory University for University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships beginning on Wednesday, February 12 at 10:00 a.m.