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Posted: Nov 29, 2018

Tartans Set Three School Records on First Night of Kenyon Total Performance Invitational

Tartans Set Three School Records on First Night of Kenyon Total Performance Invitational
Results

(GAMBIER, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team started competition at the Kenyon College Total Performance Invitational on Thursday setting three school records. Four NCAA B cuts were also met with seven individual swimmers reaching the top 10 during the finals.

Sophomore Justin Britton (Falls Church, Va. / George Mason), freshman Jonathan Hua (New Providence, N.J. / Delbarton), sophomore Max Gonzalez (Allison Park, Pa. / North Allegheny) and junior Sam Hawke (Malvern, Pa. / Episcopal Academy) kicked off the evening session with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle. Their time of 1:22.49 set a new school record and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships.

Britton had the top individual finish of the day for the Tartans when he touched third in the 50-yard freestyle in a school record time of 20.67. His time also provisionally qualifies him for the NCAA Championships. Hua led four Tartans in the second final of the 50-yard freestyle, touching first in the heat in 20.98.

Hawke achieved a B cut in the 200-yard IM, placing fifth in 1:51.82 with senior Jack Lance (Lititz, Pa. / Warwick) touching sixth in 1:52.71. Freshman Daniel Ng (Buffalo Grove, Ill. / Adlai E. Stevenson) was also in the finals heat of the 200-yard IM, placing ninth in 1:54.10 after a preliminary time of 1:53.94.

Freshman Richard Dauksher (Fort Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge) placed seventh in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:34.35, less than a second off the B cut time for the NCAA Championships. Senior Mitchell Riek (Sunland, Calif. / Bishop Alemany) placed eighth in 4:38.77 while sophomore Andrew Joyner (Holly Springs, N.C. / Tar Heel Springs Academy) was ninth in 4:39.00. Both Riek and Joyner topped 4:38.00 in the preliminaries.

The 400-yard medley relay closed the night with a school record performance. Britton, senior Winston Chu (Warren, N.J. / Saint Peter's Prep), Gonzalez and Hawke touched third in 3:19.75 and also provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet.

Competition continues on Friday with preliminaries of the 400-yard IM, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard backstroke kicking off at 10:30 a.m. Relay events will be the 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay and will take place in the evening session along with finals of 1-meter diving.