Pittsburgh – Pitt’s boys swimming and diving team defeated defending A-10 champion George Washington on Saturday in a long-course meter meet at Tree’s Pool. The Panthers secured six 1-2 finishes, including two event sweeps en route to the victory.
The Pit Divers dominated the springboard as the Panthers took the top five spots in the 3-meter class and the top six in the 1-meter class. dylan reed Reed posted a personal best score of 460.35 points in the 3-meter dash, placing him first overall and just two points shy of the school record set by 2015 national champion Dominic Giordano. cameron cash (Second place), daily fraser (3rd place) and Juan Osorio Mendoza (4th place) All earned zone cut scores at 3 meters.
The Panthers also earned a top six spot in the 1-meter dash, with Reed taking first place overall with a total of 382.65 points.
The Panthers started the meet by taking first and second place in the 200 medley relay. Stepan Goncharov, jerry chen, Marcin Gollageand Dominic Toledo He took first place with a time of 1 minute 42.25 seconds.relay team of Krzysztof Rajszewski, Max Matezzi, Drew Jalbertand eric shablabla He came in a close second place with a time of 1 minute 42.48 seconds.
Pitt dominated throughout the tournament, earning back-to-back 1-2-3 sweeps in the 200 back and 200 breast. Goraj (2:03.83), jensen nelson (2:09.79), and Drew Henry (2:10.40) won the backstroke by a landslide, followed by Chen (2:23.02). Javier Zorsano (2:24.84), and nick short (2:28.99) Won the breaststroke by a landslide.
Goraj (56.21) and Nelson (58.37) also won the 100 back and second place. Max Matezzi (1:03.39) and jerry chen (1:04.18) 1-2 finish in 100 breast.with Goncharov (23.75) Dominic Toledo (23.77) finished in the top two in the 50 free. Mattazzi completed the 200 IM with a time of 2:01.48, finishing about eight seconds behind second place. Zorzano was second in 2:09.12 and Short was third in 2:12.97.
Guy Flimis He won his first individual event in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.06. In the 800 free, there was a close battle for the top three places. Drew Henry He finished third overall with a time of 8 minutes, 40.35 seconds, and Goncharov (51.58 seconds) took first place again in the 100 free.
Pitt finished the swim meet the same way it started, with the Panthers taking first place in the 400-meter free relay, narrowly defeating George Washington in a battle for second place. The relay team of Goncharov, Toledo, Flimis and Radziszewski took first place with a time of 3:27.12. Sharabura team, Jalbert, adam marlerand Michal Piera He took second place with a time of 3 minutes 34.02 seconds.
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The pit diving team will compete in the Ohio State Invitational from Nov. 15-18, then the USA Diving Winternationals from Nov. 29-December. 6. Pit swimming will resume at the end of the month as the Panthers travel to Minneapolis for the Minnesota Invitational Nov. 29-December. 3.