Men's Swimming and Diving | 2/20/2020 9:44:05 PM
Nazareth College continues to lead after the Thursday’s action at the 2020 Empire 8 and Allegheny Empire Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the Webster Aquatic Center and hosted by Hartwick College. The Golden Flyers won all five events on Thursday night to expand its lead with 565 points after the first two days. Hartwick is second with 450 points, while Alfred is third with 366 points and Utica is fourth with 157. The Golden Flyers continue to lead the 10-team Allegheny Empire Championship with 840 points, while Hartwick is second overall.
Nazareth’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of Tom Griffin, Mark Dunkelberg, Sean Payrot and Matt Corona opened the evening by finishing 1.53 seconds over the rest of the field in 1:24.03. Nazareth junior John Koch won his second individual event in two nights, rolling to a seven-second win in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:08.11. Luca Biagiotti just out-touched Hartwick’s Dawson Tupponce to win the 100-yard butterfly by 21 hundredths of a second.
Freshman Dylan Long of Nazareth also won his second Empire 8 crown in two days, taking the 200-yard freestyle. Nazareth’s 400-yard medley relay team of Tom Griffin, Koch, Biagiotti and Matt Corona finished the evening by hanging on to defeat Hartwick by just three tenths of a second in a time of 3:26.07.
Action continues on Friday with day three events from the Webster Aquatic Center, with preliminary action starting at 10 a.m. and the finals getting underway at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Empire 8 Individual Champions
200-yard freestyle relay – Tom Griffin, Mark Dunkelberg, Sean Payrot, Matt Corona, Nazareth –
1:24.03
400-yard individual medley – John Koch, Nazareth – 4:08.11
100-yard butterfly – Luca Biagiotti, Nazareth, :51.42
200-yard freestyle – Dylan Long, Nazareth – 1:44.85
400-yard medley relay – Tom Griffin, John Koch, Luca Biagiotti, Matt Corona, Nazareth –
3:26.07
Empire 8 Team Scores
Nazareth – 565
Hartwick – 450
Alfred – 366
Utica – 157
Allegheny Empire Team Scores
Nazareth – 840
Hartwick – 672
Penn State Behrend – 656
Alfred – 532
Alfred State – 383
Penn State Altoona – 274
Utica – 210
SUNY Delhi – 127
Pitt.-Bradford – 124