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Men's Swimming Cruises Past Widener, 117-86

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CHESTER, Pa.
– The Ursinus men's swimming team totaled six event victories en route to a 117-86 victory over Widener University on Saturday afternoon.

 
Ursinus opened the meet by earning the fastest time I the 200-yard medley relay as the quartet of sophomores Josh Travers, Quintin Grosvenor, seniors Francesco D'Avella, and David McCauley combined for a time of 1:40.15.

 
In the next race, the 1000-yard freestyle, first-year Alexander Nicolai tallied a second-place nod with a time of 10:16.33, while classmate Elian Murillo Rios took fourth by touching the wall at 11:52.73. McCauley earned one of his two event victories in the 200-yard freestyle as his time of 1:50.20 was five seconds faster then the next swimmer. He later added a first-place time in the 100-yard freestyle by clocking a time of 49.54, while first-year Jack Campbell took second with a time of 50.66.

 
Ursinus collected three of the top four times in the 50-yard freestyle as junior Jack Giuliana (1st, 22.43), Campbell (3rd, 23.33), and sophomore Evan Wagner (4th, 23.75) combined for 14 team points for the Bears. Next, juniors Daniil Salimov (4:43.81) and Adam Denn (4:50.99) placed second and third in the 400-yard IM, respectively.

 
The Bears carried the momentum into the 100-yard butterfly as Giuliana (53.25) and Grosvenor (55.78) added the top-two times in the event. Travers (1st, 55.62) added the top-time in the 100-yard backstroke, while D'Avella (1st, 1:01.12) placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke to close out the meet victory for the Bears.
 

Ursinus will return to action on Saturday, November 8th as they host McDaniel College and Juniata College for a tri-meet at the William Elliott Pool starting at 1 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Francesco D

Francesco D'Avella

Breast/IM
5' 8"
Senior
Adam Denn

Adam Denn

Breast/IM
5' 8"
Junior
Jack Giuliana

Jack Giuliana

Fly/Free/Sprint
6' 0"
Junior
David McCauley

David McCauley

Distance/Free
6' 5"
Senior
Josh Travers

Josh Travers

Sprint
5' 5"
Sophomore
Evan Wagner

Evan Wagner

Breast/IM
5' 10"
Sophomore
Jack Campbell

Jack Campbell

Fly/Free/Sprint
6' 0"
First-Year
Elian Murillo Rios

Elian Murillo Rios

Breast/IM
5' 8"
First-Year
Alexander Nicolai

Alexander Nicolai

Free/Fly
5' 10"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Francesco D

Francesco D'Avella

5' 8"
Senior
Breast/IM
Adam Denn

Adam Denn

5' 8"
Junior
Breast/IM
Jack Giuliana

Jack Giuliana

6' 0"
Junior
Fly/Free/Sprint
David McCauley

David McCauley

6' 5"
Senior
Distance/Free
Josh Travers

Josh Travers

5' 5"
Sophomore
Sprint
Evan Wagner

Evan Wagner

5' 10"
Sophomore
Breast/IM
Jack Campbell

Jack Campbell

6' 0"
First-Year
Fly/Free/Sprint
Elian Murillo Rios

Elian Murillo Rios

5' 8"
First-Year
Breast/IM
Alexander Nicolai

Alexander Nicolai

5' 10"
First-Year
Free/Fly