COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus men's swimming team earned a tri-meet sweep over McDaniel College (114-82) and Juniata College (127-66) on Saturday afternoon at the William Elliott Pool.
With the victory, Ursinus has won their third straight meet and improved to 3-3 to open their 2025-26 season. The Bears opened the meet by earning the top-two times in the 200-yard medley relay as the quartet of seniors
Francesco D'Avella,
David McCauley, sophomore
Evan Wagner, and first-year
Jack Campbell earned the top-time of 1:40.22
Next, sophomore Quintin Grosvenor shined in the 200-yard freestyle by placing second with a time of 1:58.04, while junior Daniil Salimov took third by touching the wall at 1:58.47. Ursinus carried the momentum into the 50-yard freestyle as junior
Jack Giuliana (22.19) and Wagner (23.07) earned the top-two times.
D'Avella recorded an event victory in the 100-yard IM, totaling a time of 54.68, while sophomore
Josh Travers placed second with a time of 55.26.Next, in the 200-yard butterfly, first-year
Alexander Nicolai tallied a first-place time of 2:01.06, while Giuliana took second behind a final time of 2:03.43. Meanwhile, in the 100-yard freestyle, Campbell placed first with a time of 49.97 with classmate
Elian Murillo Rios taking fourth (54.91).
The Bears closed out the meet by earning the top-time in the 400-yard freestyle relay as Grosvenor, Campbell, D'Avella, and Salimov combined for a time of 3:28.68.
The Bears will return to action on Saturday, November 15th as they host Division II Kutztown University for a dual meet starting at 1 p.m.