ST. PETERS, Mo. -- The No. 6 Delta State men's swimming and diving team finished off its first road trip of the season Saturday, topping two of three opponents at the Lindenwood Quad Meet in St. Peters, Missouri. While the Statesmen narrowly lost to the host Lions, 122-120, the squad easily dismissed William Jewell, 172-64. After falling to Missouri S&T in Rolla, Missouri, the night before, Delta State reversed the narrative Saturday, defeating the Miners, 121.5-114.5.
OFF THE STARTING BLOCKS:
• Opponents: Lindenwood, Missouri S&T, William Jewell
• Date | Time: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1 p.m.
• Location: St. Peters Rec-Plex
• Final: Lindenwood 122 | DSU 120
DSU 121.5 | Missouri S&T 114.5
DSU 172 | William Jewell 64
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Remaining unbeaten this season in backstroke events, Giulio Brugnoni added to his Friday night victory in the 200-yard backstroke with a win Saturday in the 100-backstroke. The freshman, who currently holds the fastest time in Division II for the event, swam a 49.16 to outpace the rest of the field by over three seconds. He also led-off the Statesmen's victorious 200 medley relay to start the meet and was a member of their runner-up 200 free relay.
- Senior Cody Lavoie joined Brugnoni on the 200-yard medley relay, swimming a strong breaststroke leg and helping Delta State to a winning time of 1:32.88. Lavoie added two runner-up performances in the 400 individual medley (4:06.46) and the 100 breaststroke (55.99).
- All-American Mattia Schirru, the anchor leg on both Statesmen relays, captured the 100-yard freestyle in one of the meet's tighter races. The senior led at the 50-mark, turning in 21.81, then held on to beat Lindenwood's Zach Linder by .13 seconds with a time of 45.48.
- Sophomore Kyle Weesner continued his dominance on the boards Saturday, picking up his second consecutive sweep of the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. Weesner defeated Lions' runner-up Grant Williams by more than 20 points in the 1-meter event, totaling a score of 298.72; he followed with a winning score of 308.03 on 3-meter.
- Nathan Sawicki (1000 free, 500 free), Gabriel Miranda (200 free, 500 free), Nic Martin (1-meter and 3-meter diving), Kohen Kerr (50 free), Eli McBride (3-meter diving), and Bill Ashwell (1-meter diving) all added individual top-five finishes for Delta State.
