MEET RESULTS
CLEVELAND, Miss.. – Federico Bracco,
Jawone Blankenship, and
Emanuel Fava each won an event on night three of the 21st annual Christmas invitational as the Delta State University swim and dive teams remain in second place. Bracco won the 100 yard butterfly setting a new DSU pool record in the process. Fava won the 400 yard Individual Medley and
Jawone Blankenship won the three-meter dive.
OFF THE STARTING BLOCKS
- Events: Delta State Christmas Invitational
- Date/Time: Monday, Dec. 13
- Location: Ronald G. Mayer Aquatic Center
- Statesmen: 1388 Points
- Get Social: @DeltaStateSWD
INSIDE THE ROPES
- Ferderico Bracco won the men's 100 yard butterfly in 46.78 setting a new pool record in the process. He broke Giulio Brugnoni's time of 47.09 which was set last February. He missed the NCAA automatic cut time by just four one-hundredths of a second.
- Alex Miller, Tucker Schroer, and Carson Traylor came in third, fourth, and fifth respectively in the 100 yard butterfly. All three made NCAA "B" standard times as well.
- Emanuel Fava won the 400 yard individual medley in 3:51.52. Handily beating second place by three seconds.
- Bracco came in third in the 200 yard free with a time of 1:39.61 setting a NCAA "B" Standard mark.
- Savio Ragonesi took second in the 100 yard breaststroke with a NCAA "B" Standard time of 55.16.
- Tucker Schroer came in third in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 49.60.
- The Statesmen relay team of Ragonesi, Fava, Bracco, and Schroer came in second with a time of 3:13.49 which is good enough for a NCAA "B" Standard time.
ON THE BOARDS:
- Jawone Blankenship won the three-meter dive with a score of 513.53 to sweep the diving events.
- Sam Jones came in fifth with a score of 232.20.
TEAM SCORES
- Lindenwood - 1671
- Delta State – 1388
- Henderson State – 911
- Montevallo - 721
UP NEXT
The Statesmen will be back in action for the final day of the Christmas Invitational at the Ronald G. Mayers Aquatic Center with the preliminaries beginning at 10 AM.
