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Mary Washington Men's Swimming Opens Dual Meet Season Stretch Run With Wins Over St. Mary's And Frostburg State

Mary Washington Men's Swimming Opens Dual Meet Season Stretch Run With Wins Over St. Mary's And Frostburg State

The University of Mary Washington men's swimming team won a dual-dual meet against Frostburg State University and St. Mary's College on Friday afternoon in St. Mary's City, Md. The Eagles beat the Seahawks, 124-81, and the Bobcats, 173-17.

St. Mary's gained a split with a 167-21 victory over FSU.

Winners for the Eagle men included the 400 yard medley relay (consisting of Nick Eckhoff, Austin Clark, Billy Norfolk, Alex Anderson) with a time of 3:33.86; Anderson in the 50 yard freestyle at 21.48 seconds and the 200 breaststroke at 2:07.92; Peter Slattery in the 200 IM at 2:04.02; Norfolk in the 200 yard butterfly at 1:54.85; Clark in the 100 yard freestyle at 49.50; and the 400 freestyle relay (consisting of Andrew Cole, Eckhoff, Clark, and Chuckie Zumbaugh) at 3:17.35.

Junior Cameron Hedquist was the only multiple winner for the Seahawks as Hedquist started the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 1:45.60.  Sophomore Thor Petersen came in second in 1:48.51.  Hedquist's second win came in the 500 freestyle as he touched the wall first in 4:51.37 while first-year Jackson Holden finished third in 5:11.39.

In Saturday's action, Mary Washington and Marymount travel for a tri-meet at Salisbury and York visits non-conference foe Ursinus. 

Saturday's meet featuring Hood at Frostburg State was postponed until Sunday (1/15).