Drexel Picks Up Season-Opening Sweep Over La Salle

La Salle vs Drexel

  • October 19, 2024
  • Philadelphia, Pa.
  • SCY (25 yards)
  • Results

Courtesy: Drexel Athletics

PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel women’s swimming and diving team opened its season with a win against the La Salle Explorers on Saturday, 169-119.

Mariana Alencar took first place in the 50 and 100 free, as well as the medley and freestyle relay.

Megan Ehrnfeldt captured first-place positions in the 100 and 200 butterfly. She joined Alencar on those first-place relay teams.

Brittany Corbett added three second-place finishes in the 1000, 500, and 200 free.

First Place
4×50 Medley Relay – Aldercy BuiAli BraggMegan Ehrnfeldt, Mariana Alencar – 1:46.76
1000 Free – Harper Barrowman – 10:30.09
200 Free – Fede Nocera – 1:54.97
200 Butterfly – Megan Ehrnfeldt – 2:07.70
100 Back – Aldercy Bui – 57.68
50 Free – Mariana Alencar – 23.94
100 Free – Mariana Alencar – 52.43
200 Back – Fede Nocera – 2:06. 12
500 Free – Harper Barrowman – 5:06.36
100 Butterfly – Megan Ehrnfeldt –  56.65
4×50 Freestyle Relay – Mariana Alencar, Audrey Le-Nguyen, Liv Scherbin, Megan Ehrnfeldt– 1:39.04

Second Place
1000 Free – Brittant Corbett – 10:34.82
200 Free – Brittany Corbett – 1:55.86
100 Back – Mary Kubiak – 58.67
100 Free- Liv Scherbin – 53.60
200 Back – Mary Kubiak – 2:09.52
200 Breast – Emma Pilich – 2:25.10
500 Free – Brittany Corbett – 5:06.48
100 Butterfly – Aldercy Bui – 58.21

Third Place
4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Mary KubiakEmma Pillich, Lizzie McDevitt, Delaney Leonard – 1:49.56
100 Breast – Ali Bragg – 1:08.10
200 Back – Skye Bilger – 2:11.16
100 Butterfly – Lizzie McDevitt – 58.31
200 IM – Fede Nocera – 2:11.84

Up Next
The Dragons will travel to take on Seton Hall on Saturday, November 9th.

PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel men’s swimming and diving team opened its season with a win against the La Salle Explorers on Saturday, 226-73. The Dragons finished first in 13 of the events on the day.

Theo Andreopoulos set a new pool record with a time of 48.87 seconds in the 100 back. The previous time was 49.97 seconds set in 2017. Andreopoulos also added a first-place finish in 100 free and 4×50 freestyle.

Nate Piccolo, Colton WadeSebastian Smith, and Theo Andreopoulos set a new pool record in the 200 Free Relay, hitting the wall at 1:22.41. This beat the previous record by .06 seconds.

First Place

4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Dimi Gkelis, Bart Loter, Kuba Kwasny, Theo Andreopoulos -1:31.01
1000 Free – Reds Rullis  – 9:52.47
200 Free- Andrea Casini – 1:41.98
100 Back – Theo Andreopoulos – 48.87
100 Breast – Bart Loter – 58.10
200 Butterfly – Kuba Kwasny – 1:53.58
50 Free- Sebastian Smith – 20.41
100 Free- Theo Andreopoulos – 45.12
200 Back – Petar Pavalic – 1:51.06
200 Breast – Kacper Karnik – 2:10.33
500 Free – Red Rullis – 4:41.49
100 Butterfly – Sebastian Smith – 48.74
200 IM – Alessio Gianni – 1:57.04
4×50 Freestyle – Theo Andreopoulos, Nate Piccolo, Colton WadeSebastian Smith – 1:22.41

Second Place

1000 Free – Mohammed EITayeb – 10:02.74
200 Free – Youseff Bahgat  – 1:41.98
100 Back –Dimi Gkelis  – 4:54.56
200 Butterfly – Mohammed EITayeb – 1:56.29
100 Free – Sebastian Smith – 45.14
200 Back – Alessio Gianni – 1:52.05
200 Breast – Bart Loter – 2:10.44
500 Free – Youssef Bahgat – 4:42.26
200 IM – Dimi Gkelis – 1:57.44
4×50 – Red Rullis, Jakub KwasnyPetar PavalicAndrea Casini – 1:24.45

Third Place

1000 Free – Grady Potter – 10.03.98
100 Back  – Petar Pavalic  – 50.63
100 Breast – Alex Blacker – 1:00.37
200 Butterfly – Youssef Bahgat – 1:58.32
50 Free – Colton Wade – 21.64
1M – Joshua Gratton – 222.00
100 Free – Colton Wade – 46.63
200 Back – Dimi Gkelis – 1:52.36
200 Breast – Eli Kofman – 2:13.58
500 Free – Grady Potter – 4:58.59
100 Butterfly –  Kuba Kwasny – 50.35
3 M – Joshua Gratton – 262.35
200 IM – Eli Kofman – 1:57.45

Up Next
The Dragons will travel to Seton Hall on Saturday, November 9th.

Courtesy: La Salle Athletics

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle swimming and diving teams traveled to University City for its first road meet of the season, competing against Drexel.

The men’s team lost by a score of 73-226, while the women fell to Drexel by a score of 119-169.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Carlota Ungo won La Salle’s first event of the day, getting a time of 1:07.24 in the 100-yard back.
  • Ungo would win the next backstroke event, recording a 2:24.47 in the 200-yard back.
  • Felicia Rogell and Beren Celik went 1-2 in the 200-yard IM.
  • On the men’s side, Felix Jedbratt got second in the 50-yard free with a time of 21.12.  He then got second in the 100-yard fly, recording a time of 48.94.
  • For diving, Lucas Dekaney won the 1m and 3m diving events. He got a score of 302.48 in the one-meter dive, and a score of 344.10 in the latter event.
  • Liam Cahill would finish runner-up to Dekaney in both events, with a score of 228.98 in the one-meter and a score of 292.28 in the three-meter.
  • Kelsie Waddington and Tiffany Brawn finished in the top two for both diving events. Waddington won the one-meter event, and Brawn won the other competition.

UP NEXT

  • The Explorers return to Kirk Pool for its next meet, competing on the Friday of Homecoming weekend. The meet will start at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8.

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