Loyola Sweeps H2Ounds Invite At Home

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December 08th, 2019 College, News

2019 H20unds Invite

Courtesy: Loyola Athletics

BALTIMORE – Sung Lee broke a 10-year old Loyola University Maryland record in the 100-yard butterfly, and record-breaking performances from three relays helped the Greyhound men and women complete a sweep of this year’s H2ounds Invitational on Saturday.

The men scored 1,119.5 points, as they finished nearly 300 points above Marist (837.5) in second place. The women totaled 1,028 points to beat out Marist (964.5) and the other four participating schools.

Lee’s time of 48.61 in the 100 fly was 0.03 ahead of Ozzy Torres’ previous record from 2009, and he was also on both record-setting relays for the men on Day 2 of the meet. Conor RutiglianoJay Venit, Lee and Jimmy Hayburn set new pool and school records in the 200 medley relay (1:29.66), while Hayburn, Brendon KolarColin Anderson and Lee set a new pool mark in the 200 freestyle relay (1:21.24) to begin the second session.

The women’s 200 medley relay had a memorable performance as well, with Elizabeth WalshDevin CroninAnne Hayburn and Megan Dickey completing their race in a pool record time of 1:43.10.

Dickey and Emma Schouten were named co-Women’s Swimmers of the Meet afterwards, while Anderson took home Men’s Swimmer of the Meet accolades.

Morning Session

Loyola took first place in nine of the 16 contested events, with the men winning five and the women claiming the top spot in four.

Lee’s school-record swim in the 100 fly led three Greyhounds who placed in the top five. Rutigliano (49.45) followed in second place while Jimmy Hayburn (50.11) was fifth.

Hayburn began the morning with a PR in the first leg of Loyola’s pool record-setting 200 free relay, as he completed his 50 free segment in 20.42, just 0.08 off a school record. Loyola’s ‘B’ team of Casey BrownReid HusseyBrian Hess and Jonathan Brooks recorded a third-place showing with a mark of 1:24.27.

Anderson beat out a field of 21 in the 200 free after touching the line in 1:40.14, while Dylan Champagne followed in fifth (1:41.99).

After breaking a 10-year old Loyola record in the 100 backstroke on Friday night, Rutigliano added an individual win in the event this morning after completing the race in 49.86. He beat out Brooks (50.77) in third and Mark Boran (51.22) in fourth.

The Greyhounds other win on the men’s side came in the 1,650 free, as Nick Pacitti (15:56.60) finished 14 seconds ahead of teammate Alejandro Basalo (16:10.83) in second place.

Loyola placed second through fourth in the 100 breaststroke, with Venit (56.80), John Sakovich (57.05) and David Sears (57.09) all posting strong performances. Hussey (3rd, 4:01.51) led the Greyhounds in the 400 individual medley and Jack Still (4th, 230.00 points) cracked the top five in the 3-meter dive.

Four different Loyola women registered first-place performances in the morning. The Greyhounds claimed the top three spots in the 100 fly, with Emily Koegl (54.69), Walsh (56.55) and Anne Hayburn (56.69) pacing a field of 34 swimmers.

In the 100 breast, Cronin and Abby Andrews each posted top-five finishes. Cronin took first place with a time of 1:03.03, while Andrews touched in fourth at 1:05.99.

Dickey led the way in the 200 free, beating out 20 swimmers with a mark of 1:54.11. Claire Bowser (1:57.14) followed in fifth. Schouten cruised to a victory in the 400 IM, as her time of 4:29.46 was over four seconds ahead of the next-closest finisher.

The women began the morning with a runner-up effort in the 200 free relay, with Dickey, Bowser, Cronin and Sophie Jahan completing the event in 1:35.45. Maggie Manchester (58.51) finished tied for fourth in the 100 back, Morgan Hall (17:51.42) took sixth in the 1,650 free, and Jessica Stolfi (4th, 200.00 points) and Elizabeth Berta (5th, 187.30) each cracked the top five in the 1-meter dive.

Afternoon Session

Loyola started the final session strong, with both the men and women finishing 1-2 in the 200 medley relay. Faith Tyranski, Schouten, Koegl and Jahan followed Loyola’s pool record squad in the women’s race with a time of 1:44.79, while Brooks, Sakovich, Zac Metzler and Anderson were second in the men’s competition (1:31.77).

The women ultimately won five of the final six events. Dickey highlighted a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 free, as her time of 50.73 beat out Alden Coyne (52.57) and Walsh (52.63). Schouten (2:15.18) and Cronin (2:19.98), meanwhile, claimed the top two spots in the 200 breast.

Koegl then took first in the 200 fly (2:03.35) while Hayburn (6th, 2:07.39) was the top Loyola finisher in the 200 back. The women closed out the meet with a first-place showing from Walsh, Coyne, Anne Hayburn and Dickey in the 400 free relay (3:30.03).

For the men, Anderson recorded another PR while topping the field in the 100 free with a time of 45.54. Jimmy Hayburn (45.63) was just behind in second, and Kolar followed in fifth (45.96).

Max Verheyen had the other individual victory for Loyola in session three after he completed the 200 breast in 2:02.78. Sakovich (2:05.83) was third and Luca Dicapua (2:06.67) was fifth.

Lee nearly completed a sweep of the fly events, but his 200 fly time of 1:49.76 was less than a hundredth of a second back of Marist’s Adam Kapusta in first. Metzler (1:50.61) placed third and Hussey (1:51.35) was fourth.

The Greyhounds took second through fifth in the 200 back. Boran (1:49.67) was second, and he was followed by Brooks (1:50.20), Rutigliano (1:50.29) and Brown (1:51.17). The meet concluded with a second-place effort from Lee, Anderson, Kolar and Hayburn in the 400 free relay (3:03.36).

Loyola resumes competition in the spring semester with a 12 p.m. home dual against La Salle on Monday, Jan. 20.

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