FULL RESULTSINDIANA, Pa. –
Nathan Porter won the 1000 Freestyle and 200 Freestyle Relay team picked up a win, but the Clarion men's swimming and diving team was otherwise unable to crack a tough IUP team on Friday as the Golden Eagles fell 136-66 to the Crimson Hawks. Clarion will be in action again tomorrow when they host Edinboro at home on Senior Day.
The relay highlight of the day for the men came in the 200 Freestyle Relay, with the quartet of
Luke Simpson,
Taylor Wesselhoft, Joseph Dunleavy and
Nathan Porter claiming a victory for 11 team points. The group took the title with a time of 1:30.83, while their teammates on the "B" squad took second place in the event. The grouping of
Travis Myers,
Matthew Bair,
Shayne Custodio and Patrick Oliver finished in a time of 1:34.66 as Clarion swept all the points in the event.
Nathan Porter was the lone individual winner for Clarion on Friday, blowing away the competition in the 1000 Freestyle to pick up the win. Porter finished the marathon race in a time of 9:54.60, which was 14 full seconds better than Alex Plimpton's second-place finish at 10:08.62. Porter got out to the fastest start of anyone in the race, with his opening split of 26295 the fastest of any swimmer in the race.
It was tough going otherwise for the Golden Eagles, with
Ian Lindsey providing the best chance at another individual win. Lindsey took second in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:11.97, just 0.29 seconds behind winner Shane Hallett.
