Full Results

ERIE, Pa. – The Clarion men's swimming & diving team opened the meet with a pool record, but they came up just short in falling 158-128 in a dual meet at Gannon on Friday night.  The full team will be back in action on Nov. 3, when the team takes on Shippensburg.
 
The action started with the Golden Eagles setting a new pool record in the 400 Medley Relay, as the quartet of Nathan Porter, Josh Thruston, Robert Hacku and Joseph Folz recorded a time of 3:33.65.  That edged out the previous pool record of 3:33.85 set in 2011 by a team from Canisius.
 
The first individual event brought excitement as well.  Patrick Olivier hit the PSAC qualifying mark in the 1000 Free with an event win, recording a time of­ 10:22.13.  That bested teammate Drew Canter by a wide margin, and topped Gannon's top competitor by more than 25 seconds.  Porter came within fractions of a second of setting another pool record in the 200 Free, posting a winning time of 1:44.78.
 
Thruston hit the PSAC qualifying time with a 59.33 in the 100 Breaststroke, winning the event by nearly three full seconds, while Folz came just a half-second shy of a pool record with his win in the 100 Free.  Porter won his final individual event of the night in the 200 Back, posting a time of 1:58.10.
 
Cary Johns rounded out the scoring for the Golden Eagles by winning both diving events, starting with a 283.12 in the 1m Dive.  He finished the night with a 297.30 in the 3m Dive.