CARLISLE, Pa. – The Golden Eagle women's swimming & diving team competed in a pair of meets at the Keystone Aquatics Center on Saturday, taking home a first and a second place finish at the Pidgeon Memorial Invitational as well as the Last Chance Invite. Clarion competed against Bloomsburg and IUP, taking first place in the early meet (389) and second place in the late session (415).
Connor Cary was the lone Golden Eagle man to win an individual event on the day, taking first place in the 500 Free. Cary touched the wall in 4:49.36, outpacing Bloomsburg's Luke Scoboria by more than five seconds for the individual win.
The Clarion men went on to win the 400 Medley Relay event, with the foursome of
David Bocci,
Paul Flowers, Cary and
Jacob Yant pacing the field with a time of 3:34.62.
Bocci grabbed a second place finish just one event later in the 200 IM, touching the wall with a final time of 2:00.32, while
Mason Irwin and
Trent Napholz took second and third place in the 100 Back, finishing with times of 54.16 and 55.66 respectively.
Cary took home a second place finish of his own in the 50 Free, racing to a final time of 21.79, just half a second behind the winner, Bloomsburg's Jace Fry.
The foursome of
Aidan Mohren,
Jimmy Connor, Flowers and Napholz followed Cary's second place finish with a second place finish of their own in the 400 Free Relay, touching the wall in a final time of 3:20.53. Mohren kicked things off with a 49.33 split, the Golden Eagles' fastest of the event until Napholz posted a 49.41 in the anchor leg.
Clarion will close out their dual meet season next week when they host Edinboro on Friday, January 28th at Tipping Natatorium. Swimmers are set to take to the lanes at 6 pm.
