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Men's Swimming and Diving Defeat Bloomsburg, 151-125

CLARION, Pa.--- The Golden Eagle men's swimming and diving program competed in their final home dual of the 2023 calendar year, defeating perennial power Bloomsburg at Tippin Natatorium by a score of 151-125. The Golden Eagles won seven events during the meet and set a pair of pool records en route to their victory over the Huskies on Friday.

The quartet of Connor Cary, Henry Miller, David Bocci, and Austin Prokopec started the meet by setting a pool record in the 400-meter Medley relay with a blistering time of 3:26.96. Prokopec improved his second lap by nine seconds to help secure the win and the pool record. Miller would later set a second pool record, posting a time of 2:10.57 in the 200 Breast. That was also four seconds faster than Bloomsburg's Constantin Buga as Miller won the event.

The 100 Back would feature two Clarion swimmers finishing with podium marks, with Cary finishing first and Mason Peck finishing third. Bocci would earn a pair of victories, first in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:56.75 and then later in the 200 Back, barely edging out a victory and touching the wall in 1:58.35, one second quicker than the second-place finisher.

The Golden Eagles would have the top two finishers in the 100 Fly, seeing Cary barely edge out Peck by just over a second. Dominic Cortopassi would earn a victory in the 200 IM, finishing the event with a time of 1:57.31, just .54 seconds before Bloomsburg's Nick Zaffiro.

Clarion's diving team was also in action and saw the Golden Eagles take the top spot. In the one-meter dive, Zach Schering would come in first with a score of 306. In the three-meter dive, Michael Flamm edged out teammate Zach Schering by one point with scores of 306.60, with the latter finishing with a 305.93.

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