INDIANA, Pa. --- The Golden Eagle men's swimming & diving team wrapped up the 2023 calendar year with a dominant performance on the road, winning both ends of a tri-meet with IUP and Frostburg State at Pidgeon Natatorium on Saturday afternoon. Clarion defeated the Crimson Hawks by a 151-91 score, and the Bobcats with a 181-52 score.
 
Clarion dominated most of the events over the course of the afternoon, stacking up team points in bunches. It was evident from the very first event of the day that the Golden Eagles were going to be a handful as they took the top two spots in the 200 Medley Relay. Mason Peck, Henry Miller, Connor Cary and Austin Prokopec took the top spot in the event with a time of 1:31.74, while the quartet of David Bocci, Gavin Guckavan, Aidan Mohren and Ryan Ehlers edged out IUP's top team with a time of 1:35.28.
 
Cary would be the first individual to win an event on Saturday, pacing the field in the 50 Free. The senior touched the wall in 21:17, putting him just ahead of the Bobcats' Julian Najarro Sedar, who finished in 21.45. Dom Cortopassi tacked on another win in the 200 IM, finishing in 1:52.93, while Michael Lintelman placed third with a 1:58.07.
 
The duo of Bocci and Miller were able to post a big scoring performance in the 100 Fly, taking the top two spots in the event. Bocci won with a time of 50.01 while Miller was just a third of a second behind him, at 50.34. Prokopec and Peck turned that same trick in the 100 Free, taking first and second with times of 46.32 and 47.17 respectively.
 
Things culminated in the 100 Back, with Golden Eagle swimmers representing the top three finishers and four the of the top five. Cortopassi won his second event of the day with a time of 51:46, following by Guckavan (52.45) and Mohren (52.94) to round out the top three. Aidan Ochoa took fifth with a time of 54.78. Cortopassi, Peck, Prokopec and Guckavan closed out the swimming events with a win in the 200 Free Relay, finishing in 1:25.85.
 
Jack Beattie and Zach Schering carried the diving events for the Golden Eagles, winning the 1-Meter and the 3-Meter dives respectively. Beattie won the 1-Meter dive with a score of 271.43 and Schering was just behind him, at 268.10. Schering, meanwhile, took first in the 3-Meter dive with a score of 306.23.