CLARION, Pa. --- The Golden Eagles men's swimming & diving team edged out Gannon at home for a dual meet win on Friday night, with Clarion beating the Golden Knights 138-99 in Tippin Natatorium.
 
The night featured a number of electric finishes, with the first coming in the very first event of the meet. Clarion took the top two spots in the 200 Medley Relay, with the A squad of Henry Miller, Dominic Cortopassi, David Bocci and Austin Prokopec winning handily with a time of 1:32.77. Meanwhile, the B quartet of Mason Peck, Richard Scholer, Gavin Guckavan and Dylan Chaky showed well by tying the Golden Knights' top foursome for second place, touching the wall in a time of 1:36.71. Guckavan brought the Golden Eagles back from a trailing position with a split of 22.44 seconds, nearly a full-second faster than his counterpart Connor Hebert.
 
Later in the evening, Prokopec provided his own fireworks in the 100 Free. He edged out Gannon's Bryce Buret by 0.11 seconds, beating him to the wall with a winning time of 47.45. Miller also authored an impressive victory in the 100 Breast, beating the field from Lane 5 with a time of 58.83 that was just ahead of Gannon's Aidar Sataev.
 
Records fell in the swimming events as well, this time courtesy of two-time NCAA qualifier David Bocci. He broke Connor Cary's pool record in the 100 Fly with a winning time of 49.78, nearly two full seconds faster than Gannon's Jakub Loboda.
 
Freshman George Horey won the first individual event of the day for Clarion, pacing the field in the 1000 Free with a time of 10:14.10. Bocci recorded what turned out to be the first of two wins at the meet in the next event, leading the way in the 200 Free with a time of 1:43.73 that was almost three full seconds faster than second place. Carson Wolbert was on the heels of the second-place finisher, taking third with a time of 1:46.53.
 
Guckavan took second in the 50 Free with a time of 21.84, but another Golden Eagle did not win an event until Bocci's swim in the 100 Fly. Prokopec followed with a first place finish in the 100 Free while Mason Irwin (48.79) and Chaky (49.04) took third and fourth respectively. Cortopassi continued the momentum with a winning swim in the 100 Back, touching the wall in 52.34, and Miller's win in the 100 Breast capped the slate of wins.
 
Meanwhile, over in the diving well, the Golden Eagles saw two athletes earn full qualification for the NCAA Championships pre-qualification meet, and a host of others posting big scores to further their own causes. Corwin Lindeman won the 1-Meter 11-dive list with a score of 521.85 and the six-dive list with a score of 331.5, giving him full qualification for the national championships. Jack Beattie, meanwhile, also hit full qualification, taking fourth in the 1-Meter 11-dive list with a score of 440.78 that just cleared the bar for entry. He also took fifth in the 3-Meter 11-Dive list with a score of 464.78.
 
Three divers also earned their first scores toward NCAA qualification. Zak Kennedy put up a score of 485.1 in the 1-Meter 11-Dive list, which was also good for second place in the field. Ethan Coronado just got over the mark in the same event, placing third with a 464.25. Coronado topped the standard again in the 3-Meter 11-dive list, placing first in the field with a score of 519.6. Joining him was 2024 All-American Michael Flamm, who  made his first stop toward returning to the NCAAs with a 514.28 that ranked second in the field in that event.