AKRON, Ohio --- The men's 100 Breaststroke record fell twice in a matter of hours on Saturday, as the Golden Eagles men's swimming & diving team wrapped up the third of four days at the Zippy Invite hosted by Akron.
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Dominic Cortopassi broke the 10-year-old program record for the 100 Breaststroke in the morning prelims, touching the wall in a time of 55.07 during one of the time trials. That broke the record set by Derek Nelson in 2014, a 55.44 at the 2014 PSAC Championships.
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Impressive though it was, Cortopassi's reign as the program record holder in the event lasted all of a few hours, as
Gavin Guckavan broke it by fractions of a second in Saturday's finals. Guckavan placed second in his heat and 10
th overall with a time of 55.02, setting a new record.
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Five other Golden Eagles also reached the finals of the 100 Breaststroke on Saturday night.
Henry Miller led the way for them with a time of 56.35.
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In the 100 Fly,
David Bocci and
Mason Peck both finished in the top-16, with the former touching the wall in a time of 48.43. Peck finished in a time of 49.47.
Dylan Chaky and
Austin Prokopec also reached Saturday's finals, finishing in times of 50.76 and 50.93 respectively.
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Michael Lintelman was the top finisher for the Golden Eagle men in the 400 IM, taking 10
th overall with a time of 4:06.51. Three other Clarion swimmers reached the finals of the event, with
Ryan Ehlers placing 15tth with a time of 4:18.03 and
Kevin Santos taking 16
th in 4:18.12.
Eric Kim rounded things out with a 4:18.27.
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Bocci came just short of surpassing a school record he set earlier this week, placing fourth in the 200 Free. The senior set a new school record with a time of 1:38.62 as the opening leg of the 800 Free Relay, and on Saturday night he took fourth place with a time of 1:39.00. That would have been just five-hundredths of a second off of the previous school record. Five other Golden Eagles reached the finals of the 200 Free, led by Matt Leitheiser's time of 1:46.71.
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Logan Curtis rounded out the individual events for Clarion on Saturday. He took 15
th in the 100 Back with a time of 52.52. The 200 Free Relay team of
Austin Prokopec,
Mason Peck,
Gavin Guckavan and
Stewart Messer took ninth place in the field with a time of 1:23.60.
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