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Swimming & Diving 1-21-17
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Men's Swimming & Diving

Swimming & Diving: Titans Sweep Saint Vincent on Senior Day

Complete Results

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster College men's and women's swimming & diving teams swept Saint Vincent College on Senior Day Saturday afternoon.
 
The Titan men's team won 170-96, while the Titan women's team won 163-128. Westminster won a total of 19 events, not including three events in which it used exhibition swimmers.
 
For the men's team (5-3, 2-0 PAC), sophomore David Peffer (Ellwood City, PA / Riverside) set a pool record in the 200 backstroke as he won with a time of 1:54.02. Peffer was also the first leg of the 200 medley relay that touched first (1:37.53). Completing the quartet were senior Sam Angelo (Warren, OH / Warren G. Harding), junior Brad Kolesar (West Mifflin, PA / West Mifflin), and sophomore Michael Spencer (Clearfield, PA / Clearfield). Angelo also swept the breaststroke events (100/1:01.17 and 200/2:16.58), while Kolesar won both butterfly events (100/53.01 and 200/2:00.51). Junior Mitch Stahara (Bethel Park, PA / Bethel Park) won a team-high three individual events: the 200 freestyle (1:44.04), the 500 freestyle (4:56.15), and the 100 freestyle (47.51). Freshman Matt Kwalick (Sewickley, PA / Quaker Valley) (100 backstroke/55.83), Spencer (50 freestyle/21.77), and senior Jeremy Wiening (Trophy Club, TX / Byron Nelson) (1-meter diving/124.85) also picked up first-place finishes.
 
For the women's team (5-4, 2-1 PAC), first-year Abbie Jones (Cabot, PA / Knoch) won a team-best three individual events: the 100 breaststroke (1:08.85), the 200 breaststroke (2:32.21), and the 200 IM (2:17.77). Junior Megan Douds (Bethel Park, PA / Bethel Park) won both butterfly events (200/2:16.70 and 100/1:01.64). First-year Kaitlyn Fast (Wooster, OH / Wooster) placed first in both diving events: 1-meter (197.40) and 3-meter (201.30). Additionally, senior Anne Tillie (Fallston, MD / Fallston) won the 1,000 freestyle (11:01.80).
 
Westminster is back in the pool Wednesday, January 25 with a dual meet at Grove City College starting at 6 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Sam Angelo

# Sam Angelo

IM/FS/BR
Senior
Brad Kolesar

Brad Kolesar

FLY/BK
Junior
David Peffer

David Peffer

FS/BK
Sophomore
Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer

FS/FLY
Sophomore
Mitch Stahara

Mitch Stahara

FS
Junior
Matt Kwalick

Matt Kwalick

FS/BK/IM
Freshman
Megan Douds

# Megan Douds

FS/FLY
Junior
Anne Tillie

Anne Tillie

FS/IM
Senior
Kaitlyn Fast

Kaitlyn Fast

DIV
Freshman
Jeremy  Wiening

Jeremy Wiening

DIV
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sam Angelo

# Sam Angelo

Senior
IM/FS/BR
Brad Kolesar

Brad Kolesar

Junior
FLY/BK
David Peffer

David Peffer

Sophomore
FS/BK
Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer

Sophomore
FS/FLY
Mitch Stahara

Mitch Stahara

Junior
FS
Matt Kwalick

Matt Kwalick

Freshman
FS/BK/IM
Megan Douds

# Megan Douds

Junior
FS/FLY
Anne Tillie

Anne Tillie

Senior
FS/IM
Kaitlyn Fast

Kaitlyn Fast

Freshman
DIV
Jeremy  Wiening

Jeremy Wiening

Senior
DIV

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