Valparaiso, Ind. - The Quincy University men's swim team added two more wins to their win column in a tri-meet with Division I Valparaiso University and Illinois Institute of Tecchnology. The Hawks secured a 153-109 victory over the Valpo Beacons and a 192-83 victory over the IIT Scarlet Hawks.
The meet started off well with a first place race in the 400-yard medley.
Brendan Worster,
Juri Bauer,
Borna Kisasondi, and Jordan Paulsen Settumba finished in 3:29.30.
Victor Abram and
Lucca Arantes finished first and third in the 1000-yard swim, securing key points for the Hawks.
Most exciting for the Hawks was
Denislav Koykov's swim in the 200 freestyle. Koykov's 1:40.39 swim was enough for the pool record at Valparaiso Aquatic Center and was just two seconds shy of the Quincy program record. The freshman also finished first in the 500 free with a 4:39.73 time.
Kisasondi secured two first-place swims in the 100-yard backstroke (51.13) and 100-yard butterfly (50.48).
Martiniano Montero finished just behind Kisasondi with a 51.49 time. Montero also picked up a first place finish in the 50 freestyle at 21.62, just a second shy of the Hawks program record.
Juri Bauer was the next Hawk to finish first, this time in the 100 breaststroke. The freshman out of Bremen, Germany, finished in 59.88.
Wyatt Walsh picked up some key points for the Hawks in the 200 butterfly, 200 breaststroke, and the 200 IM. In the butterfly. Walsh finished second in the 200 fly with a 1:57.75 and finished second in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:13.44. He finished first in the 200 IM at 1:56.17.
Jackson Rerick picked up another first place finish for Quincy in the 100 freestyle at 48.45. The 400 freestyle relay rounded out the Hawks first place wins with a 3:10.26 time. Koykov, Settumba, Montero, and Kisasondi were the Hawks to lead the pack in the relay.
The Hawks look to continue their hot streak at nationally-ranked Lewis Saturday, October 19th.
Top Finishers
400 Medley, 1st Place - 3:29.30 (Worster, Bauer, Kisasondi, Settumba)
1000 Free, 1st Place - 10:16.74
200 Free, 1st Place - 1:40.39 (Koykov)
100 Back, 1st Place - 51.13 (Kisasondi)
100 Breast, 1st Place - 59.88 (Bauer)
200 Fly, 2nd Place - 1:57.75 (Walsh)
50 Free, 1st Place - 21.62 (Montero)
50 Free 2nd Place - 21.96 (Settumba)
100 Free, 1st Place - 48.45 (Rerick)
200 Back, 2nd Place - 2:02.19 (Worster)
200 Back, 3rd Place - 2:07.42 (LaFollette)
200 Breast, 2nd Place - 2:13.44 (Walsh)
200 Breast, 3rd Place - 2.14.82 (Bauer)
500 Free, 1st Place - 4:39.73 (Koykov)
500 Free, 2nd Place - 4:52.78 (Chalat)
100 Fly 1st Place - 50.48 (Kisasondi)
100 Fly 2nd Place - 51.49 (Montero)
200 IM, 1st Place - 1:56.17 (Walsh)
400 Free Relay - 3:10.26 (Koykov, Settumba, Montero, Kisasondi)