Mens’ Swimming: Men’s Swimming Lowers Marks on Day Two of CC Championship

Results

LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior Duncan Proxmire (McLean, Va./Langley) secured the silver medal in the 500 free and was one of a slew of Bullets to lower personal standards on day two of the Centennial Conference Championship at Franklin & Marshall College.

*Centennial Conference Record, Championship Meet Record, NCAA Qualifying Time

 
Meet Highlights

• Half of the championship final in the 500 free featured returning finalists from the 2020 meet and those veterans dueled with several newcomers in McGinness Pool. Eventually Proxmire and Swarthmore College’s Ben Freeman went head-to-head over the final 100 yards with the Garnet sophomore pulling in front of the Gettysburg senior for the win at 4:31.62. Proxmire’s time of 4:32.64 marked a personal best by 0.04 seconds. Also in the final heat, sophomore Luke McKenna (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford Area) sliced another two seconds off his PR from the prelims and vaulted into fourth on Gettysburg’s all-time list with a time of 4:38.28.
• The 200 IM witnessed five Gettysburg swimmers lower their personal standards and rise up the program list. Senior Sam Nonemaker (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg) missed a medal by just 0.01 with a fourth-place effort of 1:51.89. Nonemaker posted 25.01 over his final 50 yards and reaffirmed his No. 2 spot on Gettysburg’s list. Senior Oliver Pickering (Millburn, N.J./Millburn) also competed in the A final and lowered his personal standard by over a second at 1:53.61 on the way to a seventh-place showing. His time is tied for third in program history. Sophomore Charlie Cross (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) and freshmen Mason Dillon (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) and Luca Tolino (New Market, Md./Oakdale) all climbed up Gettysburg’s list. Cross moved into fifth in the top 10 at 1:53.81, while Dillon grabbed seventh and Tolino took ninth with times of 1:54.91 and 1:56.48, respectively. The trio finished 10th, 11th, and 12th overall in the 200 IM.
• Freshman Cort Hobelmann (Nashville, Tenn./Owensboro Catholic) and sophomore Hunter Sundlun (Richmond, Va./Saint Christopher’s School) just missed making the A final in the 50 free after finishing ninth and 11th, respectively, during the preliminary heats. Hobelmann tied for 10th overall at 21.45, while Sundlun placed 13th at 21.68.
• The Bullets closed the meet with the fifth-fastest time in program history on the way to a fourth-place showing in the 400 medley relay. Junior Nick Cox (Purcellville, Va./Ponte Vedra) lowered his personal standard in the 100 back with a lead-off split of 50.11, which ranks second in program history. Sophomore Declan Sheeran (McLean, Va./McLean) and Nonemaker followed before Sundlun touched the wall with a final time of 3:24.47. Franklin & Marshall won the race and set a new conference standard with a time of 3:17.34.

 
Next Up

The action picks up Saturday morning with preliminary heats of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back at 10 a.m. The top 16 in each event will advance to the finals set for 6 p.m. Saturday night. Saturday’s evening session will kick off with the 200 free relay.

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.