The Youngstown State men's swimming and diving program defeated Niagara 170-92 as the women's swimming and diving program fell to Niagara, 166-96, and St. Francis,165.50-96.50, at the Beeghly Natatorium on Sunday.
Three members of the men's squad led the Penguins with two individual victories apiece. Gavin Webb swept the distance freestyle events, clocking a 4:39.59 in the 500 free and a 9:49.02 in the 1000 free. Soma Albert swept the backstroke events, winning the 100 with a time of 52.08 and the 200 with a time of 1:54.15. Aleksa Radenovic won both the butterfly events with a time of 49.81 in the 100 fly and a 1:51.75 in the 200 fly. Additionally, winning an individual victory for the men was Gavin Redden with a time of 46.09 in the 100 free.
The men also swept the two relays at the meet as the team of Albert, James Slessor, Redden, and Radenovic clocked a 1:32.69 in the 200 medley relay to open the meet. The men finished the meet off with a win in the 400 free relay as the team of Rares Druga, Kyle Mizell, Jasper Liekens, and Redden clocked a 3:07.56.
The men delivered a 1-2-3 finish in the 1000 free with Webb's victory as Crispy Barton finished second with a time of 9:55.80 and Christian Taylor placed third with a time of 10:04.10. The men also finished 1-2-3 in the 200 fly with Radenovic in first, Jasper Liekens in second with a time of 1:56.13, and Joseph Wyatt in third with a time of 1:58.46. In addition, the men's squad completed another 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 backstroke as Albert took the event victory followed by Dominic Bono in second with a time of 1:56.80 and Ethan Ferroni in third with a time of 1:57.99.
James Slessor picked up two second-place finishes in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, clocking a 57.42 in the 100 breast and a 2:09.40 in the 200 breast. Redden also finished second in the 50 free with a time of 21:14.
Kyle Mizell and Dominic Panozzo earned third-place finishes as Mizell clocked a 53:10 in the 100 back and Panozzo delivered a time of 58.92 in the 100 breast. Druga picked up two third-place finishes, swimming a time of 21.23 in the 50 free and 47.86 in the 100 free. Taylor also placed third in the 500 free with a time of 4:52.38.
Leading the women's team was Miriam Frass who won both the 200 and 1000 freestyle. Frass clocked a 1:55.59 in the 200 free and a 10:38.12 in the 1000 free. In addition, she finished second in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.92.
Allison Ramirez Romero also picked up a second-place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 59.92.
Three other women's swimmers picked up third place finishes. Hailey Clark clocked a 10:52.05 in the 1000 free to place third while Oliwia Kaniak finished third in both the 100 and 200 breast, clocking a 1:07.75 in the 100 and a 2:28.01 in the 200. Madelyn Mahoney also picked up two third place finishes, clocking a 25.28 in the 50 free and a 54.79 in the 100 free.
The Penguins will be next in action on Saturday as they take the short trip up north to compete against Cleveland State at the Busbey Natatorium in Cleveland, Ohio.
