November 28, 2006
Pioneers Swim Past Shoremen
Colin Soper Wins Two Individual Events for WC

CHESTERTOWN, MD - Visiting Widener University won six of 11 events en route to a 117-88 non-conference men's swimming victory over host Washington College this evening at Casey Swim Center. The Pioneers improved to 2-1 with the win, while the Shoremen slipped to 3-2 with the loss.

Senior Colin Soper (Towson, MD/Loyola Blakefield) won two individual events for Washington, taking the 200 freestyle in a WC season-best time of 1:48.21 and the 500 freestyle in 5:01.53. Freshman Chris Soper (Towson, MD/Loyola Blakefield) added a win in the 100 freestyle in 50.93, while junior Alex Thomas (Towson, MD/Calvert Hall) won the 200 breaststroke in a WC season-best time of 2:19.17.

Colin Soper, freshman Justin Morgan (Colonia, NJ/St. Joseph), sophomore Dan Wentzel (Exton, PA/Henderson), and junior Brandon Becker (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks East) finished first in the 200 freestyle relay in a WC season-best time of 1:32.27. Soper led off that relay with a WC season-best 50 freestyle time of 22.57.

Chris Soper, Thomas, and freshman Dylan Pollock (Savannah, GA/Benedictine Military) each recorded one individual second-place finish for the Shoremen. Chris Soper was second in the 50 freestyle in 23.12, Pollock was second in the 200 butterfly in 2:05.68, and Thomas was second in the 200 individual medley in 2:07.50.

Morgan was third in both the 50 freestyle (23.42) and the 100 freestyle (51.51), while Becker was third in the 20 backstroke (2:14.36), Pollack was third in the 500 freestyle (5:14.39), and freshman Dan Beadell (Timonium, MD/Loyola Blakefield) took third in the 1000 freestyle (11:04.33).

The Shoremen return to action December 9th with a 1:00 p.m. home meet against Elizabethtown.

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