February 9, 2008
Shoremen Douse Green Terror, 67-28
Soper, Violette Win Two Individual Events Each

WESTMINSTER, MD - Freshman Matt Violette (Westbrook, ME/Westbrook) and sophomore Chris Soper (Towson, MD/Loyola Blakefield) each won two individual events as the visiting Washington College men's swimming team posted a 67-28 win over host McDaniel in a Centennial Conference meet this afternoon. Washington's 200 medley relay team broke the pool record during the meet. The Shoremen improved to 6-4 overall and 2-3 in conference meets with the win.

Violette won the 200 freestyle in 1:53.66 and the 100 backstroke in 57.18. Soper took the 50 freestyle in a Washington College season-best time of 22.19 to become the Shoremen's ninth-fastest swimmer ever in that event. Soper also won the 100 freestyle in 49.93 and swam the freestyle leg of the winning and pool-record setting 200 medley relay. Senior Brandon Becker (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks East), senior Alex Thomas (Towson, MD/Calvert Hall), and sophomore Dylan Pollock (Savannah, GA/Benedictine Military) joined Soper in the record-setting relay as they finished in a time of 1:41.47.

Thomas added a first-place finish in the 200 individual medley in 2:07.04 and a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke in a WC season-best time of 1:00.93. Pollock was first in the 100 butterfly in 54.50 and second in the 500 freestyle in 5:26.27, while junior Dan Wentzel (Exton, PA/Henderson) won the 500 freestyle in 5:16.29 and was second in the 1000 freestyle in 10:45.66.

Wentzel, senior Eddie Raleigh (Hanover, PA/Southwestern), freshman Tim Beadell (Timonium, MD/Loyola Blakefield), and Violette won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:33.98. Raleigh added a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:56.11), while Becker was second in the 100 backstroke (1:00.40).

The Shoremen return to action Wednesday with their final dual meet of the season, a 6:30 p.m. Centennial Conference home meet against Swarthmore.

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