Posted: Jan 23, 2016
ALLIANCE – The Wilmington College men's swimming team fell to Mount Union Saturday, 178-100, in an Ohio Athletic Conference dual meet.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Senior David Hawk (Edison, OH/Mount Gilead) was responsible for three of Wilmington's four victories in the meet. He won the 50 freestyle (21.99) and the 100 freestyle (48.85), and teamed with freshman Andrew Stewart (Wilmington, OH/Clinton-Massie), junior Brendan Tirado (Dayton, OH/Oakwood) and sophomore Carter Semenchuk (Rockford, IL/Hononegah) to win the 200 freestyle relay (1:29.43).
- Junior Erik Spraul (Cincinnati, OH/Princeton) had the other event victory, winning the 100 individual medley (57.21).
- Junior David Spraul (Cincinnati, OH/Princeton) tallied two of Wilmington's seven second-place finishes. He was second in the 100 backstroke (55.57) and 200 backstroke (2:02.20).
- Tirado also had two second-place finish, earning points in the 200 freestyle (1:49.52) and the 500 freestyle (5:09.15).
- The other second place finishes were freshman Matt Kitze (Kettering, OH/Fairmont) in the 1000 (10:56.04), sophomore Cody Nash (Fresno, CA/Kingsbery) in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.25) and freshman Andrew Haga (Gahanna, OH/Westerville South) in the 200 butterfly (2:09.18).
WHAT'S NEXT
- Wilmington hosts the final dual meet of the season 1 p.m. Saturday against John Carroll. It will mark the final home meet for Hawk, Eric Balash (Canton, OH/Glen Oak), Dylan Hammond (Eastlake, OH/North), Cash Harris (Mamtaa, OH/Crestwood) and Curtis Richards (Defiance, OH/Ayersville).
