GRANVILLE, Ohio (October 29, 2022) – The No. 3 nationally-ranked Denison University men's swimming team fell to NCAA Division I Xavier University by a final score of 178-84 on Saturday afternoon during the Big Red's first home meet of the 2022-23 season at the Trumbull Aquatics Center. Denison had three first-place finishes and 13 finishes in the top-three, but it would not be enough as the Big Red fell to the Musketeers for the first time in their last seven dual meets against each other.
Richie Kurlich led Denison with a pair of wins in the 100 and 200 butterfly while
Aidan Lane earned the win in the 50 freestyle.
The meet was kicked off by Denison's team of
Chris Luus,
Gavin Jones, Kurlich and
Dhinal Weerasinghe finishing in second place with a time of 1:33.92 in the 200 medley relay.
Then in the first individual event, the 1000 freestyle,
Lucas Conrads finished second with a time of 9:53.80 while
Luke Landis was third at 9:56.62.
Christian Narcelles took second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43.09 while
Christian McIntire was fourth at 1:46.23 and
Sam Myaard was fifth in 1:46.68.
In the 100 backstroke, Luus was third at 52.89 seconds while
Josh Song was fifth in 53.48 seconds; and then in the 100 breaststroke, Jones (59.31 seconds) and Franceso Assalone (59.42 seconds) finished back-to-back in third and fourth place, respectively.
Kurlich picked up Denison's first win of the day, doing so with an NCAA National "B" cut time of 1:49.29 in the 200 butterfly before Lane won the 50 freestyle one event later with a time of 21.45 seconds.
Narcelles was fourth in the 100 freestyle with a mark of 47.58 seconds and
Connor Brown was fifth in the 200 backstroke at 2:00.08.
Denison finished in order between third and fifth place in the 200 breaststroke as Assalone finished in 2:11.24 to take third while right behind him was Jones (2:11.60) and then
Josh Thomas (2:14.31).
Conrads took second place in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:47.95 before Kurlich picked up his second win of the day with a time of 49.44 seconds in the 100 butterfly.
In the final individual event, Narcelles was third with a time of 1:57.03 in the 200 IM before
Eric Chimes, Luus, McIntire and Myaard (1:29.44) finished fourth together in the 200 freestyle relay.
There were no diving events held during this dual meet.
Denison returns to action next weekend on Saturday, November 5, when they head to Gambier, Ohio, to square off against No. 2 nationally-ranked Kenyon College in a dual meeting beginning at 10 a.m.
NCAA Division III National "B" cuts:
Richie Kurlich – 200 butterfly – 1:49:29
Final Results
