YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (January 20, 2024) – Ending the day with 11 wins across 24 events, No. 6 Denison University men's swimming & diving competed in a non-scoring dual meet against NCAA Division I Youngstown State University on Saturday afternoon at YSU's Beeghly Natatorium. It was also a hybrid meet with some of the 100-yard events being swam twice.

Denison's 11 wins came with two wins on the diving boards, one win in the relays, and eight individual swimming events representing seven different swimmers.

In the 200 medley relay, Emmett Harmon, Elijah Venos, Richie Stewart and Luke Dauer (1:32.17) were second; Nicholas Settembrine, Teak Rommaneekochchakorn, Christian Narcelles and Matt Stankivicz (1:33.28) were third; and Luke Swiggett, Riccardo Ricciardi, Liam Nelson and Ryan Foreback (1:35.12) were fourth.

In the 1000 freestyle, Sam Myaard (9:40.26) was second while Max Hutson-Comeaux (9:53.90) was fourth and Jack Johnson (10:05.30) was fifth.

Denison earned its first win of the meet in the 200 freestyle as Narcelles (1:42.59), Patrick Daly (1:43.88), Foreback (1:44.27) and Venos (1:44.49) swept the top-four positions.

George Wang (46.94), Tyler Distenfeld (47.60) and Andre Beduschi (47.69) finished in order between second and fourth place in the first 100 freestyle.

Gavin Jones and Cameron Noble finished back-to-back in third and fourth place in the first 100 backstroke with times of 52.07 seconds and 52.11 seconds, respectively.

In the 50 backstroke, Settembrine was second with a time of 23.41 seconds while Shea Card (24.19) was fifth and Max Soja (24.65) was sixth.

Devin Testin earned the win in the first 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.05 seconds while Rommaneekochchakorn was second at 58.31 seconds and Josh Thomas was third at 58.44 seconds.

In the 50 breaststroke, Dauer came in third at 26.70 seconds while Owen Dy was seventh at 28.12 seconds.

Dylan Escano won the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:51.88, his first of two wins in the meet, while Lucas Conrads (1:55.50), Luke Landis (1:56.06) and Max Lough (1:56.51) finished in order between third and fifth place, respectively.

In the first 100 butterfly, Nelson was second and 52.19 seconds and Connor Brown was third at 52.58 seconds.

Wang (21.70), Swiggett (21.80) and Rommaneekochchakorn (21.83) finished in order between fourth and sixth place in the 50 freestyle; and then in the second 100 freestyle, Stewart earned the win with a time of 47.19 seconds and was followed by Venos (47.77) in second and Stankivicz (48.00) in third.

In the 200 backstroke, Conrads (1:53.84) was second and Brown (1:54.19) was third; and then in the second 100 backstroke, Settembrine earned the win with a time of 50.56 seconds while Theo Wolf (53.06) was second and Distenfeld (53.22) was third.

Daly won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:04.79 while Christian McIntire (2:04.89) was second and Ricciardi (2:14.77) was third; and then in the second 100 breaststroke, Narcelles (58.09) and Wang (59.27) finished back-to-back in third place and fourth place.

Myaard (4:38.61) and Noble (4:39.95) went back-to-back in second and third place in the 500 freestyle; and then in the second 100 butterfly, Escano earned his second win of the meet with a time of 50.47 seconds and was followed by Lough (51.39) in second and Beduschi (51.47) in third.

Harmon finished second in the 50 butterfly with a time of 23.16 seconds while Testin was fourth at 23.23 seconds.

Conrads picked up the win in the 200 IM with a time of 1:55.79 while Brown (1:57.12), Rommaneekochchakorn (1:57.60) and Soja (1:58.41) finished in third place through five place, respectively.

In the final individual event, the 100 IM, Jones was second at 51.49 seconds while Testin (52.67) was seventh and Narcelles (52.87) was eighth.

Lastly, in the 200 freestyle relay, Stewart, Daly, Dauer and Stankivicz (1:24.56) picked up the win while Swiggett, Wang, Settembrine and Beduschi (1:26.41) were third and Distenfeld, Noble, McIntire and Testin (1:28.09) were fourth.

On the 1-meter board, Nick Fogle finished in first place with a score of 290.85 while Brendan Stanley was third at 252.90; and then the 3-meter dive saw Stanley win it with a score of 294.60 while Fogle was fourth at 236.55. Both Fogle's score in the 1-meter dive and Stanley's in the 3-meter were good for a provisional regional qualifying score.

Denison returns home to the Trumbull Aquatics Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 27, for its Senior Day against Ohio Wesleyan University.

NCAA Division III Provisional Regional Qualifying Scores (Diving):
Nick Fogle – 1-meter dive – 290.85
Brendan Stanley – 3-meter dive – 294.60
 
Final Results