GRANVILLE, Ohio (January 6, 2024) – Swimming long course meters, the No. 6 Denison University men's swimming & diving team defeated NCAA Division I Cleveland State University 169-127 but fell 218-80 to the No. 3 ranked team in NCAA Division II and the defending D-II National Champions, the University of Indianapolis, in a double dual meet on Saturday at the Trumbull Aquatics Center. Earning two third-place finishes (200 freestyle, 400 freestyle) for the Big Red was Christian McIntire while Cameron Noble was second in the 200 freestyle and Max Lough was second in the 200 butterfly.

Denison's "A" team of Nicholas Settembrine, Elijah Venos, Richie Stewart and Devin Testin was third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:49.28. The "B" team of Shea Card, Liam Nelson, Christian Narcelles and Patrick Daly was fifth at 1:50.60.

Starting off the individual events in the 800 freestyle, Lucas Conrads (9:04.03) and Luke Landis (9:07.20) finished back-to-back in third and fourth place.

Noble (1:59.62), McIntire (1:59.76) and Tyler Distenfeld (2:01.14) then finished in order between second and fourth place in the 200 freestyle.

Settembrine (1:02.30) and Testin (1:03.32) finished back-to-back in fifth and sixth place in the 100 backstroke; and Nelson (1:07.65), Venos (1:08.73) and Daly (1:08.81) went in order between fourth and sixth place in the 100 breaststroke.

Lough picked up a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:11.76; and then Stewart finished fourth in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.12 seconds while Gavin Jones was sixth at 25.24 seconds.

In the 100 freestyle, Daly (54.79), Ryan Foreback (56.00) and Narcelles (56.49) finished in fourth, fifth and sixth place, respectively.

Settembrine was fourth in the 200 backstroke at 2:19.56 and Testin was sixth at 2:20.27; and then in the 200 breaststroke, Gavin Jones earned third place with a time of 2:28.30 while Nelson was fifth at 2:31.34.

In the 400 freestyle, McIntire finished third at 4:13.97, Distenfeld was fourth at 4:23.26, and Conrads was sixth at 4:25.78.

In the 100 butterfly, Lough finished fourth at 59.89 seconds and Stewart was sixth at 1:00.70; and then in the 200 IM, Daly (2:16.01) and Jones (2:17.10) finished back-to-back in fourth and fifth place.

The meet was then closed out as the Big Red "B" team of Distenfeld, Noble, Matt Stankivicz and McIntire were fourth with a time of 3:41.88 and the "A" team of Testin, Stewart, Narcelles and Foreback was fifth at 3:42.15.

In diving, Nick Fogle was third on the 3-meter board with a provisional regional qualifying score of 278.25; and then Brendan Stanley was fourth on the 1-meter board with a score of 239.80.

The Big Red will return to action on Saturday, January 13, when they travel to Pittsburgh for the Carnegie Mellon University Quad Meet.

NCAA Division III Provisional Regional Qualifying Scores (Diving):
Nick Fogle – 1-meter dive – 278.25
 
Final Results