Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Denison men's swimming and diving team came out on top 205- 92 over Carnegie Mellon in its second meet of the New Year. The Big Red swept six individual events, and totaled 34 top-three finishes..

Pool Records:

The men's team finished the afternoon with ten pool records. Indicated in the story with an *.

• 50 Free - Nick Hensel- 20.17

• 100 Free - Jack Hill- 44.43

• 200 Free - Jack Hill- 1:37.73

• 1,000 Free - George Goins- 9:23.92

• 200 Back - Ben Bevill- 1:48.48

• 100 Breast - Liam Nelson- 54.94

• 200 Breast - Liam Nelson- 2:00.67

• 200 IM - Devin Testin- 1:51.02

• 200 Medley Relay - Jack Hill, Liam Nelson, Sam Hibbert, Nick Hensel- 1:28.26

• 200 Free Relay - Jack Hill, Nick Hensel, Sam Hibbert, Harry Parsons- 1:20.56

Top performances:

Denison started the meet with a first and third place finish in the 200 Medley Relay.  Jack Hill, Liam Nelson, Sam Hibbert, and Nick Hensel took first with a time of 1:28.26*, while Ben Bevill, Talen Palmateer, Cam Blevins-Mohr, and Harry Parsons finished third with a time of 1:30.50.

The Big Red swept the top three spots in the 1000 Free, with George Goins finishing first (9:23.92*), followed by Hunter Raymer (9:39.02), and Ben Campbell (9:42.75). Denison would sweep its second event of the day in the 200 Free, where Jack Hill (1:37.73*) took first, followed by Luke Swiggett (1:39.59) and Clay Perry (1:41.92). In the 100 yard Back finished second with a time of 49.04, while teammate Devin Testin earned third after swimming it in 50.66. Liam Nelson and Talen Palmateer went one-two in the 100 Breast. Nelson finished in 54.94*, followed by Palmateer with a time of 56.46. 

Denison continued to rack up the top three finishes throughout the meet, in the 200 Fly, Max Lough and Asher Cole finished second and third. Lough swam the 200 Fly in 1:51.19, while Cole finished in 1:53.91. The Big Red swept its third event of the day, the 50 Free, when Nick Hensel (20.17*), Harry Parsons (20.87), and Sam Hibbert (20.99) finished one, two, three in the event.

Hill, Hensel, and Parsons recorded Denison's fourth event sweep of the day in the 100 Free. Hill came in first (44.43*), just behind him was Hensel (45.08), followed by Parsons (46.21) for third. Bevill and Testin found themselves back in the top three in the 200 Back, with Bevill finishing in 1:48.48* for first place, followed by Testin with a time of 1:49.34 for second place.

In the 200 Breast Nelson, Teak Bunditkitsada, and Palmateer took the top three spots. Nelson swam a 2:00.67*, Bunditkitsada finished in 2:05.48, and Palmateer finished in third place with a time of 2:08.69. Goins earned his second first-place finish of the day in the 500 Free, after swimming it in 4:35.70. Teammates Mark Jacobi-Krohn (4:40.70) and Joseph Keroack (4:44.22) would take second and third place for the Big Red's sixth sweep of the day. Earning a second-place finish in the 100 Fly was Cole (49.94), followed by fellow first-year Hibbert (49.97) for third place.

Diving Results:

In diving, Brock Butchko earned his first two first-place finishes after scoring 307.12 points in the 1-meter dive and 339.37 in the 3-meter dive. Joining him in the top three was Brendan Stanley, who earned a second-place finish with 288 points, and in the 3-meter dive scored 302.85 points for third place. Rounding out the Big Red divers was Seamus McCann, who finished fourth in both the 1-meter (198.22) and 3-meter (258.15).

Up next for the Big Red

Denison returns to Granville, Ohio, on Saturday, January 24, to host Ohio Wesleyan University inside Trumbull Aquatics Center for Senior Day. The meet is set to start at 10 a.m.