Gophers Beat Out Pacers, Rangers for Fifth Place
READING, Pa. — Goucher avoided being overtaken by either Marywood or Drew by scoring 68 points today to finish in fifth place at the 2012 Landmark Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championships with a team score of 272 points.
Brower, Williams Pull Off 4-6 Finish in 200-Yard Backstroke
READING, Pa. — Goucher avoided being overtaken by either Marywood or Drew by scoring 68 points today to finish in fifth place at the 2012 Landmark Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championships with a team score of 272 points.
The Gophers finished 24 points ahead of the Pacers and 134 points in front of the Rangers.
On the final day of the three-day meet, two Goucher swimmers advanced to the championship finals in the 200-yard backstroke. Matthew Brower (Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis) completed the event in 1:57.71 to finish in fourth place and Kyle Williams (Andover, N.J./Newton) followed in 2:00.77, good for sixth place.
Brendan McFadden (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) claimed 10th place in the 100-yard freestyle by posting a time of :48.98. Dean Silverman (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) took 14th place in the 1650 free (18:32.77) and Patrick McNeel (Flagstaff, Ariz./Flagstaff) was 15th in the 200 butterfly (2:13.94).
Goucher's entry in the 400 free relay consisting of Charlie Leonard (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville), Brower, McFadden and Williams was clocked at 3:19.69 and earned 28 points by finishing in fifth place.