Wolverines claim third place at GCC Championships
GROVE CITY, PA, February 23, 2002--The Grove City College men's swimming and diving team had 14 championship finalists and won two gold medals en route to a third-place finish at the 11-school GCC Invitational Swimming & Diving Championships, Feb. 21-23.
Only first-year entrant Johns Hopkins University (804) and local-rival Westminster College (647) posted more points than the Wolverines (520), who placed third overall for the third year in a row. Grove City finished ahead of fourth-place Washington & Lee University (397), who was runner-up last year after winning the meet in 2000.
Freshman diver Greg Sies accounted for both Wolverine victories, setting a new pool and Invitational record on the three-meter board with a score of 436.35 and adding a new Invitational record in the one-meter event with 414.30 points. Sophomore Steve Short completed a 1-2 finish on the one-meter board with 324.85 points.
Sophomore Rich Korb won a silver medal in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:58.41, while sophomore Drew Martin took the bronze in the 100 butterfly at 52.40.
Grove City opened the three-day event with a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay, finishing in 1:27.35.
All of the Wolverines' top performers are listed below alphabetically. No Presidents' Athletic Conference team or individual awards were presented due to a lack of three full teams.
| NAME | EVENT | MARK | PLACE | RECORDS/QUALIFIERS |
| Tom Carey (So., Fairview Park, OH/St. Edwards) | 100 Breast 200 Breast |
1:04.92 2:27.54 |
10th 11th |
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| Matt Gibson (So., Lansdale, PA/North Penn) | 50 Free 100 Back 100 Free |
22.69 57.31 49.34 |
15th 13th 9th |
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| Justin Huff (So., Waterloo, IL/St. John Vianney) | 500 Free 1000 Free 1650 Free |
4:57.79 10:19.10 17:36.29 |
11th 5th 7th |
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| Rich Korb (So., Belcamp, MD/John Carroll) | 500 Free 1000 Free 1650 Free |
4:51.45 9:58.41 17:04.47 |
7th 2nd 4th |
|
| Matt Mangen (Fr., Celina, OH/Celina) | 200 IM 100 Back 200 Back |
1:59.89 54.42 1:57.03 |
4th 9th 4th |
|
| Drew Martin (So., Monroeville, PA/Gateway) | 50 Free 100 Fly 100 Free |
21.89 52.40 49.13 |
4th 3rd 7th |
|
| Felix Mason (Fr., Charlotte, NC/Homeschooled) | 200 IM 400 IM 200 Breast |
2:03.47 4:20.26 2:16.60 |
10th 4th 8th |
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| Ryan McCracken (So., Dallastown, PA/Dallastown) | 1000 Free 1650 Free |
10:57.15 18:27.98 |
9th 10th |
|
| Drew McKelvy (So., Portersville, PA/Jubilee Christian) | 500 Free 200 Free 100 Free |
5:09.96 1:49.35 49.35 |
16th 7th 10th |
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| Greg Sies (Fr., Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) | 3 M Diving 1 M Diving |
436.45 414.30 |
1st 1st |
Pool,
Invitational Invitational |
| Steve Short (So., Sewickley, PA/North Hills) | 1 M Diving | 324.85 | 2nd | |
| Chris Treter (Sr., Cranberry Twp., PA/Seneca Valley) | 200 Free 200 Back |
1:51.24 2:06.57 |
15th 11th |
|
| Matt Trollinger (Fr., Damascus, MD/New Life Christian) | 400 IM 200 Fly |
4:46.15 2:11.34 |
9th 14th |
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| Bruce Unks (Jr., Glenshaw, PA/Shaler) | 400 IM 200 Fly |
4:40.00 2:09.79 |
8th 13th |
|
| Bob Young (Jr., Glenshaw, PA/Shaler) | 50 Free 100 Back 200 Back |
22.17 54.59 1:59.54 |
9th 8th 9th |
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| RELAYS | ||||
| Martin, Gibson, Treter, Young | 200 Free Relay | 1:27.35 | 2nd | |
| Martin, Gibson, McKelvy, Young | 400 Free Relay | 3:17.29 | 5th | |
| Young, McKelvy, Treter, Korb | 800 Free Relay | 7:24.61 | 5th | |
| Young, Mason, Martin, Gibson | 200 Medley Relay | 1:38.43 | 4th | |
| Mangen, Mason, Unks, Gibson | 400 Medley Relay | 3:46.27 | 7th |
Men's Final Team Scores
1. Johns Hopkins (804), 2. Westminster (647), 3. Grove City (520), 4. Washington
& Lee (397), 5. Frostburg State (333), 6. Washington & Jefferson (299),
7. Penn State Behrend (270), 8. Misericordia (131), 9. Penn State Altoona (114),
10. Bethany (93), 11. Arcadia (30).
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