Men's Swimming and Diving | February 20, 2016

Full Results

GENEVA, Ohio - The La Salle swimming and diving team had ten swimmers qualify for finals during the preliminaries of the final day of the Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday at the Spire Institute.
 
Three men qualified for the finals in the 200 yard breaststroke. Senior Johan Roth swam a NCAA "B" Qualifying time of 1:59.18 to top the field in the prelims in the event. Sophomore Dimitrije Mladenovic swam a 2:02.79 to join him in the Championship Finals. Junior Strahinja Stankovic swam a 2:05.26 for 14^th place and a spot in the consolation finals. Freshman Alexander Holland swam a 2:19.40 for 26^th place in the event.
 
A pair of men qualified for the Championship Finals of the 200 yard backstroke. Sophomore Fabian Bergman swam a 1:46.59 for the third fastest time in the prelims and junior Jerry Gravel finished in seventh to join him in the finals with a time of 1:47.00. Senior Mike Stein (1:53.92, 20^th place) and freshman Jeff Pfannenstein (1:55.11, 22^nd place) also swam in the event.
 
Sophomore Jakub Bartosiewicz had the seventh fastest qualifying time in the 200 yard butterfly with a 1:50.36 to reach the Championship Finals.
 
Junior Cameron Fadley swam a 45.86 in the 100 yard freestyle to qualify for the consolation finals in the event. Seniors Jonathan Cabral (46.98, 24^th place) and Cameron Edling (47.71, 32^nd place) and freshman Yashua Lockhart-Derry (51.76, 37^th place) also swam in the event.
 
Freshman Olivia DiStefano qualified for the consolation finals in the 100 yard freestyle thanks to a time of 51.89 in the event. Junior Kate Hay just missed out on a spot in the finals as she touched in 19^th place with a time of 52.07, just .12 seconds out of 16^th place. Junior Tanawan Sukonthapanich (53.33, 42^nd place) and Rory Kearns (53.70, 45^th place) also swam in the event.
 
Junior Eva Oesterhus finished in 12^th place in the prelims for the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:05.17 to reach the consolation finals. Freshman Mary Harrington (2:07.67, 21^st place) and junior Julia Mann (2:14.13, 31^st place) also swam in the event.
 
Senior Kelsey Jenkinson qualified for the consolation finals (2:21.89) in the 200 yard breaststroke. Sophomore Danielle Thomas (2:25.57, 25^th place) and sophomore Maddy Koelsch (2:27.74, 31^st place) also competed for La Salle.
 
Sophomores Hannah Elliott (2:06.80, 23^rd place), Natalie Simunek (2:09.87, 28^th place) and Alison McDonough (2:13.26, 32^nd place) swam in the 200 yard backstroke prelims for the Explorers.