Men's Swimming & Diving Roars Past Student Princes on Senior Day

1/20/2024 9:32:00 PM | By: Joe Ginley '16, SID

John Carroll Men's Swimming & Diving celebrated seniors Jacob Clark and Nicholas Wilson on Saturday.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – In a continuation of a busy weekend, John Carroll Men's Swimming & Diving met67 a long forgotten foe on Senior Day.

The Blue Streaks celebrated a pair of seniors prior to the team's home dual against Heidelberg University: Jacob Clark and Nicholas Wilson. John Carroll celebrated in style with a 159-16 conquest.

John Carroll renewed an old matchup with Heidelberg, a formerly mothballed program that awoke for its return this season. Previously, Blue Streaks and Student Princes had met twice before in the pool, the last time being January 31, 1979 (a 69-40 JCU win). Interestingly, John Carroll has only tied two men's dual meets since 1974-75, and one occurred vs. the Berg (59-59 on Feb. 8, 1978).

Full Results

The action opened with a 200 Yard Medley Relay victory for the JCU "C" squad. Dom Falcon, Bryce Liddell, Aidan Hulseman, and Jacob Burton combined for a winning time of 1:41.12.

Owen Holm tallied a victory in the first individual event, followed by Liddell. Holm raced for a time of 1:48.12, with Liddell trailing at 1:50.43. Holm also conquered the competition with a victory in the 200 Breaststroke, touching the wall in 29.91.

Joe Nadur got on the board with a win in the 50 Backstroke, cruising to a time of 25.89, followed by Daniel Argalious in 26.65 and Wilson in 27.34. Nadur later added another victory in the 100 Back with a time of 54.70. Patrick Branch rolled in the 100 Butterfly with a mark of 54.33, as Burton (57.01) and Sam Kmet (57.44) completed the sweep.

A surprise winner emerged in the 50 Free, as the distance man Aidan Hulseman showed off his speed. The Winnetka, Illinois native raced to a winning time of 22.95. Bart Kubis (23.00) and Aidan O'Neill (23.05) snagged second and third.

Another JCU victory followed in the 100 Free, as Falcon took home the win with a time of 50.68, though Patrick Branch scored the top time with an exhibition mark of 48.55. Liddell stood as the champ in the 100 Breaststroke, standing first with a time of 1:03.87. Jacob Clark later stood as a victor in the 500 Free with a time of 5:16.01 and in the 100 IM with a time of 59.37. Forrest Campbell took the cake in the 50 Butterfly with a time of 23.16.

On the 1 Meter board, Clark proved to be impressive as well, scoring a top score of 130.73.

The day ended on a high note for the Blue Streaks with a win in the 400 Free Relay. Argalious, Bailey Parsons, Branch, and Nadur combined for a top time of 3:16.60.

"It was a great Senior Day, and I was really excited to honor all seven seniors and all they've done for our program," said Head Coach Tanner Barton. "Jacob did his front double for the first time ever and his 100 IM win was a great way to end the meet. It's been the great weekend of racing. We have two meets next week, so we're excited to keep racing and training hard to get ready for the OAC Championship."

The Blue Streaks will have another busy weekend ahead next week. John Carroll gets to stay at home on Friday, hosting Baldwin Wallace for an OAC rivalry meet at 6 pm.

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