ECU Collects 700th Program Win

Saturday, October 22

Greenville, N.C.

1 P.M.

East Carolina University

Catawba

October 22, 2016 | Swimming & Diving

Complete Results

Complete Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- The East Carolina swimming and diving program earned its 700^th victory Saturday as it swept a tri-meet with Campbell and Catawba to record its first wins of the season.

The Pirate men's team defeated Catawba 175-78, while the women's squad posted a 157-109 win over Campbell and a 150-95 triumph over Catawba to give the program 701 all-time victories.

"Seven-hundred wins is a testament to how great East Carolina Swimming and Diving has been for the last 63 years," 35^th-year ECU Head Coach Rick Kobe said. "I feel honored to be part of over 500 of them. It's an honor all our coaches and student-athletes, past and present, share."

ECU collected 12 first-place finishes in the men's meet with Catawba with Boleck DePawlikowski, Victor Santos and Tristan Taylor each winning two events. DePawlikowski edged teammate Manuel Alvarez by 1.83 seconds in the 1000 freestyle and touched 0.43 ahead of Esteban Araya in the 400 IM.

Taylor was a dual meet winner in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke, edging freshman Grega Popovich by 0.37 in the 200 free and finishing 0.54 ahead of senior Fran Krznaric, who had won the 100 backstroke earlier, in the 200 back. Santos recorded victory in the 50 freestyle by 0.26 in front of Erle Craven before winning the 100 butterfly by 0.91 over Blaz Demsar.

Will Hicks (100 breaststroke), Maxime Cadiat (100 freestyle), Demsar (200 butterfly) and Craven (200 breaststroke) each won an event as ECU swept the top-3 places in four races and finished first and second in six additional contests.

On the women's side, junior Julie Lajoie set the Minges Natatorium record in the 400 IM and won the 200 butterfly. Her record time of 4:25.03 in the 400 IM was more than eight second better than second-place finished Yara Fakhry. She was also more than three seconds faster than the runner-up in the 200 butterfly.

Logan Graumann was another ECU multi-event winner, claiming victory in the 500 freestyle and 100 backstroke. She also swam the lead leg in for the winning 200 freestyle relay team that included Erin Polich, Anna Svanbergsson and Tori Angermeier.

Marion Abert and Vendela Norrman were triumphant in multi-event as well. Abert won the 200 and 500 freestyle, while Norrman swept the breaststroke events, touching first in the 100 and 200. Svanbergsson touched first in the 100 freestyle and Taylor Hague was ahead of the field in the 200 backstroke.

The Pirates also hosted Clemson and UNCW in a diving meet. ECU redshirt junior Alicia Roueche finished second in the women's 3-meter competition with a NCAA Regional Zone qualifying score of 282.10. She was also the team's top finisher on the 1-meter springboard with a score of 201.10. Matt Mullen swept the men's diving events, posting the highest scores in the 1 and 3-meter competitions.

East Carolina will return to action Nov. 5-6 at the CAA Pod Meet in Harrisonburg, Va. The participants include Delaware, James Madison, UNCW and William & Mary.