#25 Men’s Swimming wins five events over Division I Queens

Salisbury, N.C. —- The 25th-ranked Catawba College men's swim team fell in its dual versus perennial power Division I Queens, but took home five individual events in the process along with four NCAA B-cuts and a school record.

HOW IT HAPPENED

1000 Yard Freestyle

- Nazar Herashchenko punched his first of two B-cuts on the night with an individual win in the 1000 Free, posting a 9:24.33

- Fellow freshman Jurek Larys was right behind him with a time of 9:34.02, ahead of all Queens swimmers

200 Yard Freestyle

- Maks Minichowski followed up with an individual win in the 200 Free with a B-cut time of 1:39.16

100 Yard Backstroke

- Freshman Mati Kowalski impressed in the 100 Back, finished second with a time of 50.37

200 Yard Butterfly

- Freshman Lassi Niemi captured another individual win for Catawba in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:51.07

100 Yard Freestyle

- Minichowski scored another B-cut time in the 100 Free with a time of 45.23

200 Yard Backstroke

- Kowalksi doubled down on his impressive 100 Back time with a 1:50.26 time in the 200 Back, also good for second place in the event

500 Yard Freestyle

- Herashchenko put his mark in the Catawba record book early in his career, posting a school-record 4:30.30 in the 500 Free along with the individual win

100 Yard Butterfly

- Niemi nearly added another B-cut time in the 100 Fly, finishing in 48.89, under a second behind the top Queens competitor

200 Yard IM

- Balazs Meszaros finished in a close second in the 200 IM, posting a 1:53.30

400 Yard Freestyle Relay

- Catawba's relay team of Niemi, Minichowski, Juan Diego Celis and Kowalski posted a 3:02.80 in the 400 Free Relay

UP NEXT

- Catawba's men readies for South Atlantic Conference competition in a couple weeks, traveling to Wingate for a dual match on Friday, Nov. 1