The Wheeling Men's Swimming team continued their top form of late this afternoon, as they welcomed Lenoir-Rhyne University to the Alma Grace McDonough Center Natatorium. The Cardinals cruised to a 201-57 win against the Bears.
Two Cardinals took Gold in all races this afternoon, those being Benjamin Szanto and Bence Nagy. Szanto had his best performance of his career so far, notching three PBs in a stellar afternoon. Szanto swam the 50 free, 50 fly, and 100 fly, knocking at least half a second off his PB in each race. His best performance of the afternoon was in the 50 free, where he seam 22.08 to take gold and knock 1.18 seconds off his PB. Nagy took home one PB of his own in the 200 fly, shaving 2.02 seconds off his PB to swim 1:55.97 on his way to Gold. Both Szanto and Nagy swam for 18 points and averaged 547 and 564 points respectively.
Rounding out the top five high performances of the meet was Michal Rzyski, Enzo Crouzet, and Nikola Zhekov. Zhekov also swam the third best meet performance in the 100 breaststroke, clocking a time of 59.75 on his way to his second gold of the day. Zhekov was the anchor in the 200 freestyle relay, where he swam a leg of 21.79 to propel the team to gold. Michal Rzyski was the second Cardinal to take home three PBs on the day, those being in the 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, and the 200 IM. The freshman shaved 1.06 seconds off his PB in the 200 IM, swimming a 1:59.10 for gold. Rzyski's would also take second in the 100 breaststroke, shaving 0.19 seconds off his PB for a time of 59.77.
As a whole, the Cardinals would dominate the meet, taking 13 of the top 15 performances at the meet. The Wheeling University mens swimming team will look to continue their undefeated start to the season on November 7th, when they battle IUP at 1pm.