Bison swim past Greensboro, 121-63

ROANOKE, Va. – The Gallaudet University men’s swimming team had a successful day against Greensboro College on Saturday winning 121-63. The meet was held at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va.

The Bison (2-1) were dominant against the Pride. GU senior Brian Bennett (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won two individual races, finishing first in the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events, with times of 5:06.97 and 11:20.92, respectively.

Also with two individual wins was GU sophomore DJ Everton-Lovell (Norfolk, Va.). Everton-Lovell blew away the field in the 200-yard individual medley (2:19.65) and again in the 200-yard backstroke (2:11.15).

Robb Ingram took home an individual first-place finish as well, winning the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute, 24.96 seconds. He squeaked by sophomore Richard Zabelski (Saginaw, Mich.), who finished second by a miniscule hundredth of a second (1:24.97).

The GU relay teams also fared well, winning both events entered. The 400-yard medley relay team, consisting of Everton-Lovell, senior Sean Ryant (Cleveland, Ohio), Bennett and junior Kailob Miller (Ardmore, Okla.) won that event in 4 minutes, 22.40 seconds. Miller also posted two second-place finishes, in the 200-yard freestyle (2:12.74) and 200-yard backstroke (2:42.70). Ryant was second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:18.65).

The 200-yard freestyle relay squad of senior Daniel Katz-Hernandez (Montgomery Village, Md.), Ingram, Ramnath Shenoy, and Zabelski won a fairly close race in 1 minute, 54.72 seconds.

Among the other Bison posting strong performances was Hipolito Deluna, who took second place in the 50-yard freestyle (27.56) and the 500-yard freestyle (7:17.15). Raihiem Marshall finished second in the 1000-yard freestyle (18:19.05).

The Bison are back in action for their first conference meet at home against SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday, November 12, at 1 p.m.