Savannah, Ga. – The SCAD men's swim team won nine different events to help them defeat St. Andrews University 148-75 Saturday afternoon at the Chatham County Aquatic Center.
The Bees won their first race, the 200 medley relay, as the team of
Karl Hegwein,
Styrbjorn Torell,
Joel Ax, and
Nick Wargo were timed at 1:40.02. Teammates
Tyler Prescott,
JT Bartel,
John LaPorta, and
Connor Wilson finished third with a time of 1:39.14.
Roger Kjos and
Kyle Peach followed the relay with a 1-2 finish in the 1650 free.
SCAD saw a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 free as Ax took first in 1:41.66, Wilson finished second in 1:48.54, and LaPorta was third in 1:48.88.
Prescott continued his winning ways taking top honors in the 200 butterfly, touching with a time of 1:59.45, and the 200 back finishing in 1:52.89.
Rasmus Salomonsson edged out
Bradley Green by five-tenth of a second to earn second place in the 200 butterfly.
Ax finished the day taking top honors in four events, while Hegwein finished with two first place finishes. Also, picking up a first place finish was LaPorta, who won the 100 butterfly, touching with a time of 53.62.
The Bees return to the water February 11-14 when they travel to Charlotte, N.C. to take part in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship.
Results:
50 yard Free –
Tim Jarnvik, 2
nd 21.95;
Nick Wargo, 3
rd, 22.05;
Kyle Peach, 6
th, 23.25,
John LaPorta, 7
th, 24.28
100 yard Free –
Joel Ax, 1
st, 46.04;
Roger Kjos, 3
rd, 49.31;
Tim Jarnvik, 4
th, 51.31;
Joel Salomonsson 5
th, 51.55
100 yard Back –
Karl Hegwein, 1
st, 51.23;
Nick Wargo, 3
rd, 56.81
100 yard Breast –
Christian Temporiti, 2
nd, 1:01.17;
Styrbjorn Torell, 3
rd, 1:01.38;
Eli Guillou, 5
th, 1:02.12
100 yard Butterfly –
John LaPorta, 1
st, 53.62;
Rasmus Salomonsson, 3
rd, 54.77;
Tim Jarnvik, 4
th, 54.98;
David Scott, 5
th, 57.37
200 yard Free –
Joel Ax, 1
st, 1:41.66;
Connor Wilson, 2nd, 1:48.54;
John LaPorta, 3
rd, 1:48.88;
JT Bartel, 5
th, 1:54.20
200 yard Back –
Tyler Prescott, 1
st, 1:52.89;
Karl Hegwein, 3
rd, 2:04.16;
Bradley Green, 4
th, 2:10.13
200 yard Breast –
Connor Wilson, 2
nd, 2:14.67;
Nick Wargo, 3
rd, 2:15.03;
Styrbjorn Torell, 5
th, 2:18.12;
JT Bartel, 6
th, 2:20.24
200 yard Butterfly –
Tyler Prescott, 1
st, 1:59. 45;
Rasmus Salomonsson, 2
nd, 2:04.39;
Bradley Green, 3
rd, 2:04.87;
David Scott, 4
th, 2:10.98
500 yard Free –
Joel Ax, 1
st, 4:51.94;
Kyle Peach 2
nd, 5:00.43
1650 yard Free –
Roger Kjos, 1
st, 17:09.86;
Kyle Peach, 2
nd, 17:15.40
200 yard Medley Relay – (Hegwein, Torell, Ax, Wargo), 1
st, 1:34.99; (Prescott, Bartel, LaPorta, Wilson), 3
rd, 1:39.14; (Green, Temporiti, Salomonsson, Scott), 4
th, 1:41.40