SEATTLE — The Seattle University men's swim team returned to action on Saturday, and did so in dominating fashion, winning all 14 events as it thumped Whitworth University, 201-61, before a packed crowd at the Redhawk Center.
"The guys performed really well," said Redhawks head coach Craig Nisgor. "Today was definitely a good day and winning every event was nice. Considering all the senior day stuff, I thought the our seniors did a really good job of stepping up and it was fun to see the them finish out the right way in the pool. Overall the team swam tough and that was something we really wanted to see."
Seniors Greg Raper and Ryan Shaw led Seattle U as each notched a pair individual of first-place finishes. Raper claimed overall victories in the 100-yard breaststroke and 100 butterfly, recording respective times of 1:00.95 and 50.84. Shaw meanwhile was clocked in at 53.13 and 1:57.19 during the 100 and 200 backstroke, respectively.
Senior Zach Zenteno paced the field in the 200 freestyle, touching in at 1:45.52, as the Redhawks swept the event. Classmate Alex Roderick took second with a time of 1:45.99, while Jake Goguen followed at 1:47.50. Seattle U then swept the 100 freestyle. Tyler Goodspeed led the way with a time of 48.26, while Roderick and Goguen again took second and third.
A Redhawk youth movement then overtook the 200 breaststroke as junior Jack Neton's time of 2:11.49 earned him first-overall. Seattle U sophomore Kyle Bailey then followed at 2:16.12, while freshman George Thiss completed the sweep as he touched at 2:17.43.
Ryan Ascensio, Isaac Parker, Justin Kalugin, Will Corona and Juan Varela also posted individual first-place finishes. Ascensio won the 200 butterfly (1:57.74), while Parker and Kalugin won the the 50 freestyle (21.40) and 500 freestyle (4:51.58), respectively. Corona overwhelmed the field by six seconds with a time of 1:55.83 in the 200 IM, while Varela won the 1650 freestyle by 23 seconds as he clocked in at 16:27.24.
Senior Shawn Fujii aided the Redhawk cause as he earned second in the 100 breaststroke (52.24) and 100 butterfly (1:01.40) and took third in the 200 butterfly (2:02.59).
In relay action, the Seattle U team of Shaw, Neton, Raper, and Goodspeed won the 400 medley as they came in at a combined time of 3:32.75. The Redhawks then completed the shoutout, winning the 400 freestyle, as the quartet of Zenteno, Roderick, Goguen and Connor Barringer touched in at 3:15.45.
The Redhawks resume action next Friday when they hit the road to take on Western Athletic Conference foe, Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The schedule of events is slated to begin at 4 pm Pacific Time.