Worcester, MA - The WPI Men's Swimming and Diving team finished second behind Division I Holy Cross at the Worcester City Championships on Saturday.  WPI accumulated 383 points while Holy Cross finished with 399.

Jeffrey Meyer (Denver, CO) was presented the Justin Ferris Award which is given to the men's swimmer of the meet.  Meyer set a meet record in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.36) and 200-yard IM (2:00.27), and was the 400-yard IM champion. 

Joel Rousseau (Pittsfield, MA) set a meet record in the 100-yard backstroke (53.53), before winning the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.22) and 100-yard butterfly (51.71).  Dan White (Sidney, ME) took home first in the 1650-yard freestyle (17:32.13) and 500-yard free (5:03.61) while placing third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.45). 

Steve Rose (Worcester, MA) took top honors in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.51) and finished second on the 100-yard free (51.37) while David Keck (Orwigsburg, PA) was the 50-yard freestyle champion (23.28) and placed second in the 100-yard butterfly (55.81).  Chase Johnson (Eastham, MA) finished second behind Keck in the 50-yard freestyle (23.54) while Craig DiGiovanni (Glastonbury, CT) swam to a second place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (2:12.43). 

Rousseau, Meyer, Keck, and Rose teamed up to set a meet record in the 200-yard medley relay (1:41.66) and the same quartet placed first in the 400-yard medley (3:43.27).  Johnson got in on the fun when he teamed up with Meyer, Keck, and Rousseau to win the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:30.97). 

In diving action, Eric Wallhagen (Carlisle, MA) finished first in the one meter with his score of 177.70 points.

WPI returns to action on Wednesday when they compete against Clark at the Kneller Athletic Center beginning at 6:30pm.

Day One Results

Day Two Results