Worcester, MA --- WPI Men's Swimming and Diving took home the
title in this weekend's Worcester City Championships, held Friday
and Saturday at Holy Cross. The Engineers won nine events at the
meet en route to 397 points and a first-place finish. Holy Cross
was second with 372 team points, while Clark's 305 points were good
for third.
Through the first day of competition, the Holy Cross men's team
had a slim one point lead (110-109) over the Engineers.
Highlights on Friday included Dan White's (Sidney,
ME) victory in the 1650 yard freestyle (17:50.71) and Mason
Ruffing's (Stone Mountain, GA) win in the 200 yard IM
(2:04.57). Sophomore Nick Catano (Goffstown,
NH) finished second (18:22.17) behind White in the 1650 yard
freestyle. In relay action WPI captured the top prize and set
a new meet record when Lee Chiang (Lexington, MA),
Andrew Lybarger (Atlanta, GA), Alford
Green (Portmore, Jamaica) and Ruffing combined to post a
time of 1:28.81. The 400 yard medley team of Lybarger,
Ruffing, David Keck (Orwigsburg, PA) and Chiang
took home second with their 3:45.24 finish.
WPI raced well in day two of competition on Saturday. The
Engineers took first in the 200 medley relay, as the team of
Ruffing, Chiang, Keck and Lybarger finished in 1:37.06. Worcester
native Steve Rose joined in with Ruffing, Chiang
and Lybarger to also take first in the 400 yard freestyle relay
(3:16.99).
In addition to their success in the relays, the trio of Chiang,
Ruffing and Lybarger also had success in the individual events. Lee
Chiang won two other races on the day, including the 50 yard
freestyle (22.17) and 100 yard freestyle (49.15), while Mason
Ruffing won the 200 yard butterfly (2:04.35) and finished second in
the 200 yard backstroke (2:02.37). Andrew Lybarger won the 100 yard
butterfly (53.23), placed second in the 100 yard backstroke (55.89)
and third in the 200 yard back (2:03.63) for the Engineers.
WPI travels to face UMass-Dartmouth this week on Thursday at
6:00pm.
Story by Ray Cotrufo '98 - WPI Athletics Department
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