WPI 132, Clark 103 

Worcester, MA --- Andrew Lybarger (Atlanta, GA), Lee Chiang (Lexington, MA) and Mason Ruffing (Stone Mountain, GA) each won two events to spark a strong performance for WPI Men's Swimming and Diving, which brought home a 132-103 road win over crosstown rival Clark Wednesday evening. The victory came on senior night for the Engineers, despite Clark being at home for the competition.

WPI jumped out of the gate quickly, as the Engineers swept the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay, with the team of Lybarger, Minh Truong (West Roxbury, MA), Alford Green (Portmore, Jamaica) and Chiang touching the wall first at 1.43.46. Lybarger also was the winner in the 100-yard backstroke with a finals time of 55.06, while Chiang was first in the 100-yard freestyle (48.28). Ruffing took home first place in the 500-yard backstroke (4:58.55) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.61).

The Engineers also received a win from Dan White (Sidney, ME) in the 1000-yard freestyle, whose time of 10:34.40 was almost a full minute ahead of the pack. Carl Curran (Keene, NH) led a trio of Engineers at the top of the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.07) and was second to Ruffing in the 500-yard backstroke.

Other event winners for WPI include Worcester's own Steve Rose in the 50-yard freestyle (23.09) and David Keck (Orwigsburg, PA) in the 100-yard butterfly (56.07).

Men's Swimming and Diving will look to continue their success this Sunday at Bridgewater State. Competition gets underway at 2pm.

Story by Ray Cotrufo '98 - WPI Athletics

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