CLAREMONT, Calif. – Trinity's 21st-ranked men's swimming & diving teams earned a split to finish off its West Coast road trip on Saturday, defeating California Lutheran University 191-92, but falling to 16th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 179-116.
Konstantine Partalas (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan) and
Matteo Lanzara (Moraga, Calif. / Campolindo) both scored a pair of individual wins, while
Michael Kohl (Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point) earned an individual victory to go with a relay team gold medal.
Partalas swept the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events for the second time in as many days after also winning on both boards against Occidental College yesterday. Partalas won the 1-meter board with a score of 260.00 on Saturday, while also scoring 283.05 points to win the high board.
Lanzara won the 100 and 200 backstroke events, racing to the finish in 52.06 in the 100, and touching the pad in 1:56.64 in the 200. Lanzara also led off the 400 medley relay team that finished as the runner-up with a time of 3:26.53 – good for the 10th-fastest time in school history. Lanzara and Kohl were both on the second-place team, joined by
Kendall Southwell (Rio Rancho, N.M. / Calvert Online Academy) and
Nathaniel Early (Austin, Texas / Westwood).
Kohl took the top honors in the 100 butterfly with a time of 50.39 seconds, then helped Trinity's 200 freestyle relay team earn the win in the final event of the meet. Kohl led off the relay along with Early,
Nolan Anthony (Missouri City, Texas / Missouri City), and
Caleb Manifold (Helotes, Texas / Homeschool), posting a time of 1:25.17 for the second-fastest time this season for the Trinity team. Kohl was also a silver medalist in the 50 freestyle, posting a time of 21.26 seconds.
Southwell finished first and second in the 100 and 200 breastroke events on Saturday. He nabbed top honors in the 100 breast with a time of 58.56 seconds, and finished second in the 200 with a time of 2:06.34.
John Key (El Paso, Texas / Franklin) was fourth behind Southwell in the 200 breast (2:09.85) and fifth in the 100 breast (59.62). He was also a second-place finisher in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:11.42 to lead the Tigers in the event.
In addition to being a part of the 400 medley relay, Early also earned a pair of top-five finishes in the 100 free and the 200 free. He was fourth in the 100 with a time of 48.52 seconds, then earned bronze in the 200 with a time of 1:46.83.
Prior to being a part of the winning 200 free relay team, Anthony also finished the 50 free in a time of 21.51 seconds to earn third place in the event.
John Fontenot (Austin, Texas / St. Andrew's) also earned bronze with a time of 2:01.63 in the 200 fly, while also leading off the fourth-place 400 medley relay team that finished in 3:34.20. The team included Fontenot, Key, Manifold, and
William Walker (Houston, Texas / Westside).
Walker also earned fourth-place individual finishes in the 200 fly (2:01.68) behind Key, as well as the 500 free (4:54.40). He was less than a second from a bronze medal in the 500.
Wesley Wasserburger (Austin, Texas / Bowie) was also just outside the top three in the 100 fly with his time of 53.43 seconds.
Garrett Guillet (San Antonio, Texas / Churchill) finished fifth on both diving boards on Saturday, posting scores of 156.00 (1m) and 170.70 (3m). Manifold was also fifth in the 100 free with a time of 48.56, trailing Early by just 0.04 seconds.
William Kitto IV (Prairieville, La. / Catholic) swam a season-best 10:54.70 to finish fifth in the 1,000 free.
Coach Speak
"We have had a challenging block of training since returning and despite being worn down, the men still raced tough," said Head Coach
Cathleen Pruden. "While they came up short, I was impressed with how the men kept the relays close and won some individual events as well. Konstantine and Garrett did some solid diving against guys they'll see at Regionals in just over a month."
Up Next
Trinity will compete in its final home meet of the season by hosting Southwestern University on Saturday, January 14, in Hixon Natatorium.
