Swimming & diving caps fall season with win

By Alec Dutcher
Domestic man of mystery
photo by Carrie Chin

The Georgia Tech swimming and diving team brought their fall season to a close last weekend on the road against the University of the South in Sewanee, Florida. The team put together a 138-102 win to improve to three wins and two losses in dual match play. Their dual match record combined with their first place finish in the Emory Invitational adds up to an impressive fall.

"I was very pleased with our performance," commented coach Seth Baron. "We have some technical things to work on, and we are improving slowly but surely. This meet gave us a chance to shift our line-up around drastically and evaluate some of our athletes more completely."

The Jackets managed to win six of thirteen events. Junior Jason Williams swam the 500 meters freestyle for the first time in competition this year and came away with first place. Williams was joined by junior Ed Brinkman, senior Jeffrey Quinlivan, and sophomore Adam Hirschel in victory in the 200 meter freestyle relay. The 200 meter medley relay team of freshman James Nozar, junior Theral Mackey, freshman David Nicol, and Hirschel won to give Tech a sweep of the relay events.

Also winning was freshman long distance swimmer David Laube who improved from his previous best time in the 1000 meter freestyle by eight seconds. Junior diver Kevin Brooks picked up another win in the 3-meter dive, and freshman Sarkis Einarsson finished first in the 200 meter butterfly.

The Jackets hope to build on the success they have had over the course of the coming spring when they resume their season in January with a slate of matches that includes ACC adversaries Duke and Clemson and a meet at the University of Georgia.

"The second half schedule is much harder. We have discussed as a team the need to be more mentally tough and will undergo very intense training for the next several weeks to prepare for Spring," said coach Baron.

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