FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College men's swimming team outpaced non-conference opponent Gallaudet University in the first home meet of the season with a final score of 150-39.Â
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Top Finishes Â
Hank Machen (Knoxville, Md./Brunswick), Isiah Brittingham,
Jalen Chance (New Castle, Del./William Penn), and
Storm Fuller (Edgewood, Md./Edgewood) placed first in the 200 yard medley relay recording a time of 1:47.46. Following closely behind in second place was Jordan Pettiford,
James Martinez (New Market, Md./Linganore)-Solis,
Chris Krol (Ellicott City, Md./Homeschooled), and
Erven Sanchez (Silver Spring, Md./John F. Kennedy High School) who recorded a time of 2:05.10 in the event.Â
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Ben Foster (Lexington, Md./Homeschooled) took first place in both the 1000 yard freestyle and the 100 yard backstroke after swimming an 11:42.13 and a 1:03.82.Â
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Ethan Hubble (Middletown, Md./Middletown) placed first in both the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly with times 1:55.01 and 56.29.Â
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Chris Krol (Ellicott City, Md./Homeschooled) finished in first place in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:25.37 and second in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:00.89 respectively.Â
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Isiah Brittingham (Lewes, Del./Sussex Central) earned first place in both the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard breaststroke receiving times of 23.50 and 1:00.81. Â
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Justin Pettiford (New Castle, Del./William Penn) placed second in the 50 yard freestyle and third in the 100 yard breaststroke with times 27.86 and 1:20.83.Â
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Jalen Chance (New Castle, Del./William Penn) placed first in the 100 yard IM recording a time of 57.69 respectively. Â
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Jacob Hauff (Nazareth, Pa./Pen Argyl Area) placed second in both the 100 yard IM and in the 100 yard butterfly with times 59.60 and 57.98. Â
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Jacob Gardner () took second place in the 100 yard backstroke and third in the 100 yard IM with times 1:06.58 and 1:00.10 respectively. Â
James Martinez (New Market, Md./Linganore) found himself in second place in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.85 and in third place in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of
1:03.27.Â
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Storm Fuller (Edgewood, Md./Edgewood) placed first in the 100 yard freestyle recording a final time of 1:05.87.Â
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Hank Machen (Knoxville, Md./Brunswick) swam a 5:37.58 and took second place in the 500 yard fresstyle. Â
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Finally, in the final event of the day the Blazers took both first and second place in the 200 yard freestyle relay. The first place team consisted of Fuller, Machen, Foster, and Hubble and finished with a time of 1:34.95. The second place team consisted of Chance, Gardner, Hauff, and Sanchez and finished with a time of 1:39.91 respectively. Â
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NotesÂ
Hood improves to 3- 4 (1-4) on the season.Â
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Up NextÂ
The Blazers travel to York, PA to swim in the Spartan Splash Invitational Friday, November 22.Â
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