Northwestern University Athletics
Thursday, October 15
Ypsilanti, Mich.
2 p.m.
Northwestern
118
at
182
Eastern Michigan
Northwestern Falls at Eastern Michigan in Season-Opening Meet
10/15/2015 4:47:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Freshmen account for four first-place finishes for the Wildcats
RESULTS (PDF)
YPSILANTI, Mich. – Freshman Carter Page swept the distance freestyle events, but the Northwestern men's swimming and diving team was edged 182-118 by Eastern Michigan in the Wildcats' season-opening dual meet on Thursday afternoon.
Page opened his collegiate career by winning the 1000 free in a time of 9:29.94, topping the second-place finisher by over 10 seconds. Later in the meet, he touched the wall first in the 500 free in 4:36.33.
Two other Northwestern freshmen also were victorious on the day. Justin Hanson raced to victory in the 200 butterfly in 1:51.90 and Anthony Marcantonio earned the top spot in the 200 IM, winning in 1:53.13.
The Wildcats continued their success in the freestyle events when Almog Olshtein won convincingly in the 50 free, finishing in 20.97 to defeat the runner-up by 62 hundredths of a second.
NU got runner-up finishes in the individual events from Jonathan Lieberman in the 200 free, Alex Snarski in the 100 back, Olshtein in the 100 free and Andrew Cramer on the 3-meter diving board.
Northwestern returns to action at 5 p.m. Friday as it hosts an alumni meet at Norris Aquatics Center.
YPSILANTI, Mich. – Freshman Carter Page swept the distance freestyle events, but the Northwestern men's swimming and diving team was edged 182-118 by Eastern Michigan in the Wildcats' season-opening dual meet on Thursday afternoon.
Page opened his collegiate career by winning the 1000 free in a time of 9:29.94, topping the second-place finisher by over 10 seconds. Later in the meet, he touched the wall first in the 500 free in 4:36.33.
Two other Northwestern freshmen also were victorious on the day. Justin Hanson raced to victory in the 200 butterfly in 1:51.90 and Anthony Marcantonio earned the top spot in the 200 IM, winning in 1:53.13.
The Wildcats continued their success in the freestyle events when Almog Olshtein won convincingly in the 50 free, finishing in 20.97 to defeat the runner-up by 62 hundredths of a second.
NU got runner-up finishes in the individual events from Jonathan Lieberman in the 200 free, Alex Snarski in the 100 back, Olshtein in the 100 free and Andrew Cramer on the 3-meter diving board.
Northwestern returns to action at 5 p.m. Friday as it hosts an alumni meet at Norris Aquatics Center.
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