VILLANOVA, Pa. Four of the events in Saturday's meet with Providence saw the Villanova Men's Swimming team sweep the top three spots on the leaderboard, helping the group to a 119-80 victory at the Villanova Swim Complex.
Villanova (2-3) has now won back-to-back meets in the home pool this season. The victory also marks the 12
th consecutive against Providence (2-4).
Nolan Danus led the team with a pair of individual wins in the 200 IM (1:56.21) and 200 Fly (1:54.35). He was the only Wildcat to win multiple individual events with five other Wildcats accounting for the rest.
Jake McIntyre logged a time of 15:39.07 in the 1650 Free, marking the sixth-fastest time in program history. The senior now holds seven of the ten fastest times for the program in that event.
Charlie Hinckley touched first in the 1000 Free with a time of 9:53.36 to lead a Villanova sweep of the top three spots.
Patrick Casey followed him in second (9:55.99) with
Aubrey Bowles taking third (10:05.80). Later on, Casey had the winning time in the 500 Free with a 4:49.39 showing. Just over a second separated
Reid Hutcherson and McIntyre in the 200 Free. Hutcherson won in 1:44.93 with McIntyre taking second in 1:45.97.
Another 1-2 finish for the 'Cats came in the 50 Free with
Patrick Hemingway touching first (21.72) and
Henry Gingrich following just two-hundredths of a seconds behind him in second (21.77). Danus led a pair of top-three sweeps with both of his wins. In the 200 IM,
Richard Nolan was just four-tenths of a second behind him in second (1:56.65) with
Henry Halloran finishing third (1:58.18). The 200 Fly saw Danus hold a slight edge over second-place
Kevin Geist (1:54.80) with
Ryan Maher in third (1:58.41).
The three fastest 200 Back times belonged to Villanova with
Alex Hamill leading the pack in 1:54.78. Bowles touched second in 1:56.06 while
Gavin Jones was third with a time of 1:56.53.
Mikey Thurk fell into a close race in the 100 Free with Providence's Will Layden but finished second with a time of 47.34.
The A team of Hinckley, Thurk, Maher and Gingrich added on a win in relay action, winning the 200 Medley Relay in 1:34.99.
Villanova is back in action on Jan. 27 when it takes a road trip to Penn State. That meet is set to begin at 5 p.m. at the McCoy Natatorium in University Park, Pa.
