GW Men's Swimming Lands Second at URI Invitational

Saturday, January 14

Kingston, RI

All Day

George Washington University

at Rhode Island with UMass, LaSalle

The GW men's swimming team landed an impressive second place at the Rhode Island Invitational this past weekend.

1/17/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Jan. 17, 2012

Final Results

KINGSTON, R.I. - After a month-long break from competition and a winter training trip in Puerto Rico, the George Washington men's swimming team was back in action this weekend at the Rhode Island Invitational. The Colonials finished second with a total of 464 points.

The invitational, held at the Ram's Tootell Aquatics Center, was an Atlantic 10 tri-meet with GW, La Salle and Massachusetts, as Rhode Island does not have a men's swimming program.

Junior Niklas Glenesk earned a team-high three first-place finishes on the weekend, while classmate Phillip Graeter picked up two victories.

Glenesk earned his first victory in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:38.61. Junior Stephen Nelson followed in third, touching the wall in 4:46.45. Glenesk picked up his second win in the 200 free, clocking in at 1:42.23.

He then won the 1,000 free in 9:48.06, 7.21 seconds ahead of Massachusetts' second-place finisher. Nelson finished fourth in the 1,000 free with a time of 9:56.92.

Graeter earned top honors in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:56.28, followed by a victory in the 400 IM in 4:06.26. Freshman Joe Lipworth followed Graeter in the 400 IM with a fourth-place finish in 4:17.59. Graeter also landed second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:55.44.

Swimming a time of 47.86 seconds, junior Luke Quimby won the 100 free. Senior Marshall Seedorff finished in a close fourth with a time of 48.87 seconds. Seedorff then won the 50 free in 21.62 seconds, followed by sophomore Niccolo Wilson in eighth with a time of 22.33 seconds.

Freshmen Garrett Cottingham and Adam Rabe finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 200-yard breaststroke with times of 2:13.19 and 2:14.29.

The 400 free relay team of Graeter, Seedorff, Glenesk and Quimby landed second with a time of 3:10.70. The 200 free relay also finished second as Quimby, junior Alex Etz, Wilson and Seedorff touched the wall in 1:27.83.

The 200 medley relay team of sophomore Jake Mortensen, Cottingham, Etz and Seedorff earned a second-place finish in 1:37.27.

GW returns to the pool on Saturday, Jan. 21 when the Colonials host cross-town rival Georgetown at Charles E. Smith Center Pool. Action is set for 11 a.m.