Men's Swimming and Diving Remains Undefeated

Nov. 5, 2006

CINCINNATI, OH--The Pitt men's swimming and diving team handed a 147-84 loss to Big East foe, Cincinnati on the road this afternoon. The Panthers improve to an unbeaten 3-0 on the season and 2-0 in the conference.

Sophomores Aleksandr Volovetski (Brandon, Fla./Armwood) and Eric Becker (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) opened the meet by securing all the diving points with first and second-place efforts, respectively, on both the 1M and 3M boards.

The men's 400 medley relay team of senior Jeff Leath (Mechanicsville, Va./New Community), juniors Warren Barnes (Pickering, Ontario/Dunbarton) and David Anderson (Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill) and sophomore Patrick Mansfield (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) opened swimming events with a first-place finish. The squad turned in a time of 3:26.98.

Next junior Scott Shearer (Allison Park, Pa./North Allegheny) won the 1000 free at 9:52.52, while freshman Andrew Natali (Temple, Wisc./Appleton) claimed second at 10:11.33.

The 200 free followed and junior Chris George (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School) added his name to the list of first-place performances when he stopped the clock at 1:45.19, edging out second place by less than a second.

Anderson and Barnes were stroke for stroke in the 200 IM, claiming second and third place in the event. Anderson touched the wall at 1:57.27, while Barnes clocked in at 1:57.36.

Later, in a close 200 fly, Anderson won his second race of the day with a time of 1:57.21. Sophomore Chris Howard (Medford, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep) and freshman Geoff Morgan (Mountainville, N.Y./Cornwell Central) rounded out the top three in the event with time of 1:57.49 and 1:58.35.

Leath maintained his dominance in the 200 back with a 1:50.73 first-place performance, while George finished ahead of the pack in the 500 free at 4:43.45.

In the next event, Barnes got the best of the 200 breast with a time of 2:06.64, while senior Dave Montgomery (Thorton, Pa./Salesianum School) claimed second (2:09.65).

In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay placed second at 3:09.64. The squad included Morgan, sophomore Andy Kyrejko (West Orange, N.J./The Montclair Kimberly Academy), freshman Rene Hjorth (Copenhagen, Denmark/Copenhagen) and Mansfield.