(photo by Travis Bernhard)
Keaton Lemieux turned in a pair of distance victories and the Fredonia State men's swimming and diving team captured six individual events plus a relay win in a 105-80 victory over the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Saturday.
Lemieux paced the Blue Devils with wins in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:57.27) and 500-yard freestyle (5:24.82), helping Fredonia secure the men's team title.
Other individual winners for Fredonia included Eli Noecker in the 50-yard freestyle (24.07) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.71), Alex Wright in the 100-yard butterfly (1:04.52), Matt Kowalski in the 100-yard freestyle (54.42), and Zach St. Juste in 1-meter diving with a score of 69.00.
Fredonia closed the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay as the quartet of Kowalski, Tyler Chamberlain, Lemieux, and Noecker combined for a winning time of 1:39.53.
The Blue Devils also received strong efforts from Wright and Chamberlain, who finished first and second in the 100 butterfly, while Kowalski added a runner-up finish in the 50 freestyle.
