POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (November 11, 2015) – The Vassar men's swimming team (2-1) will be back on the road this Saturday, November 14 for a dual meet vs. the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Meet DetailsOpponent: RPI (2-0)
Links: (
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RPI Schedule)
Site: Troy, NY
Facility: Robinson Pool
Date: November 14
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Twitter Coverage: @VassarSwimDive Last Time Out: The Vassar men's swimming team picked up its second dual meet victory of the season Saturday afternoon, claiming nine event victories to best Skidmore 155-131.Last Meeting: RPI secured a 187.5-103.5 meet victory when the teams last met on November 15, 2014. Then-senior
Luc Amodio and current-junior
Anthony Walker both managed victories at the meet.
Meet Format: Vassar will compete head-to-head against the RPI in 16 events.
A Look at the Engineers (2-0): RPI is 2-0 in duals on the season after opening with a 180-118 win over the Rochester Institute of Technology on October 17 and besting Ithaca 212-83 on October 31. The Engineers are coming off a non-scoring meet at the New England Invitational where freshman Dan Hendricks was the team's top finisher in the 400 IM (4:15.12).
Freshman Alex Chused has twice been named the
Liberty League Diver of the Week this season on both October 19 and November 2. Freshman Mavin Liu and junior Richard Dong have both earned the distinction as the conference's
swimmer of the week this year.
From Coach Prater-Lee: "Our men are looking forward to great races against RPI this weekend. RPI will definitely push us with a deep roster, so we're looking forward to some strong individual performances. Everyone will need to step up and battle on Saturday."Tops in the Nation: The following VC men's swimmers currently rank inside the top-50 fastest times nationwide as of this writing (
via):
Anthony Walker (50
th/200 Butterfly): 1:59.53
Next Up: Vassar will swim its final home meet of the fall semester on Saturday, November 21 when the teams hosts New York University at Kresge Pool.
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