Grantham, Pa. - The Arcadia University men's swim team dropped a tight competition 132-130 against Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) competition Messiah University on Saturday afternoon. The meet came down to the very last event of the day and Arcadia fell just two points short. The Knights swam to several season bests time and first-year Christopher Stanaway recorded lifetime bests in each of his four individual events. 

FULL RESULTS

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- George Wade recorded three season best swims on the afternoon. He finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.40, six-tenths faster than he swam this event against Misericordia. Wade also finished 2nd in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.7) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.36). 

- Stanaway earned himself four lifetime times in today's dual-meet. He cut 5 seconds off of his 200-yard backstroke time (2:09.61) and 1.2 seconds off his 100-yard backstroke time (57.19). Stanaway also recorded personal bests in the 50-yard freestyle (23.35), and 50-yard backstroke (26.66), as he dropped less than a second off each of his previous best times. 

- George Mitev touched the wall first, earning the team 9 points, in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.74. This is a season best time for Mitev as he dropped over two seconds off his previous time. 

- Ryan Erdman swam to a season best time of 50.33 in the 100-yard freestyle event. Then to end the meet Erdman went another season best to lead off the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 49.95. 

- Dylan Alexander finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:01.86 for a new season best, 1.59 seconds faster than his previous SB time he recorded against Misericordia. 

UP NEXT
The Knights return to action as they host King's College for a 6:00pm MAC meet on Friday, November 11th.