RALEIGH, NC -- Hampden-Sydney College got four event wins, including a first and second place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, along with individual event victories by sophomore
Quinn Hardimon (Alexandria), in the 1000 Yard Freestyle, senior
Braxton Psuik (Glen Allen), in the 50 Yard Freestyle, and sophomore
Cody Carnes (Hartfield), in the 100 Yard Butterfly, to propel the Tigers to a, 102-89, victory over William Peace University, Sunday afternoon at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The first event of the afternoon for the Tigers was the 200 Yard Medley Relay. The foursome of Hardimon, Carnes, sophomore
Cole Renfrow (Bowling Green, KY), and fellow classmate
Brandon Hyde (Thousand Oaks, CA) posted a time of 1:46.49 to finish in second place.
Senior
Andrew Rehak (Radford) was the top of two finishers in the 200 Yard Freestyle, finishing just over a tenth of a second behind first place. Freshman
Robert Parke IV (Cameron, NC) finished in third behind Rehak with a time of 2:17.62.
A time of 22.53 seconds in the 50 Yard Freestyle by Psuik led the way for H-SC, with junior
Patrick Duffy (Charlotte, NC) and sophomore
Kevin Busch (Greensboro, NC) finishing fourth and fifth with times of 24.69 seconds and 26.08 seconds respectively.
The Tigers finished back-to-back-to-back in the 100 Yard Freestyle. Led by Psuik in second place with a time of 52.67 seconds. Three-tenths behind him in third was sophomore
Matt Brooks (Springfield) and just over a second behind Psuik was Hardimon in fourth.
With Carnes taking victory in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 54.38 seconds, he was followed by Hyde in third with a time of 1:01.74, and sophomore
Charles Adams (Mechanicsville) grabbed fourth with a 1:02.62.
Duffy led the way in the 100 Yard Backstroke as his time of 1:07.17 was good for third place. Freshman
Jackson Piazza (Birmingham, AL) finished fourth with a 1:11.80 time and Parke took home fifth with a time of 1:15.92.
Rehak grabbed another second-place finish in the 500 Yard freestyle with a time of 5:35.20. He was followed by Brooks in third place with a 5:48.54 and Busch in fifth position.
Four Tigers competed in the 100 Yard Breaststroke, with Renfrow posting the best time of the four with a 1:06.54 which was good for second. Behind him in third place was Piazza and .06 of a second behind him in fourth was Parke. Sophomore
Trey Craft (Winchester) finished in fifth with a time of 1:21.50.
The final event of the invite saw the Tigers grab their one-two finish. The team of Carnes, Psuik, Duffy, and Hyde took the top spot with a time of 1:35.79. Second place went to the team of Adams, Craft, Rehak, and Busch with a time of 1:47.43.
The Tigers will be back in action for the first day of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championships on February 8 and will go through February 11, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC. The first events on February 8, will begin at 7:30 p.m.