Men's Swimming @ LWC & Union 11-5-22

Men's Swimming CU Athletics

Tigers finish second in tri-dual against Lindsey Wilson and Union College on Saturday

COLUMBIA, KY – Tigers close out the busy day in Columbia Saturday afternoon with a 179-37 win over Union College and fall 185-72 to Lindsey Wilson College.
 
Campbellsville started out the meet with a bronze medal finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Llewellyn Crewe-Brown, Gavin Johnson, Sebastian Escobar, and Luis Castro were able to touch the wall in 1:44.82. 
 
Escobar earned the first win of the day for the Tiger. The senior won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:47.01, narrowly beating out Lindsey Wilson's Reece Kincaid. Crewe-Brown found himself in another third-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke. He was able to touch the wall in 57.61, only 1.36 seconds behind second place.
 
Lucca Motta was the next Tiger to earn a podium spot on the day. In the 50-yard freestyle, Motta swam the event in 23.39. Castro earned the silver in the 200-yard backstroke with his time of 2:04.58. Johnson found himself on the individual podium in the 200-yard breaststroke. Gavin was able to come to the finish in 2:39.24.
 
Escobar earned his second win of the day in the 500-yard freestyle. He was 19.74 seconds ahead of his competition coming in at the wall at 4:52.31 while second place's Daniel Wytwer touched the wall in 5:12.05.
 
Crewe-Brown had his second bronze individual finish of the afternoon in the 100-yard butterfly with his time of 56.84. 
 
Campbellsville closed out the day in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a runner-up finish. Escobar, Crewe-Brown, Motta, and Castro were less than three seconds behind the Blue Raiders with a time of 1:31.32.
 
The Tigers will now have next weekend off before returning to action on the road when they travel to the Igloo Invitational in Sewanee, TN.
 
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