Pitt
Blue-Gold Intrasquad
Blue Wins Annual Blue-Gold Meet
10/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Oct. 9, 2009
PITTSBURGH--Sophomore Jake Lucas set a meet record and claimed two individual first-place performances to lead the Blue team to a 152-117 victory in Pitt's annual Blue-Gold Meet, held at Trees Pool, Friday evening.
Lucas edged out a seven-year record, turning in a 46.01 performance in the 100 free, which was last set by Mike Grube at 46.06. Lucas would also claim first in the 100 fly at 50.99 and as a member of the 200 medley relay team.
Lucas was joined by junior Bobby Smith, senior Jon Buchanan and sophomore Otto Pagel on that relay that opened the swimming events with a first-place finish for Blue at the 1:34.95 mark.
Later in the meet, Buchanan was the only Panther under a minute, as he won the 100 breast at the 59.24 mark. He also claimed the 200 breast crown when he touched at 2:11.39.
Lucas and Pagel would join junior Donny Mata and senior Alex Kubicek on the 200 free relay team, claiming a nail-biting finish for first place with a time of 1:24.69.
Other first place finishes for Blue included senior Charlie Zettel in the 200 fly (1:53.53) and 200 IM (1:57.37), sophomore Ryan Lynn in the 500 free (4:45.54) and junior Jason Erdeljac on the 1M board.
Junior Andrzej Dubiel led the Gold team with victories in the 100 back (51.48) and 200 back (1:53.98). Additionally, junior Zane McLain won the 3M diving event (256.30), while freshman Hussein Medhat was first in the 200 free (1:41.57) and senior Justin Corvin won the 50 free (21.07).
The Panthers will open the 2009-10 season on the road, facing St. Bonaventure on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m.
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