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Maczewski and Power Earn Panther of the Meet Honors
10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Oct. 22, 2010
NOTRE DAME, Ind.—Sophomore Adam Maczewski and freshman Robert Power of the men's swimming and diving team earned Panther of the Meet honors to open Big East conference action at Notre Dame, this afternoon. The Panthers dropped a 184-116 decision to their conference rival at Rolfs Aquatic Center. Pitt fell to 1-2 on the year and 0-1 in league action, while the Fighting Irish improved to 1-0 in their first dual meet of the season.
The Panthers jumped out in front after winning the first two swimming events of the day. However, Pitt would soon find themselves placing second and/or third in a few events to come.
Action began with Pitt’s 200 medley relay team of Maczewski, Power and seniors Alex McLaren and Andrzej Dubiel claiming a first-place finish in the opening swimming event of the day (1:32.09). Maczewski gave the Panthers an early lead in the race, setting the pace at 22.92. He was the only backstroker to touch the wall in under 23 seconds. The next finisher recorded a 24.15 split.
Later, Maczewski earned an individual first-place performance in the 100 back with a time of 50.37. In the 200 back, Maczewski placed second, finishing nearly a second later than the first-place swimmer (1:52.52).
Another individual winner from that opening relay, Dubiel touched the wall first in the 50 free at 20.83. In his 50 free during the relay, Dubiel swam the fastest anchor split at 20.25.
Earlier, in the second race of the day, junior Morne Boshoff won the 1,000 free, stopping the clock three seconds sooner than the second-place Notre Dame swimmer at 9:42.21.
The meet ended with a first-place performance from the 400 free relay team at 3:07.37. The squad was made up of junior Jacob Van Roekel, freshman Alexander Rodenkirk, senior Alex Kubicek and Dubiel.
Several Panthers also finished second on the day, including senior Collin Forner (3M board/348.07 points), Power (200 breast/2:05.48, 200 IM/1:55.55), McLaren (100 fly/51.05) and senior Bobby Smith (100 back/51.55).
The Panthers will take a short break from competition, but return to action on Friday, Nov. 5, at Cincinnati in a 5 p.m. contest.
