SALISBURY, N.C. — The Catawba College men's swimming team collected five individual event victories and several podium finishes in a tri-meet against Division I Davidson Friday evening before following with a home-pool victory over Barton Saturday morning.
Jules Remy led the Catawba Indians with two individual victories, claiming the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley. Remy touched first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:39.96 before adding a victory in the 200 IM, finishing in 1:50.91. He also narrowly missed a third victory, placing second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:02.82, just two-hundredths of a second behind Davidson's Nathan Widman.
Ryan Case added a pair of victories in the sprint freestyle events. Case captured the 50-yard freestyle in 20.74 seconds before returning to win the 100-yard freestyle in 46.17 seconds, edging Davidson's Liam Thomas by 13-hundredths of a second.
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Jonathan Vogt rounded out Catawba's individual event winners, taking first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 56.30 seconds. Vogt also placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching in 2:03.00.
Catawba opened the meet with a runner-up finish in the 200-yard medley relay as Alessandro Bre, Vogt, Cameron Watson and Case combined for a time of 1:32.04. Catawba's second relay team of Jan Pera, Rowan Viles, Lassi Niemi and Eryk Osobka-Morawski followed closely in third at 1:32.55.
Lincoln Council turned in a strong showing in the distance freestyle events, placing second in both the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:34.80) and 500-yard freestyle (4:39.81). Jurek Larys added a fourth-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle (9:43.99) and fifth-place honors in the 500 freestyle (4:44.93).
Bre and Pera contributed top-four finishes in both backstroke events. Bre placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (51.52) and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:56.01), while Pera finished fourth in the 100 backstroke (51.81) and third in the 200 backstroke (1:53.48).
Niemi added a pair of third-place finishes in the butterfly events, touching in 1:52.78 in the 200-yard butterfly and 49.67 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly. Watson followed closely with fourth-place finishes in both events, recording times of 1:52.87 and 50.04, respectively.
Additional notable performances included Osobka-Morawski's fourth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.95), Marshall Wells' fourth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.05) and Joao Oliveira's fourth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (1:55.81).
Catawba closed the competition with a runner-up finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Sammer Abdallah, Case, Watson and Osobka-Morawski combined for a time of 3:04.80, finishing just over one second behind Davidson's winning relay.
In addition to their performance at Davidson, the Catawba Indians earned a commanding 152-32 dual-meet victory over Barton College Saturday morning inside Johnson Pool.
Cameron Watson and Jules Remy led the way for Catawba, each collecting three first-place finishes and a meet-high 18 points. The duo topped the individual scoring standings, helping Catawba control the competition.
Lassi Niemi and Jonathan Vogt followed with 13 points apiece. Niemi recorded one victory and two runner-up finishes, while Vogt added a first-place finish and a second-place showing. Alessandro Bre contributed 12 points behind one victory and a third-place finish.
Ryan Case and Eryk Osobka-Morawski each collected two victories, while Owen Griffith added another first-place performance. The trio combined for five wins as Catawba continued to build its advantage over the Bulldogs.
João Vitor Oliveira added two runner-up finishes, while Devin Locklear contributed a second- and third-place showing. Marshall Wells recorded two third-place finishes, and Sammer Abdallah and Jan Pera each earned a pair of runner-up finishes.
