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Men's Swimming & Diving: DU Edges Kenyon

John Geissinger contributed three, first-place finishes helping Denison past Kenyon in Gambier.

Date: November 3, 2007
Location: GAMBIER, Ohio

For the second straight season the Big Red men's swimming and diving team has knocked off Kenyon College in the annual dual meet between the two national powers.  Led by eight, first-place performances Denison had just enough to squeeze by the Lords, 123-120 on Saturday at the Kenyon Athletic Center.

Coming off last weekend's NCAA qualifying time of 45.96 in the 100 freestyle, John Geissinger (Darien, Conn./Lawrenceville) returned with a first-place finish in the event in 46.20 seconds.  Chris Sellon (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) followed in second place in 49.04 seconds.  Geissinger had a big day for DU as he also posted victories in the 50 freestyle and as the second-leg of the 400 free relay.  Geissinger touched in 21.33 to win the 50 free and along with David Curtis (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer), Sellon and Lowell Byers (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley), the foursome won the relay with a time of 3:08.70.

The victory in the 200 free would go to Curtis in 1:43.34.  Andy Catlin (Owego, N.Y./Owego) placed third in the event in 1:46.22.   Curtis would go on to tie Geissinger for most victories on the day following his win in the 500 freestyle in 4:44.15.  

In the one meter dive Stephen Julka (Madison, Wis./Madison Memorial), Russ Bornschein (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and Cody Smith (Ardmore, Pa./Haverford) took the top-3 spots to earn key points toward the Big Red's cause.  Julka posted a score of 283.60 to win the one meter.  He also took first in the three-meter with a score of 244.05.

The 200 individual medley would see Sellon take the gold in 1:58.48.  In the 200 medley relay, Charlie Grodecki (Winnetika, Ill./New Trier), John Nemeth (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic), Byers and Jon Behnke (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte) placed second with a time of 1:36.52.  Byers was the runner-up in the 100 fly in 53.18 seconds and Behnke took third in the 100 backstroke in 54.29 seconds.  Nemeth would round out the list of top-finishers for the Big Red with his second-place showing in the 100 breaststroke.

Denison will compete next weekend in Ypsilanti, Mich. against Calvin, Olivet and Wayne State. 

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