The men’s swim ranks fourth at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational

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LANCASTER, Pennsylvania – The Washington and Lee swim team finished fourth in the final two days of championship races at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.

Highlights from the meeting:

-F & M won the Invitational with a total of 1,613 points, followed by Mount St. Mary’s (1,402.5), Mary Washington (1,246.5), W&L (1,111) and Shippensburg (853) in the top 5. Ramapo (537), Montclair State (433), York (Pa.) (407) and Saint Vincent (185) completed the field of teams.

– The generals were led by Bennett Ehret (Stamford, Conn. / Westhill) and first grader Devin Bateman (Fredericksburg, Virginia / Stafford) on day two and three. Ehret was fourth in the 200 fly (1: 57.34) and fifth in the 400 IM (4: 16.74), while Bateman took third place in the 200 fly (1: 57.05).

-Bateman also helped the 200 layer relay (1: 34.67) and the 400th free relay (3: 09.85) to fifth place. He was ranked by first grader Matt Fritz (Reston, Virginia / South Lakes), senior Steve Warren (Westfield, NJ / Westfield) and first grader Baxter Smelzer (Greensboro, NC / Page) in the 200 layer relay and the second time Malachi. supports Eberly (Reading, PA / Wilson), first graders Luke Nagel (Wayne, PA / Conestoga) and Junior Dawson Kramer (Taylors, SC / Eastside) on the 400 layer relay.

– First grader Stephen Ewing (Las Cruces, NM / Las Cruces) rounded off the top 5 placements for W&L on the weekend with a fifth place in the 1650 Free (16: 55.14) on Sunday.

Top eight versions:

-Fritz, Warren, Bateman, Smelzer – 5th place 200 layer relay (1: 34.67)
-Kramer, Echols, Whiting, Blume – 10th place 200 layer relay (1: 36.16)
-Bateman, Eberly, Nagel, Kramer – 5th place 400 free relay (3: 09.85)
-Bennett Ehret – 4th place 200 flies (1: 57.34); 5th place 400 IM (4: 16.74)
-Luke Nagel – 6th place 200 free (1: 44.49)
– Steve Warren – 7th place 100 chest (58.85)
-Stephen Ewing – 5th place 1650 free (16: 55.14)
-Devin Bateman – 3rd place 200 Fly (1: 57.05)
– Reese Nelson – 6th place 200 flies (1: 57.85)

Next:

The generals will line up in Gettysburg on January 15th at 1:00 p.m.