Brunswick placed sixth at the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships, held on February 16-17, at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Over the two-day event, the Bruins’ 11-member contingent put up some impressive times against the top programs, earning All-American recognition in five events.
In Brunswick’s second trip to Easterns, the sixth-place Bruins collected 413 points, as Haverford (Pa.) finished first overall with 550.50 total points.
Highlighting the two-day event were a pair of Automatic All-American (AA) and three All-American Consideration (AAC) times in the pool.
The two AA swims include Christian Farricker’s third-place 500-freestyle time (4:28.70) and the quartet finish of Marcus Hodgson, Cole Pierce, Keegan Drew and Farricker in the 400-freestyle relay (3:04.31). The relay team finished fourth overall.
Additionally, the Bruins added three AAC swims. Hodgson' s 50 freestyle (20.71), Pierce’s 500 freestyle (4:29.29) and the 200 freestyle relay team of Hodgson, Farricker, Thacher Scannell, and Drew (1:24.97) all earned qualifying swims. While the relay set a new school record, all three finishes earned matching fourth-place finishes for Brunswick.
Following a 9-0 regular season, the Bruins will compete in the Bud Erich Tournament on February 24, and will wrap up the season at the New England Championships on May 3.
Brunswick Results:
200 Freestyle- Keegan Drew 8th, Alex Hazlett 22nd
100 Butterfly- Thacher Scannell 5th
50 Freestyle- Marcus Hodgson 4th
200 IM- Christian Farricker 4th, Cole Pierce 5th, Max Meissner 19th
200 Free Relay- (4th, 1:24.97) School record.
Marcus Hodgson, Christian Farricker, Thacher Scannell, Keegan Drew
200 Medley Relay- (11th, 1:36.71) School record.
Cole Pierce, Alex Hazlett, Thacher Scannell, Nico Apostolides
100 Freestyle- Marcus Hodgson 8th, Keegan Drew 11th
500 Free: Christian Farricker 3rd, Cole Pierce 4th, Thacher Scannell 9th, Nico Apostolides 18th
100 Backstroke- Alex Morgan 20th, Max Meissner 21st
100 Breaststoke- Alex Hazlett 14th, Jack Sparks 19th
400 Free Relay- (4th, 3:04.31)
Marcus Hodgson, Cole Pierce, Keegan Drew, Christian Farricker
Top 10 Teams
1. Haverford 550.5
2. Andover 537
3. Peddie 517
4. Malvern Prep 445.5
5. Episcopal 434
6. Brunswick 413
7. Mercersburg 366
8. Georgetown Prep 300.5
9. Hill 275.5
10. Germantown Acad. 246