Landon and Fell Pace Diplomats

CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- Franklin & Marshall won its second straight meet with a 125-79 triumph over Washington College in a Centennial Conference (CC) competition Saturday. The Diplomats improve to 2-0 in the CC and 2-2 overall.

Tim Landon and David Fell both won two events to pace F&M. Landon won the 1,000 free (10:38.90) and the 500 free (5:09.43), while Fell took the 200 IM (2:05.01) and the 200 back (1:57.69). Dennis Chen picked up the Diplomats other win with a 21.84 in the 50 free. 

Fell's 200 IM and Chen's leadoff leg in the 400 relay were both Casey Swim Center pool records. 

Fell joined William Cappuccio, Richard Denton and Patrick Musselman to place second in the 400 medley relay. Max Blum (10:50.56) and Brian Rackson (11:06.98) took second and third in the 1,000 free, while Travis Catania (1:53.36), Jin Hwang (1:55.27), Eliot Scymanski (2:03.24) and Mason Wash (2:06.6) did the same in the 200 free and 200 fly, respectively.

John Zipp (49.71) and Denton (2:03.38) were second in the 100 free and 200 back while Scott Rownd was third in the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.42. Paul Edwards finished third in the 500 free at 5:23.06 and Rownd second in the 200 breast in 2:22.26.

The Diplomats closed out the meet with their first relay victory as Chen, Zach Wilt, Hwang and John Zipp placed first in the 400 free relay in 3:16.40.

The Diplomats return home on Dec. 3 to host the F&M Invitational.