LANCASTER, Pa.- The Franklin & Marshall men's swimming team (5-4, 3-2 Centennial Conference) celebrated Senior Day with a commanding 182-74 win over visiting Elizabethtown (4-5, 2-3 Landmark Conference), winning all 14 events in Sunday's meet. 

In total, F&M had 28 top-three finishes plus the 14 victories.

F&M earned event wins in both relay races, as Thomas Smolinski, Joe Clarkson, Ben Lockey, and Brady Saunders earned a 200 freestyle relay win and Nick Lowell, Patrick Rooney, Noah Drexler, and Smolinski won the 200 medley relay. 

Lockey led the way individually with three events wins in the 100 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, and 100 IM. His time of 54.63 in the 100 IM moved him up a spot in the F&M performance list, as he now holds the eighth-best time in the event. 

Lockey led a sweep of the top-three spots in both the 100 freestyle and 50 breaststroke. He was followed by Connor Marshall and Riley Williams in the 100 freestyle, while Luke Healey and Rooney earned second and third, respectively, in the 50 breaststroke. 

Lowell won both individual backstroke races that included the 50 backstroke and 100 backstroke. Edward Vonne claimed second place in the 50 backstroke, while Sam Kamdin completed a top-three sweep in the event. Ethan Ferris earned silver in the 100 backstroke.

In the other shorter freestyle races, Smolinski and Williams earned the top two spots, while Matthew Tilghman won the 200 freestyle followed by Marshall in second place.

Vonne and Drexler earned distance freestyle wins, as Vonne won the 500 freestyle with Kamdin in third place, while Drexler earned the victory in the 1000 freestyle.

Jared Gallegos won the 50 butterfly followed by Rooney and Drexler. Ferris claimed the event victory in the 100 butterfly while Gallegos followed in second place.  

Rooney claimed first place in the 100 breaststroke with Tilghman in third place. 

The men's swimming team will return for next month's Centennial Conference Swimming Championship from Thursday, February 19 through Sunday, February 22. 

Franklin & Marshall Top 3 Finishes

Noah Drexler

• 50 Butterfly (25.25, 3rd)
• 1000 Freestyle (10:42.47, 1st)

Ethan Ferris

• 100 Butterfly (53.67, 1st)
• 100 Backstroke (57.56, 2nd)

Jared Gallegos

• 50 Butterfly (24.78, 1st)
• 100 Butterfly (56.56, 2nd)

Luke Healey 

• 50 Breaststroke (27.52, 2nd)

Sam Kamdin

• 50 Backstroke (28.18, 3rd)
• 500 Freestyle (5:31.43, 3rd)

Ben Lockey

• 50 Breaststroke (27.32, 1st)
• 100 Freestyle (48.02, 1st)
• 100 IM (54.63, 1st) (Moves from 9th to 8th in Program History)

Nick Lowell

• 50 Backstroke (25.62, 1st)
• 100 Backstroke (55.94, 1st)

Connor Marshall

• 100 Freestyle (50.70, 2nd)
• 200 Freestyle (1:54.08, 2nd)

Patrick Rooney

• 50 Breaststroke (28.51, 3rd)
• 100 Breaststroke (1:01.33, 1st)
• 50 Butterfly (24.98, 2nd)

Thomas Smolinski

• 50 Freestyle (22.212, 1st)

Matthew Tilghman

• 200 Freestyle (1:53.18, 1st)
• 100 Breaststroke (1:06.92, 3rd)

Edward Vonne

• 50 Backstroke (27.97, 2nd)
• 500 Freestyle (5:04.60, 1st)

Riley Williams

• 50 Freestyle (23.18, 2nd)
• 100 Freestyle (53.30, 3rd)

200 Freestyle Relay
    1. Thomas Smolinski, Joe Clarkson, Ben Lockey, Brady Saunders (1:32.29)

200 Medley Relay
    1. Nick Lowell, Patrick Rooney, Noah Drexler, Thomas Smolinski (1:39.17)