The Emory University men's swimming team traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina Saturday for an afternoon dual meet with former Division II power, now turned Division I, Queens University of Charlotte. The Eagles won eight of the 14 events but the Royals came away with the 143-119 verdict.
Senior Crow Thorsen had an impressive showing for the Eagles as he was a three-time event winner to lead the men's squad. Thorsen picked up his first win of the day in the 200 Freestyle, touching at 1:40.59. His win was part of a string of five consecutive first place efforts for Eagles to begin individual competition. Thorsen later added top honors in the 500 Freestyle (4:39.19) and 400 IM (4:02.04).
Freshman Evan Prabhu kicked off that Emory stretch of wins as he took first in the 1000 Freestyle at 9:52.78. Following Thorsen in the 200 Free, freshman Zachary Spicer claimed the top spot in the 100 Backstroke with a mark of 49.29 before seniors Liyang Sun and Jeff Echols went back-to-back in the 100 Breaststroke and 200 Fly. Sun posted a time of 55.59 and Echols clocked in at 1:51.80.
Sun rounded out the Emory winners at the meet as he added a win in the 200 Breaststroke to complete the double breast sweep, recording a time of 2:03.99.
Spicer collected the team's lone NCAA B Cut as he finished second in the 200 Backstroke at 1:48.26. The Eagles also saw Echols and freshman Lukas Fu register silver medal positions with Echols in the 100 Fly (49.04) and Fu in the 400 IM (4:07.64). Additionally, senior Dylan Yin was the Eagles' top performer in the sprint freestyles as he placed third in the 50 (20.82) and fourth in the 100 (46.86).
Emory secured a pair of top three finishes in the relay events as well with the group of Spicer, Sun, Echols and junior Caden Bjornstad placing second in the 200 Medley at 1:30.48Â before Yin, Bjornstad, sophomore Hayden Tupper and junior Patrick Horton took third in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:23.78.
The Eagles will return to the pool on Friday, October 11 with the annual Blue-Gold intrasquad at the WoodPEC starting at 4:00 PM.
