EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – The Georgetown University's men's swimming & diving team triumphed at the 2022 BIG EAST Championships, presented by Jeep, securing its first conference title in program history by knocking off the Xavier Musketeers and denying them of a three-peat.
Drew Carbone captured his fourth BIG EAST Most Outstanding Men's Swimmer award while Head Coach
Jack Leavitt and his staff earned Men's Swimming Coaching Staff of the Year and Mike Tober received a split of the Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
"Tonight was a battle. We knew it was going to be tough and we knew we had to move up. Our guys stepped up in a huge way and I think the only people in the pool who thought we could do it was us. We're super proud of them and we get to bring home our first title in program history."– Coach Leavitt on winning the BIG EAST Championship
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- GU entered the final day sitting 9.5 points behind Xavier for first place. With four gold medals and one silver on the final day, the Hoyas knocked off the defending champions by a score of 794-784.5.
- The men's squad captured 16 medals in total, bringing home eight gold, five silver and three bronze.
- The team of Carbone, Jack Muratori, Michael Baldini and Sean Devlin picked up a silver medal in the 400-yard free relay with a time of 2:59.12, placing ahead of Xavier in the final event to win the meet.
- Carbone also picked up his third individual gold in the 200-yard back, scoring an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:43.06.
- Michael Baldini beat out Xavier's Christian Thomas in the 100-yard free by 0.12 seconds, securing gold with 44.68 mark.
- Carlson Temple captured his BIG EAST gold in the 200-yard breast, being the only competitor to finish under two minutes with a time of 1:58.95.
- Charlie Reichle secured first place in the 3m dive, scoring 582.05 points and providing a key 20 team points heading into the relay.
- Michael Wheeler finished the 1,650-yard free in fourth with an NCAA "B" cut time of 15:24.06.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- The women's side finished in fourth place with 1,104 points, 12 behind third place Xavier (1,116).
- Across the four days, GU brought home eight medals in total, bring one gold, three silver and four bronze back to the District.
- Corey Moon captured a silver medal in the 1,650-yard free with a time of 16:45.60.
- Erin Hood picked up a bronze in the 200-yard breast, scoring a 2:16.71 mark.
