The Loyola Blakefield swimming team wrapped-up another outstanding season, last weekend, with a fourth place finish at the 108th Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Competition, at LaSalle College in Philadelphia.
Loyola, which won its 13th consecutive title at the MIAA Championships earlier this month, looked poised to take second overall, hust behind Tennessee power hours Baylor School, but the Dons were prevented from additional scoring when a bout of flu hinder the performance Hugh Davison. Davison made it to the finals of two individual events and two relays, but his illness severly hampered his performance.
Loyola did, however, have several strong performances in the finals. Junior Greg Pelton placed fourth in 100 backstroke; senior Evan Danz claimed fifth in the 100 fly; junior Sean Roddy was fourth in 200 I.M. and 2nd in the 100 ******; and freshman Oliver Bennett was second in the 200 I.M. and seventh in the 100 back. Oliver’s performance made him the highest scoring freshman in the meet.
Loyola also finished fifth in the 400 free relay, with Pelton and Bennett joining junior Tyler Thein and senior Evan Danz.
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