Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College men's swimming team picked up a win over Division I Gardner-Webb at Johnson Pool on Saturday for the team's second straight win over the Swimmin' Bulldogs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

200-Yard Medley Relay

- The 200-yard medley relay team of George Fykatas, Maks Minichowski, Lassi Niemi and Matt Howard started off the season with a win in the 200 medley relay with a mark of 1:29.93

1000-Yard Freestyle

- All-American Nazar Herashcenko picked up right where he left off last season with a time nearly 10 seconds clear of the rest of the field, a B-cut mark of 9:25.19

200-Yard Freestyle

- Minichowski also earned a B-cut time of 1:38.69 in a winning effort in the 200 Free

100-Yard Breaststroke

- Catawba newcomer Greg Kisshauer touched the wall first in the 100 breast with a time of 55.99

50-Yard Freestyle

- Matt Howard earned a win in his Catawba debut in the 50 Free with a mark of 20.66

100-Yard Freestyle

- Minichowski followed up with a win in the 100 Free with a NCAA B-cut effort, reaching in 44.76 seconds

200-Yard Breaststroke

- Kisshauer made it a clean sweep of the breaststroke events with a 2:05.49 effort in the 200 breast

500-Yard Freestyle

- Herashchenko picked up another win in the 500 Free, besting the top GW competitor by a couple seconds with a B-cut -qualifying 4:30.27

100-Yard Butterfly

- Lassi Niemi earned the victory in the 100 Fly with a time of 49.76

200-Yard IM

- Freshman Jules Remy touched the wall first in his first collegiate 200 IM, clearing the field by nearly three seconds with a mark of 1:51.90

400-Yard Freestyle Relay

- Catawba's 400 Free Relay team of Ryan Case, Minichowski, Sammer Abdallah and Howard closed the meet with another victory in the 400 Free Relay with a 3:02.05 effort

UP NEXT

- Catawba returns to the pool in two weeks, heading to Queens for a dual meet on Saturday, Oct. 4