Allegheny College Athletics - Gators win season opener

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Athletes of the Week

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

Tony Dipre

Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Gators win season opener

10/30/2009 9:19:43 PM

Complete Results

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Josh Sesek and Brandon Intrieri each picked up two individual victories and swam a leg on the winning 200 yard medley relay to lead the Allegheny men’s swimming and diving team defeat West Virginia Welseyan 105-88 in non-conference action on Friday night.

The Gators (1-0) won five out of 13 events to pick up their first dual-meet win in the home opener.

Mirno Pasquali started the 200 yard medley relay, followed by Sesek, Intrieri and Matt Gauthier finished the race for a time of 1:38.27 to earn 11 points for Allegheny. The Gators went 2-4-5 in the 1000 yard freestyle for another nine points. Brandon Staley was edged by Nick Tworek by a half a stroke, falling three tenths of a second with a time of 10:37.41 for second place. Kristoffer Wigley swam in 10:40.68 for third and Evan Lewis came in fourth (11:16.35).

It was also a battle in the 200 yard freestyle. Jeff Dye and Pasquali were neck-and-neck the entire race, but Wesleyan captured first place with 1:47.52. Pasquali touched moments later in 1:47.67.

Intrieri won the 50 free in 21.98 in the fourth event of the day, before Sesek posted his best time in a dual meet in the 200 yard IM almost under the two-minute mark with a 2:00.84 finish. Intrieri won his second event of the day in the 100 free in 48.52.

With two events to go, Allegheny held a 92-77 lead over the Bobcats. Sesek earned his second individual win in the 100 yard breaststroke, touching in 1:00.93 to put the Gators out of reach. The team of Timothy O’Brien, Matt Ehmann, Christian Steinwarz and Andrew Bean swam 1:34.02 in the 200 yard free relay for the final win of the meet.

Allegheny returns to action tomorrow against Grove City. Meet begins at 12 p.m.