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Men's Swimming and Diving 12/5/2021 1:29:00 PM

Men's Swimming and Diving Wins Maine State Meet

WATERVILLE, Maine – The Bowdoin men's swimming and diving team won the programs first-ever Maine State Meet on Saturday at Colby College.

The men outpaced second place Colby by a 1129-1105.5 score.

Meet Highlights

The men kicked off the meet with a third place finish in the 200 free relay. Penn Lee, John Soeder, Coleman Komishane, and Steven Ward combined for a time of 1:24.49.
Ted Mebust, Alex Grand'Pierre, Lee, Komishane won the 200 medley relay (1:39.93).
John McGowan took a second place finish in the 500 free (4:45.83).
Lee broke the meet record in the 200 IM (1:53.61) which was previously held by Karl Sarier '19. Lee also set a new school record in the 100 IM (52.08) and came in second in the 50 butterfly.
Alex Grand'Pierre broke the meet record in the 50 breaststroke (25.90) and school record in the 100 breaststroke (55.03). Grand'Pierre set meet and pool records in the 200 breaststroke (2:05.92).
Ted Mebust also broke a meet record with a time of 22.85 in the 50 backstroke. Mebust placed second in the 50 free and again in the 100 backstroke.
Eric Degodny broke the pool record to win the 400 IM (4:10.82).
Lee and Rhys Edwards went two-three to finish the 100 butterfly with times of 50.34 and 51.65 respectively.
Ward had a third place finish in the 200 free (1:44.18).
Justin Yang took a victory in the 200 backstroke and set a pool record in the process (1:52.99).
The men wrapped the meet with a win in the 400 free relay. Edwards, Komishane, Mebust, and Lee combined for a time of 3:04.51.

Up Next

The Polar Bears are off until 2022, when they return to action at home against the University of Maine at 12:00 p.m. on January 15.

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Players Mentioned

Coleman Komishane: Free; '22

Ted Mebust: Back/Free; '22

Justin Yang: Back; '22

Eric Degodny: Butterfly/IM; Sophomore; '24

Rhys Edwards: Free/IM; Freshman; '25

Alex Grand'Pierre: Breast/IM; Freshman; '25

Penn Lee: Free/IM; Freshman; '25

John McGowan: Freestyle; Freshman; '25

John Soeder: Freestyle; Sophomore; '24

Steven Ward: Freestyle; Sophomore; '24

Players Mentioned

Coleman Komishane
: '22
: Free

Ted Mebust
: '22
: Back/Free

Justin Yang
: '22
: Back

Eric Degodny
: Sophomore; '24
: Butterfly/IM

Rhys Edwards
: Freshman; '25
: Free/IM

Alex Grand'Pierre
: Freshman; '25
: Breast/IM

Penn Lee
: Freshman; '25
: Free/IM

John McGowan
: Freshman; '25
: Freestyle

John Soeder
: Sophomore; '24
: Freestyle

Steven Ward
: Sophomore; '24
: Freestyle