WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- William & Mary men's swimming fell 172-89 to Towson Saturday afternoon at the Campus Rec Center. Graham Hertwweck and Micah Lowe took home individual wins in the Tribe's first home meet of the season.
Hertweck took the Tribe's first individual win of the day, swimming a blistering 20.86 to capture first place in the 50 free. The sprinter would just be edged out, securing a second place finish in the 100 free.
Lowe, a freshman, swam a 1:52.71 to touch out the opposition in the 200 backstroke. It was Lowe's first event win of his career. Lowe was just six tenths of a second from sweeping the backstroke competitions, clocking in at 51.70 in the 100 for second place.
The Green and Gold began the outing with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. Lowe and Hertweck were joined by Cole Younger and Noah Fields, swimming to a 1:33.37 time. Younger would earn more points for the Tribe with a second place finish in the 100 breaststroke.
Fields and Gavin Lamoureux would finish second and third respectively in the 200 butterfly, and Lamoureux would finish second in the 100 yard version of the event with a time of 50.84.
Distance specialist Owen Miller finished the 500 free in 4:4912 to earn second place and finished the day teaming up with Hertweck, Diego Cruzado, and Eugino Massari to place second in the 400 free relay.
Next up: The Tribe will be at home next weekend for a meet with UMBC. The two squads will get things started in the Rec Center at 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
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