November 19, 1997 - The Loyola College men's swimming and diving team travelled to Lexington, Virginia for a Wednesday afternoon clash with Virginia Military Institute. In recent years, Loyola has taken the upper hand in this rivalry, winning the last three duel meets contested between the two schools. On Wednesday, the Hounds made it four in a row as they won the meet by a score of 114-80.
Loyola started the meet in dominant fashion as the A-relay team of Ashley Loper, Mark Gallagher, Jon Lang, and Chris Abrams and the B-relay team of Kevin Stack, Michael Machorek, Stephen Nervi, and Sean Smith finished first and second in the opening event, the 200 yard medley relay.
The Hounds followed that effort by sweeping the 1000 yard freestyle. Sophomore John Moore won the race (10:27.87) and freshmen Paul Blasucci and Mark Zidwick finished second and third. Moore also took the 500 yard free (4:57.63), holding off two surging Keydets.
Lang added victories the 200 yard free (1:50.81) and the 100 yard butterfly (56.82). Gallagher placed first in the 50 yard free (22.44) and led a sweep of the 100 yard backstroke (54.66) with Stack and Zidwick.
The tandem of Machorek and junior classmate Tim Alt finished second and third in the 200 yard I.M. and third and fourth in the 100 yard breastroke, respectively. Loper finished second in the 100 yard free and third in the 50 yard free.
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