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Men's Team Final Scores:
1. Piedmont - 197
2. Sewanee - 74

SEWANEE, Tenn. - The Piedmont University men's swim team cruised to a 197-74 win over Sewanee early Saturday afternoon.

Opening the meet and setting the tone, EDDIE CHOI, ERICK FORTNER, LUKE BORGMANN and ROSS COPPEDGE dominated the 200 yard medley relay. The group won the event with a final time of 1:37.37.

LEANDRO FORERO once again won the 1000 yard freestyle (10:20.68) in the second event of the dual and later won the 500 yard freestyle (5:02.36).

Choi, a freshman, picked up his first individual win of the day in the 200 yard freestyle (1:48.40) while fellow freshman PERRY WESTBROOK finished second with a 1:51.99. Choi also secured a first place finish in the 100 yard butterfly (55.34) later on in the meet.

In one of the closest races of the day, Fortner narrowly out touched the second place swimmer from Sewanee in the 100 yard breaststroke. His time of 1:00.57 placed him just ahead of second place by .49 seconds. He also picked up a close win in the 200 yard breaststroke (2:15.09), narrowly out placing OBED MIRANDA by just 1.63 seconds.

Borgmann grabbed an individual win as he and junior GLYNN MORGAN competed in the 200 yard butterfly with the pair going 2:11.30 and 2:13.00.

Senior ROSS COPPEDGE collected the win in the 50 yard freestyle with a 22.76. His time put him just .29 seconds ahead of sophomore ALEX PANGELINAN in second place (23.05). The Hazlehurst, Ga. native continued his winning ways, this time besting Forero in the 100 yard freestyle with a 50.30.

Freshman MURPHY O'BRIEN dominated the 200 yard backstroke, winning the event in 2:03.05 by over five seconds.