PITTSBURGH – The Washington and Lee men's swimming team was defeated, 178-79, in a dual meet against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday.
 
Highlights from the meet:
 
-The Generals finished 11 events in the Top 3, and won three of those races. In all, four different swimmers combined for eight top-three finishes in individual races.
 
-W&L was led by juniors Danny Lynch (Richmond, Va. / Trinity Episcopal School) and Patrick Sullivan (Pawleys Island, S.C. / Waccamaw), who won one event each. Lynch secured a win in the 200 individual medley (1:59.38) and added a second-place finish in the 100 back (52.93). Sullivan was first in the 200 free (1:43.28) and also came in third in the 100 free (47.27).
 
-Senior Jared Nickodem (Jackson, Wis. / Cedarburg Senior) tallied three third-place efforts in the 200 fly (1:57.79), 100 fly (53.05) and 200 IM (2:04.21), while senior Ben Brown (Baldwin, Md. / Loyola Blakefield) came in second in the 200 IM (2:03.97).
 
-Lynch and Sullivan both swam on the third-place 200 medley relay (1:35.87), while Sullivan also competed on the winning 200 free relay (1:26.69), swimming the third led.
 
Top-three finishes:
-Lynch, Todd Echols, Sullivan, Fitz Rawls – 3rd 200 medley relay (1:35.87)
-Conner Van Vooren, Echols, Sullivan, Rawls – 1st 200 free relay (1:26.69)
-Charlie Moore, Dawson Kramer, Brian Legarth, Logan Robinson – 2nd 200 free relay (1:31.61)
-Patrick Sullivan – 1st 200 free (1:43.28), 3rd 100 free (47.27)
-Danny Lynch – 1st 200 IM (1:59.38), 2nd 100 back (52.93)
-Jared Nickodem – 3rd 200 fly (1:57.79), 3rd 100 fly (53.05), 3rd 200 IM (2:04.21)
-Ben Brown – 2nd 200 IM (2:03.97)
 
Up next:
 
The Generals will be back in action next weekend when they will compete in the Franklin & Marshall Invitational from Friday to Sunday.