OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Lebanon Valley College swimming team turned in several strong performances Saturday in a tri-meet against Stevenson University and King's College, highlighted by a pair of event victories.
 
The Flying Dutchmen were led by sophomore Ryan Kuffa, who captured first place in the men's 100-yard backstroke with a winning time of 57.71, edging the field in one of the day's closest races. Kuffa also added a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.62 seconds and a runner-up finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.46 seconds. Owen Fastrich delivered another standout performance by winning the 200-yard butterfly in 2:19.43. Fastrich also finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:35.87, and helped the men's 200-yard freestyle relay team place second in 1:43.12. Thad Gilbert had a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:13.92 while the relay squad of Kuffa, Fastrich, Gilbert, and Graham Peperak posted a strong runner-up finish in the meet's final relay event.
 
The women's team continued to show depth throughout the lineup. Noryan Mitchell earned a third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:35.9 and fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:20.49. Nora Cuthie placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:20.41 and fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:56.91. Jana Shoffner registered a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle in 28.06 seconds and was on the 200-yard freestyle relay team that finished second in 1:55.30.
 
Maya Sussman finished third in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:15.24 and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:48.14. Brooke Reichelderfer had a sixth-place finish in the 500 -yard freestyle with a time of 6:49.96, and Bella Woll added a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:17.03.
 
Lebanon Valley's relay teams also showed continued growth. The women's "A" team of Sussman, Cuthie, Mitchell, and Ryann Kirkpatrick placed fourth in the 200 medley relay before Shoffner, Kirkpatrick, Woerner, and Mitchell combined for a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay to close the afternoon.
 
LVC will be back in the pool in two weeks, on Saturday November 21, as they head to New Jersey to take on FDU-Florham in Madison.

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