CANTON, NY – Seven different Hawks won individual events as Hartwick's men's swimming & diving team cruised to a 160-75 victory over St. Lawrence Saturday in Canton, NY. With the victory, the Hawks improve to 10-5 in dual meets this season.
           
Sophomore Luis Santiesteban (Key Largo, FL/Coral Shores) was the lone Hartwick swimmer to win multiple races. He won both the 200 individual medley (2:02.32) and the 100 freestyle (49.20).
           
Seniors Kris Sanders (Tillsonburg, ONT/St. Mary's), Nick Kirkpatrick (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs), juniors Matt Plunkett (Cooper City, FL/Cooper City), Ben Detar (Charleston, SC/Hanahan),   and sophomores Joe Mulvehill (Penfield, NY/Penfield) and Brian Edmister III (Belmont, NY/Genesee Valley) also earned first-place finishes.
           
Sanders won the 200 breaststroke (2:23.68) with Kirkpatrick taking nine points in the 200 butterfly (2:07.82). Plunkett won the 200 freestyle (1:47.93) and Detar was first in the 500 freestyle (4:52.12). Mulvehill was tops in the 50 free (22.42) and Edmister won the 200 backstroke (2:02.28).
           
Both Hartwick relay teams also won races against the Saints. The 200 medley relay team of Plunkett, Brendan Day (Westfield, MA/Westfield), Santiesteban, and Mulvehill won the 200 medley relay in 1:40.27. Miles Blaney (New York, NY/NYC Lab School), Dave Mauro (Queensbury, NY/Glens Falls), Zac Whitenack (Watertown, NY/General Brown), and Edmister took the 400 free relay in 3:25.32.
           
The Hawks close out their dual meet season next Saturday against Stevens at 'Wick's Sally Griffiths Herbert '99 Aquatics Center. The meet serves as Hartwick's Senior Recognition Parent Appreciation Meet.