Complete Results

Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Swimming team opened the 2017-18 season in impressive fashion on Saturday with a 181-27 win over league rival Purchase. Mike Neugebauer (Newburgh, N.Y.) won three individual events for the Knights.
 
The Mount won each event in Saturday's meet, led by a trio of victories from Neugebauer. Neugebauer took the top spot in the 50-yard breaststroke and freestyle events as well as the 100-yard breaststroke. He posted times of 31.03 seconds, 23.55 seconds and 1:10.25, respectively.
 
Ryan Ward (Brooklyn, N.Y.) also had a strong start to the season with victories for the Knights in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyles along with first place points for the Knights in both relay events. His individual wins came in times of 53.36 seconds and 1:57.81.
 
Sophomore Robert Kohlus (Wading River, N.Y.) picked up two individual wins for the Mount, besting the field in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard backstroke. The butterfly win came in 55.25 seconds, while the backstroke triumph came in 1:02.66.
 
Mount Saint Mary also saw success in both of the relay events contested on Saturday. The team of Kohlus, Neugebauer, Kyle Barber (Shelton, Conn.) and Ward won the 200-yard medley race in 1:48.94 before the team of Ward, Matt Gallo (Clark, N.J.), Sam Kenney (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and Barber won the 200-yard freestyle race in 1:43.41.
 
At 1-0 overall on the season and 1-0 in Skyline Conference competition, the Knights return to the pool on October 21 when they travel to Wilkes. The non-conference meet is set for 1:00 p.m.