Edwards, Newman Set School Swimming, Diving Records

Isaac Newman ’21 and Alex Edwards ’21 set school records May 8 as Mercersburg’s swimming and diving teams took part in competitions in the Lloyd Aquatic Center’s Furnary Pool.

Newman’s score of 527.45 in the boys’ one-meter 11-dive event broke the previous record of 509.30 by Timothy Vanderbilt ’99, and Edwards’ 200-yard individual medley swim (1:50.03) bested the previous school record (1:50.87) set by Tom Williams ’94.

Full swimming results
Full diving results

Newman now holds Mercersburg’s school records for the 6-dive and 11-dive events; he broke the 6-dive school record in a Blue/White intrasquad meet on April 12.

For more information on this story, please contact Lee Owen (owenl@mercersburg.edu) in Mercersburg’s Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications.