WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's swimming and diving brought home their third consecutive Worcester City Championship on Saturday competing at WPI's Sports & Recreation Center.  

Holy Cross tallied 1,071 points while fellow City of the Seven Hills schools WPI (941), Assumption (412) and Clark (247) rounded out the field. The Crusaders won The Paul Parenteau trophy for the third straight season following a 10-year drought.  

Junior Jack Greiner earned the Justin Ferris Award given to the Male Swimmer of the Meet. Greiner smashed three Worcester City Championship individual records in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:46.47), the 200-yard butterfly (1:54.82) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:42.77).

He was also part of the 400-yard medley relay team (3:30.76) with classmate Zach Bubonovich, senior Rory Hess and freshman Peter Mottolese and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:10.13) squad with sophomore Will Clark, Mottolese and sophomore Jake Thompson.

Clark had two new meet marks in the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay (1:27.18) with Bubonovich, junior Chris Villani and freshman Lucas Golembiewski.

Freshman Griffin Casey, the reigning Patriot League Male Diver of the Week picked up the Whit Griffith Award for the Male Diver of the Meet. The newcomer placed first in the one-meter dive (302.60) and on the three-meter board (312.85) setting new meet marks and earning an NCAA Zone cut on the one-meter board.

The Crusaders will be back in action on Thursday, Nov. 21 for the first day of the Harold Anderson Invitational hosted by Rhode Island.
 
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