WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior Austin Cutcher and freshman Lukas Iannone both won pentathlon titles, as the Holy Cross men's swimming and diving team captured first place in the Worcester City Championship at the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex. The Crusaders finished the meet with a total of 1,041.5 points.

MID-DISTANCE PENATHLON:
• Cutcher won the title with a combined time of 7:52.22 over five events, including three second-place finishes.
• Crusaders to win events included sophomore Samuel Lee (400-yard individual medley, 4:10.66 / 100-yard breaststroke, 58.50), sophomore Andrew Villani (100-yard butterfly, 48.93 / 100-yard freestyle, 46.44) and freshman Alex Nixon (100-yard backstroke, 54.18).
• Villani set a new program record in the 100-yard butterfly with his time of 48.93, in addition to breaking Hart Center pool records in both the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard freestyle (46.44).

SPRINT PENTATHLON:
• Iannone claimed first place with a total time of 3:35.65 over five events, while winning the 200-yard individual medley (1:57.68) and the 50-yard breaststroke (26.91).
• Other Crusaders to win events included sophomore Ethan Steichen (50-yard butterfly, 23.32 / 50-yard backstroke, 24.19) and sophomore Cole Abril (50-yard freestyle, 21:51).

DIVING:
• Junior Griffin Casey won both the one-meter diving (284.55) and the three-meter diving (330.05).

UP NEXT:
• Holy Cross will return to action when it takes part in the Harold Anderson Invitational in Kingston, R.I., from Nov. 19-22.

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