Records Abundant For Men’s Swimming and Diving at Golden Grizzly Classic

Wednesday, December 3

Rochester, Mich.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Golden Grizzly Classic

Records Abundant For Men’s Swimming and Diving at Golden Grizzly Classic

12/8/2025 2:59:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

Complete Meet Results (PDF)

By: Justin Lafleur

OAKLAND, Mich. — The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team rewrote the record books at the Golden Grizzly Classic, which ended on Saturday. The Big Green as a team finished second overall, less than 15 points behind first place.

Dartmouth finished with 2,076.5 points, behind Grand Canyon's 2,091 in first. The Big Green were ahead of Oakland (1,786) and Wayne State (1,209.5).

"Our men rose to the occasion and got after it this week against some very strong competing teams," said head coach Milana Socha. "We fell just shy of the overall victory, which certainly stings given how close we have been to wins the past few competitions. Even though we didn't walk away with the team title, the men were on fire all week. We've never set so many team and pool records, especially by so many different individuals, before in a meet. We saw strength in depth for a championship format and have clear direction for Ivy impact performances. This was the best meet the men's program has had in a long time and those team wins are just around the corner."

For a closer day-by-day look, please see below.

Wednesday
The highlight on Wednesday was the Big Green's 200 medley relay team of Andrew Chou, David Kushnirsky, Jacob Turner and William McClelland breaking the program record with a time of 1:26.75. That broke a mark set in 2013. Dartmouth finished second in the event.

The Big Green's 800 freestyle relay team of David Gal, Colton Rasmussen, Isaac Weigel and Yan Dvoretskiy also finished third on Wednesday, posting a time of 6:31.38.

All-time top 10 program performances:

#4 in the 200 freestyle — Jacob Turner — 1:36.93
#7 in the 800 freestyle relay — David Gal, Colton Rasmussen, Isaac Weigel, Yan Dvoretskiy — 6:31.38
#8 in the 200 freestyle — David Gal — 1:38.11

Lifetime Bests:

200 freestyle — Jagger Stachtiaris (1:40.11), Jacob Turner (1:36.93), David Gal (1:38.11)
200 freestyle relay split — Xavier Orlic, Jihoon Jung
50 backstroke — Andrew Chou (1:39.06)
50 breaststroke relay split — Jihoon Jung, David Kushnirsky, Jagger Stachtiaris, Isaac Weigel
50 butterfly relay split — David Gal, Jacob Turner, Yan Dvoretskiy
50 freestyle relay split — Xavier Orlic, Tommy Erwin, Aiden Sandvig

Thursday
A number of records fell on Thursday, including Jacob Turner breaking Oakland's pool record twice in the 200 IM — in the prelims and then finals with a time of 1:44.95.

Two school records were broken. One came via William McClelland in the 50 freestyle, good for third place in the meet. His time of 19.65 made him one of just two Big Green swimmers to ever break 20 seconds in the 50 free. Meanwhile, McCoy Lyman set a team record in 3-meter diving with a score of 393.05, good for second place in the event.

The Big Green had five in the top eight in the A-final of the 200 IM, led by Turner's first-place time of 1:44.95. David Gal also came in third (1:46.77).

Dartmouth's 200 freestyle relay team of Logan Pack, Colton Rasmussen, Turner and McClelland finished third with a time of 1:20.21.

In diving, Lyman, Everett Tai and Aryeh Lesch all qualified for NCAA Diving Zones. Tai finished third (340.50) with Lesch in fourth (339.75).

All-time top 10 program performances:

#2 in the 200 freestyle relay — Logan Pack, Colton Rasmussen, Jacob Turner, William McClelland — 1:20.21
#3 in the 200 IM — David Gal — 1:46.77
#5 in the 200 IM — Jagger Stachtiaris — 1:47.50
#6 in the 200 IM — Jihoon Jung — 1:48.02
#9 in the 200 IM — Andrew Chou — 1:48.39
#9 in the 3-meter — Everett Tai — 340.5

Lifetime Bests:

500 freestyle — Isaac Weigel (4:32.56)
200 IM — David Kushnirsky (1:52.17), David Gal (1:46.77), Jagger Stachtiaris (1:47.50), Jihoon Jung (1:48.02)
50 freestyle — William McClelland (19.65), David Kushnirsky (22.44), Aiden Sandvig (21.06), Xavier Orlic (21.60)
50 freestyle relay split — Tommy Erwin (20.97), Andy Peterson (21.66), David Kushnirsky (21.99), Ian Stewart (21.18), David Gal (20.48), Jihoon Jung (21.25), Andrew Chou (20.40), Jacob Turner (20.27),

Friday
Two program records fell for the Big Green on Friday, with Jagger Stachtiaris setting a new team mark in the 100 butterfly in the preliminaries as the first swimmer in program history sub 47 seconds, finishing at 46.99.

Andrew Chou also set a program record in the 100 backstroke in prelims, going 46.67, to break a record previously set in 2013. His time of 47.27 in the final was good for second place overall. Chou also finished the 200 backstroke in second (1:43.35).

Turner set a pool record for a second straight day, finishing the 400 IM in 3:47.78 in the final, which was good for first place. This came after first setting a pool record in the prelims earlier in the day.

Other top finishes included David Gal placing second in the 400 IM (3:52.33) and Isaac Weigel coming in third in the 200 freestyle (1:37.51). Both Everett Tai and Aryeh Lesch also qualified for NCAA Diving Zones in the 1-meter with scores of 328.25 and 305.45, respectively.

All-time top 10 program performances:

#2 in the 100 butterfly — Andrew Chou — 47.19
#4 in the 100 breaststroke — David Kushnirsky — 54.77
#4 in the 100 butterfly — William McClelland — 47.31
#5 in the 400 IM — David Gal — 3:52.33
#6 in the 100 breaststroke — Jihoon Jung — 55.34
#6 in the 400 IM — Jihoon Jung — 3:53.87
#6 in the men's 400 medley relay — Andrew Chou, David Kushnirsky, Jagger Stachtiaris, Isaac Weigel — 3:15.37
#7 in the men's 400 medley relay — Colton Rasmussen, Jihoon Jung, Jacob Turner, William McClelland — 3:15.42

Lifetime Bests:

100 butterfly — William McClelland (47.31), Andrew Chou (47.19), Jagger Stachtiaris (46.99)
400 IM — David Gal (3:52.33)
200 freestyle — Xavier Orlic (1:42.42)
100 breaststroke — Jihoon Jung (55.34)
100 backstroke — William McClelland (50.01), Andrew Chou (46.67)
100 breaststroke relay split — Tommy Erwin (1:01.63), Reed Wallace (1:01.10), Jihoon Jung (55.18)
100 butterfly relay split — David Gal (48.91), Jacob Turner (46.37)
100 freestyle relay split — William McClelland (44.11), Aiden Sandvig (45.28),

Saturday
Chou broke another program record on Saturday, this time in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 1:43.35 that was good for second overall. That broke a mark originally set in 2016 as Chou now owns both Dartmouth team backstroke records.

Turner won another event championship, this time in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:44.23. Jihoon Jung's 200 breaststroke time of 1:57.14 was good for second, while Tommy Erwin finished third in the 1650 freestyle (15:47.28). The 400 freestyle relay team of William McClelland, Isaac Weigel, Colton Rasmussen and Jacob Turner captured third with a time of 2:56.47.

Both Adam Man and Everett Tai qualified for NCAA Zones on platform diving as well, coming in second and third with scores of 321.10 and 310.00, respectively.

All-time top 10 program performances:

#2 in the 200 breaststroke — Jihoon Jung — 1:57.14
#2 in the 400 freestyle relay — William McClelland, Isaac Weigel, Colton Rasmussen, Jacob Turner — 2:56.47
#3 in the 100 freestyle — William McClelland — 44.30
#3 in the 200 butterfly — Jacob Turner — 1:44.23
#4 in the 400 freestyle relay — Logan Pack, Andrew Chou, David Gal, Yan Dvoretskiy — 2:57.86
#4 in the 200 butterfly — Jagger Stachtiaris — 1:46.77
#5 in the 200 butterfly — David Gal — 1:47.01
#7 in the 200 backstroke — Jacob Turner — 1:46.49