Bullet Shot: Athlete of the Week
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By Claire Healey, Staff Writer
The Gettysburg College men’s swim team swept the competition this past Saturday, November 12, with victories over both Susquehanna and Messiah in their home opener tri-meet. The Bullets had four swimmers with two individual victories apiece, but first-year Ogden Leyens took victories in two individual events of the afternoon while also contributing to Gettysburg’s two relay victories.
Leyens earned first place finishes in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles, both of which he won last week as well. Leyens finished ahead of the nearest competitors by huge margins of victory in both events, 4 seconds for the 200 and 15 seconds for the 500 respectively.
Leyens was also instrumental in Gettysburg’s relay victories in both the 200-medley and 400-freestyle relays. He anchored the medley relay team for first-year Jeff Ragatz, sophomore Francisco Nieves, and junior Tyler Dougherty while he led off for the 400-freestyle relay — a team of Dougherty, first-year Adam Dias, and sophomore Parker Sorenson.
Leyens’ impressive first-year debut follows well in the footsteps of older brother Ashton Leyens. Ashton was a four-time All-American and helped lead Gettysburg to four consecutive conference titles.
Gettysburg’s first-years have been shining bright for the Bullets, but Ogden Leyens has put on an impressive performance thus far for Gettysburg. Leyens and the Bullets continue their quest for a seventh consecutive Centennial Conference title with a home meet against Ursinus College on Saturday the 19th.
Leyens’ successful start to his first season as a Bullet warrants him the title of The Gettysburgian’s Bullet of the Week.
