Utica, NY - Closing out the dual meet season in style, the Clarkson University Swim team dominated a double dual meet with Utica College and Cazenovia College Saturday afternoon.

The Golden Knights' men's team beat Utica 93-27 and claimed an 89-38 victory over Cazenovia, while the women beat Utica 89-48 and Cazenovia 85-41. The Knights will next compete at the UNYSCSA event in late-February.

On the men's side, senior Mike Rowe (Glenville, NY) won three events and also participated on the winning 200 medley relay squad. Rowe took first in the 100 backstroke in 57.40 seconds and then won the 200 butterfly in 2:08.88. Late in the day he won the 500 freestyle in 5:08.09. For the second straight day, Paul Telesca (Liverpool, NY) won the sprint freestyle races, taking first in the 50 freestyle (23.71) and 100 freestyle (51.87). Junior Sean Parnett (Clifton Park, NY) also took a pair of first-place finishes, opening the day with a 1000 freestyle victory (10:38.14) and closing out his afternoon with a victory in the 100 butterfly.

Freshman Tyler Nichols (Spencerport, NY) won the 200 backstroke (2:07.75) and also would have won the 200 individual medley, but because the Knights were up by enough points he swam the event as an exhibition. Also picking up individual victories for the men were freshman Nick Hens (Liverpool, NY), who took the 200 freestyle (1:58.67), sophomore Chris Plummer (Spencerport, NY), who won the 100 breaststroke (1:07.23), and freshman Aaron Parysek (Spencerport, NY), who claimed first in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.23). Clarkson also won the 200 medley relay with the team of Rowe, Plummer, Aaron Kreher (Clarence, NY) and Mitch Maciuba (Clarence, NY) in 1:47.23. Clarkson also would have taken the top spot in the 200 freestyle relay, but the event was swam as an exhibition.

On the women's side, Emma Bonan (Queensbury, NY) won the 100 freestyle in a time of 58.85 and the 100 butterfly in 1:08.75. The senior also would have taken the 200 individual medley, but swam the event as an exhibition. Also taking a pair of events was Caitlin Joyce (Walden, NY), who won the 100 backstroke (1:10.69) and the 200 backstroke (2:35.37).

Clarkson's women had numerous individual event winners, including Kelly Ludeke (Burnt Hills, NY), who started the day with a victory in the 1000 freestyle (11:57.14), Emily Dreisbach (Charlton, NY), who finished first in the 200 freestyle (2:11.60), Jillian Brown (Kenmore, NY), who sprinted to first in the 50 freestyle (27.14), and Kelly Mulvehill (Penfield, NY), who hit the pads first in the 500 freestyle (5:52.41).

The Knights also won the 200 medley relay with the team of Joyce, Lindsay Borakove (New York, NY), Bonan, and Abby Luber (Camillus, NY), finishing in 2:06.81. Clarkson's 200 freestyle relay team also would have placed first, but the Knights' ran the event as an exhibition.