NEWBERG, Ore. – Phillip Hecksel and Seth Koivisto each won three events, helping the Pacific Lutheran University men's swimming dominate in the pool on Saturday with a decisive 151-25 win over George Fox, winning each of the ten events.
 
"We were really excited to get to swim at George Fox's inaugural home meet," said Head Coach Matt Sellman.  "We had some surprisingly good swims considering how hard we've been working out and training and were happy to get the double win."
 
Hecksel and Koivisto opened the day as part of the PLU winning 200 medley relay team out touching their teammates with a time of 1:40.55.  Koivisto was a dual individual winner leading the pack in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:05.19 and capturing the 100 backstroke, out touching the field with a time of 57.53.
 
Hecksel prevailed in the 50 yard freestyle, outsprinting the rest of the field and touching the wall in 22.69 seconds.  The sophomore then joined forces with Jackson Curtis, Charlie Cutter, and Ian Olufson to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:32.62.
 
Bradley Jerome was a dual winter, capturing both the 200 and 100 yard freestyle in 1:51.30 and 49.80, respectively.  James Buchanan secured wins as part of the 200 medley relay team and individually in the 100 yard fly (55.37).
 
"We are looking forward to enjoying  a relaxing week with family for Thanksgiving and then preparing for the Logger Invite to wrap up the fall semester competition."
 
The Logger invite is set for November 30 at the University of Puget Sound.