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Valparaiso/ Xavier
Miami Men's Swimming Earns First Two Wins of 2002-03 Season
11/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 23, 2002
The Miami men's swim team racked up their first two wins of the season by defeating Xavier and Valparaiso at the Corwin M. Nixon Acquatic Center on Saturday afternoon.
The RedHawks defeated Valparaiso 165-90, and knocked off Xavier 154-99 and won 24 of the 28 races.
The men's team started the day off right when freshman Paul Bonner (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier), junior Paul Jacob (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier), freshman Brian O'Rourke (Beverly Hills, Michigan/Groves) and sophomore John Grubb (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) swam past both Xavier and Valparaiso in the 200-yard medley relay for the first two victories of the afternoon.
Freshmen Scott Robson (Glen Ellyne, Illinois/Glenbard South) and Andrew Cullum (Marstons Mill, Mass./Tabor Academy) kept the momentum going by placing first and second in the 1000-yard freestyle. Freshmen Aaron Wuensch (Allen, Texas/Plano East) followed suit by placing first in the next race, the 200-yard freestyle.
Sophomore Jason Krasula (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) gave the RedHawks their fourth consecutive first-place finish by winning the 100-yard backstroke.
Jacob defeated Xavier in the 100-yard breastroke in the fifth men's event on Saturday afternoon.
O'Rourke earned his first two individual victories of the afternoon and his fourth overall when he touched the wall first in the 200-yard butterfly.
Junior Andrew Keefe (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) continued the winning ways by winning the 50-yard freestyle in the men's seventh event.
Wuensch won his fourth race of the afternoon in the 100-yard freestyle with Grubb right behind him for second place.
Senior Andy Norr (Schoolcraft, Mich./Portage Central) defeated Xavier and Valpo with a strong finish in the 200-yard backstroke for the 17th victory on Saturday in only the 18th race.
Sophomore Dan Guibord (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) and O'Rourke took down Valpo in the 500-yard freestyle, which was the 11th men's event of the afternoon.
Keefe became the third swimmer to win four races when he and senior Dave Bergan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton) placed first and second in the 100-yard butterfly.
The men exhibitioned the last two races although Norr and Miami's 200-yard freestyle relay team finished with the top times in the 400-yard IM and the relay.
The men's next race will take place when they host the Miami Invitational from Dec. 5-7.
