RedHawks Wrap-Up Three Day Competition

12/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

OXFORD, Ohio – Miami swimming and diving finished off the third and final day of the Miami Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Nixon Aquatic Center. The RedHawks finished fifth with a total of 1254 points.

Senior Joe Baumgartner took first in the 100-yard freestyle, edging out the competition by .21 seconds with his time of 44.71. Sophomore Lucas Brock also earned points for the RedHawks with his 13^th-place finish in the same event. Brock’s final time was 46.31.

Junior Heshan Unamboowe led the RedHawks in the 200-yard backstroke with his tenth-place finish. Unamboowe clocked a time of 1:50.67. Junior Sean Neri followed in 12^th, junior Davis Staley in 14^th, junior Jake Prodoehl in 16^th and sophomore Jack Strauss in 17^th.

In the 200-yard breaststroke, junior Evan Bader took 11^th-place, clocking a time of 2:04.89. Bader was followed by sophomore Matthew Rigali in 19^th and senior Sam Crockett in 21^st.

In the 1650-yard freestyle, sophomore Bryan McNamara earned 15^th with his time of 16:18.40.

The diving team wrapped up the competition with the 3-meter finals. Sophomore Brian Donohue placed third with his score of 291.35 points. Behind Donohue was junior Cole Fryman in fifth, sophomore Sean Sargent in sixth, and junior Michael Nash followed in tenth, respectively.

In the final event of the night, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Miami A-relay team finished in eighth place with a final time of 3:05.76. The A-relay team was comprised of Baumgartner, Brock, junior Christopher Dieter, and freshman Ross Westrick.

At the end of the meet, the final team standings were Denison in first with a final score of 2314.5. Cincinnati (2130.5) finished second, followed by Wright State (1553), Emory (1451), Miami (1254) and Urbana (308).

The RedHawks’ next meet is on Saturday, Jan. 10, when men’s swimming and diving takes on the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Keatings Aquatic Center at 1 p.m.