Baumgartner Tabbed MAC Swimmer of the Week
12/8/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
CLEVELAND—Miami University senior swimmer Joe Baumgartner had an impressive weekend for the RedHawks at the Miami Invitational last weekend and was named the Mid-American Conference Male Swimmer of the Week for his efforts, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Baumgartner boasted two first-place finishes, the lone RedHawk to capture a first-place finish, and scored points for the RedHawks in four events last weekend. On the first day of the invitational, he turned in a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in a time of 20.20 and swimming a Division I provisional time. Baumgartner’s time was .36 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. He also swam the lead leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay, which finished fourth with a team time of 1:22.36.
On the second day of the meet, Baumgartner competed in the 100-yard backstroke where turned in a time of 52.99, earning him 16th-place overall. On the same day, he participated in the 200-yard freestyle where he placed 19th with his time of 1:40.55. Baumgartner also swam a leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay which took seventh-place with a team time of 6:53.26.
On Saturday, Baumgartner brought his A-game again when he turned in another first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. He touched the wall in a time of 44.71, .19 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. Baumgartner swam in the final event of the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay, with the RedHawks taking eighth-place with their collective time of 3:09.12.
The Miami men wrapped up the weekend in fifth place with a total of 1254 points. Baumgartner amassed 95 individual points for Miami and 249 points including relay finishes.
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