Miami University
Purdue
Men's Swimming & Diving Falls to Purdue
10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Box Score
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. --In their first away meet of the season, the Miami University men's swimming and diving team suffered a loss on Friday evening to Purdue University with a final score of 178-117 in the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. The RedHawks move to 1-1 on the season.
After two weeks of preparation, the men returned to the water to take on the Boilermakers. Many on the team saw improvements on their times from their last meet against Xavier.
Senior Evan Bader knocked almost a full second off of his time in the 100-yard breaststroke. Bader swam to a final time of 57.81, garnering first place. The breaststroke specialist slimmed his time down by two seconds in the 200-yard breaststroke, where he collected a second-place finish for Miami. Senior Christopher Dieter knocked two seconds off of his time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.95), good enough for a second-place finish.
Junior Lucas Brock made significant contributions to the team with top finishes in multiple events. Brock claimed first in the 200-yard freestyle with his time of 1:42.49. The junior swimmer also took third in the 100-yard freestyle and returned later in the meet to swim a leg of 400-yard freestyle relay.
The RedHawks saw impressive finishes from newcomers and returning swimmers alike. In the 200-yard IM, sophomore Ross Rybakowicz claimed first (1:59.58), with Bader just seconds behind. Senior Sean Neri claimed second in the 100-yard backstroke with his final time of 52.29, followed by freshman Jake Precious in third.
In the one-meter diving competition, senior Michael Nash claimed second (310.35) followed by freshman Harrison Moncino. Moncino also claimed second in the three-meter competition, tallying a total of 332.40 points.
Miami is back on the road again in two weekends when a portion of the team will travel to Minneapolis, Minn. to compete in the Arena Pro Series Nov. 12-14, while another group of swimmers will go to Columbus to face Ohio State on Nov. 13.
