Miami University
Arena Pro Series
RedHawks Fall to the Buckeyes, 175-101
11/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
COLUMBUS, Ohio - In their second road meet of the season, the Miami University men's swimming and diving team dropped a meet, 175-101, against Ohio State Friday evening in the McCorkle Natatorium. Miami currently stands at 1-2 in dual-meet competition for the season.
Sophomore Ross Westrick claimed second in the 50-yard freestyle with his final time of 21.52. Westrick swam to a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 46.98, almost two seconds faster than his time against Purdue in the same event.
Other top finishers included freshman Nick Potter who represented Miami in the 1000-yard freestyle. Potter claimed third with his final time of 9:43.95. Senior Chris Dieter turned in a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:43.27. In the 200-yard butterfly, sophomore Ross Rybakowicz garnered third for Miami with his time of 1:56.28.
Meanwhile, day two of the Arena Pro Series continued in Minneapolis, Minn. where Miami continued solid performances from the RedHawk men.
Senior Evan Bader qualified for the finals in the 200-yard breaststroke with his final time of 2:23.93. Yesterday, Bader made the finals in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.67).
Day two of the competition saw new personal records for senior Jacob Prodoehl in the 100-yard backstroke (59.76) and junior Jack Strauss in the 50-yard freestyle (24.16).
In the third and final day of competition, Miami turned in solid performances across the board. The six Senior Jacob Prodoehl qualified for the 200-yard backstroke finals. Prodoehl finished 29th with his final time of 2:12.27, setting a new personal record.
Miami is off until the Miami Invitational which is set to begin on Dec. 3, in the Nixon Aquatic Center back in Oxford, Ohio.
