Miami Defeats the Cardinals, 160-135
2/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
OXFORD, Ohio – Seven first-place finishes propelled the Miami university men’s swimming and diving team to a 160-135 win over Ball State University Saturday afternoon at the Nixon Aquatic Center.
Five seniors -- Joe Baumgartner, Sam Crockett, Michael Heavilon, Andrew Kilkenny, and Heshan Unamboowe -- were honored with Senior Day Ceremonies before the final regular-season meet for the RedHawks.
Miami started off the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. First place went to the Miami-A relay team, comprised of seniors Unamboowe, Crockett, Heavilon, and Baumgartner, with their combined team time of 1:34.13. The Miami-D relay team, comprised of juniors Sean Neri, Evan Bader, Davis Staley, and Jacob Prodoehl, came in second place, respectively.
Baumgartner took first in 50-yard freestyle with an impressive time of 20.55. Kilkenny turned in a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall at 47.48.
Staley also earned points for the RedHawks when he won the 100-yard backstroke, clocking a time of 52.04 followed by Prodoehl in second. Junior Christopher Dieter earned first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with his time of 9:53.16. Following close behind in second was sophomore Jack Strauss.
Miami had top finishes in the 200-yard freestyle with sophomore Bryan McNamara coming first, touching the wall at 1:43.91, followed by Kilkenny in second. Sophomore Maximilian Jelen brought home another first-place finish for the RedHawks in the 200-yard backstroke with his time of 1:55.92
The RedHawks commanded the diving competition with good showings from junior Michael Nash and sophomore Sean Sargent. Nash took first-place in the three-meter competition accumulating a final score of 354.76. Sargent followed in second and junior Cole Fryman finished in third place in the same event. At the completion of the one-meter competition, Miami finished top three again with Sargent in first with 325.27 points, followed by Nash in second and sophomore Brian Donohue in third.
Sophomore Grant Stafford had a good day with two individual second-place finishes. In the 200-yard butterfly, Stafford turned in a time of 1:54.52 and finished the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 52.06.
Bader turned in two top finishes for Miami. Bader swam to a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall at 58.12. The junior swimmer came back later in the meet to swim the 200-yard breaststroke where he was the top-finishing RedHawk with his final time of 2:07.63, earning him second.
Looking forward, Miami is off until the Mid-American Conference Championships March 5-7 in Geneva, Ohio. A portion of the Miami swimmers also will compete in the Ohio Senior Championships in Oxford that same weekend (March 6-8).
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