Miami Drops to Fifth After Day Three
3/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
GENEVA, Ohio – The Miami University men’s swimming and diving team dropped to fifth place with their cumulative score of 328 points at the conclusion of day three of the MAC Championships.
Day three saw two NCAA B Cut times turned in by the RedHawks. Sophomore Lucas Brock’s qualifying time of 1:37.98 in the 200-yard freestyle earned him sixth place. Brock’s time tied with the school record currently held by Ross Halloran.
Junior Evan Bader turned in the other NCAA B qualifying time in the 100-yard breaststroke. Bader swam to a tenth-place finish, clocking a time of 55.09
The podium was colored red in the 100-yard backstroke after three RedHawks turned in top finishes. Junior Davis Staley led Miami in the event with a fourth-place finish, coming in at 49.23, beating out fifth place by four-tenths of a second. Sixth place belonged to junior Jacob Prodoehl after he turned in a time of 49.86 with junior Sean Neri close behind in seventh.
Sophomore Grant Stafford represented Miami in the championship heat of the 100-yard butterfly. Stafford received eighth place after he touched the wall at 49.34.
The evening wrapped up with a thrilling back and forth between Buffalo and Miami in the 400-yard medley relay. Despite a strong showing from Staley, Bader, Stafford and senior Joe Baumgartner, the relay finished fifth with a time of 3:16.07, missing fourth place by seven-tenths of a second.
Earlier, the preliminaries for the three-meter diving competition took place. Juniors Michael Nash and Cole Fryman, and sophomore Sean Sargent each qualified for the three-meter finals that will take place on Saturday evening.
The final day of competition begins tomorrow with preliminaries at 11 a.m., the 1650-yard freestyle at 5 p.m., and championships heats resuming at 7:10 p.m. at the SPIRE Institute.
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Team Standings Through Day Three
1. Missouri State 511.50
2. Eastern Michigan 487.50
3. Southern Illinois 350
4. Buffalo 339
5. Miami 328
6. Evansville 110
7. Ball State 77
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