Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Finishes Fifth at MACs
3/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
GENEVA, Ohio – The Miami University men’s swimming and diving team closed out the fourth and final day of the Mid-American Conference Championships in fifth place with a final score of 507 points.
The competition ended with new school records set in multiple events along with NCAA B qualifying times turned in by Miami.
Senior Joe Baumgartner was named MAC Champion in the 100-yard freestyle after he turned in a NCAA B qualifying time of 43.72 as well as breaking his own school record. Baumgartner claimed the title after he edged out the competition by one-thousandth of a second. The senior RedHawk also earned All-MAC first-team honors.
The podium was filled with red again after three Miami swimmers competed in the finals for the 200-yard backstroke. Junior Davis Staley garnered third place with his time of 1:47.06. Junior Jacob Prodoehl followed in fifth, clocking a time of 1:48.70 followed by junior Sean Neri in eighth. Staley also came out of the meet earning All-MAC second-team honors.
Miami was represented in the championship heat of 200-yard breaststroke by junior Evan Bader. Bader also made the NCAA B cut with his time of 1:59.29, placing sixth. In the 1650-yard freestyle, sophomore Bryan McNamara finished ninth, touching the wall at 15:46.99.
In other action, junior Michael Nash took sixth place in the championship round of the three-meter diving competition, earning a final score of 316.25 points.
The RedHawks took the bronze in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Through the efforts of Baumgartner, sophomore Lucas Brock, senior Andrew Kilkenny, and sophomore Jack Strauss, Miami swam to a school record-breaking time of 2:47.56.
Eastern Michigan claimed the championship title with their final score of 777.5 points, followed by last season’s champions, Missouri State with 757.5 points. Third place belonged to the University at Buffalo with 517 points and Southern Illinois finished fourth with 515 points. Miami ended the competition with 507 points in fifth place. Sixth and seventh were filled by Evansville with 146 points and Ball State with 127 points.
Looking forward, Miami has the NCAA Championships in Iowa City, Iowa March 26-28.
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