Miami University
Miami Invitational
Miami Women Win the Miami Invitational and Men Finish Fifth
12/3/2016 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
OXFORD, Ohio -- Miami University's swimming and diving program finished their three-day, annual Invite Saturday night at the Corwin Nixon Aquatic Center.
The women won the meet, tallying 1138.5 points. The men placed fifth with 463 points.
Miami took first through fourth place in the 1650-yard freestyle, accumulating 75 points for the team. Ella Moynihan won the event, clocking in at 16:35.45. Emma Bradley (16:38.43), Shay Spelman (16:50.07) and Julia Campbell (16:50.71) finished in second, third and fourth place, respectively.
Moynihan's 1000-yard freestyle time in the race was 9:59.40, which is the new school record. The record was previously set by Amy Miranda in 2003 when she swam a time of 10:01.23.
Stephanie LeMire won the 200-yard breaststroke, with a time of 2:14.51. Elise Campbell placed second (2:14.96), Holly Schuster placed fourth (2:15.95) and Hannah Fuchs clocked in seventh (2:18.59).
In the 200-yard backstroke, Izzy Herb placed third, touching the wall in 1:59.53. Carolyn Jungers came in at 2:00.17, right behind Herb for fourth place.
Lucas Brock timed in at 45.51 in 100-yard freestyle, good enough for fourth place. He was only 1.17 seconds from the first-place finisher.
James Wray placed ninth in the 200-yard backstroke for the men, clocking in at 1:52.80 and scoring 12 points for the team.
Nicholas Wukovits picked up a tenth place finish for the Red & White, clocking in at 2:02.07.
To end the meet, the team of Brock, Jack Strauss, Will Pieseski and Ross Westrick finished in fifth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay, touching the wall in 3:04.42.
The team will be off until January 11 when they travel to Cincinnati to face the Bearcats at 3 p.m.
Women's Standings
1. Miami- 1138.5
2. Emory- 643.5
3. Milwaukee- 569
4. Bowling Green- 507.5
5. Denison- 503
6. Washington University St. Louis- 303
7. Ball State- 286.5
8. Indiana- 256
9. Missouri-St. Louis- 52
10. Urbana- 24
Men's Standings
1. Denison- 1013.5
2. Emory- 785.5
3. Washington University St. Louis- 660
4. Indiana- 613.5
5. Miami- 463
6. Milwaukee- 352
7. Missouri-St. Louis- 257.5
8. Urbana- 36
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