Miami University
Buffalo (Men Only)
Miami Men Lose to Conference Competitor Buffalo
1/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
OXFORD, Ohio -- Miami University's men's swimming and diving team took on Buffalo at home Saturday afternoon. The RedHawks ended up dropping the meet to the Bulls, 177-119.
The Miami men started off the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of James Wray, Hutch Blackstone, newcomer Iago Moussalem do Amaral and Lucas Brock clocked in at 1:31.75, just 0.71 seconds behind first place.
The Red and White swept the diving events on the day. Harrison Moncino won the three-meter dive, earning a score of 356.85. Sean Sargent won the one-meter dive with a score of 319.65. Their efforts collected nine points each for the RedHawks.
Brock was in the winning lane in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 45.38. Nick Ward placed third in the event (46.96). Brock and Ward finished 2-3 in the 50-yard freestyle, respectively. Brock touched the wall in 20.77 and Ward in 21.32.
Moussalem do Amara, the freshman recruit from Brazil made an immediate difference, finishing in the top three in two individual races. He placed second in the 100-yard butterfly (50.30) and also cruised to a third-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:54.98). Ross Rybakowicz finished the 200 fly in second (1:53.62) and also the 400-yard IM (4:04.96).
Wray and Jake Precious had their own silver and bronze finishes in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke. Wray finished in 50.58 and Precious timed in at 50.74 for the 100 back. In the 200 back, Precious took second in the event (1:52.90) and Wray took third (1:55.85).
Justin Andrews placed second in the 200-yard freestyle, timing in at 1:42.64 and collecting four points for the Red and White.
The Miami men collected multiple third-place finishes on the day. Bryan McNamara clocked in at 9:57.85 in the 1000-yard freestyle and in 4:49.44 in the 500-yard freestyle. Blackstone finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 56.91. Nicholas Wukovits raced in the 200-yard breaststroke and touched the wall in 2:03.87.
The team of Brock, Ward, Ross Westrick and Jack Strauss ended out the day winning the 400-yard freestyle relay, clocking in at 3:05.19.
Miami will be back in action for a women's only meet on Sunday, Jan. 22nd at Toledo at 1 p.m. The men will next compete when they travel to Eastern Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m.
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