Miami Wins Men’s MAC Championship

Thursday, March 7

Oxford, Ohio

All Day

Miami University

MAC Championships

3/7/2019 10:31:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Men's MAC's Day 4 (PDF)

The RedHawks take the title for the first time since 2006 in front of the home crowd.

OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University men's swimming and diving team won the MAC Championship on Thursday, scoring 957.5 points over the four-day meet. This is the RedHawks' first MAC Championship since 2006. Miami capped the meet with four event wins and two school records on the final day of competition.

Your 2019 MAC Champions!!! pic.twitter.com/WfcahQNpoo
— Miami Swim/Dive (@MiamiOHSwimDive) March 8, 2019

The RedHawks dominated the 200 fly. Iago Moussalem won the event (1:43.30), breaking the school record. Kayky Mota (1:45.47), Gordon Wheeler (1:46.64), Spencer Klinsky (1:47.48) and Ryan Sego (1:50.14) also swam in the finals, finishing third, fourth, fifth and seventh, respectively.

The other school record was set in the 400 free relay in the final event of the MAC Championships. Diego Valentim, Nic Wamsley, Nick Ward and Moussalem (2:56.54) also won the event.

The Miami divers had a strong showing in the 3-mtr dive finals. Harrison Moncino won the event (354.05) to sweep the diving competition at the MAC Championships. Ryan Nash earned his second runner-up finish (353.20) while Sam Wiedemann rounded out the RedHawks at fifth (280.85).

Noah Barr won the 200 breast (1:57.35). Nikola Andjelic finished fifth (2:01.35) and Blake Brockman finished seventh (2:01.62).

In the 100 free, Wamsley was the runner up (44.35). Ward and Valentim finished third (44.49) and fourth (44.53), respectively. Chase Better finished second in the consolation final (45.89) for 10^th overall.

James Wray and Jake Precious finished in second (1:47.40) and third (1:47.46), respectively, in the 200 back. Jacob Peloquin won the consolation finals (1:49.61), finishing ninth overall.

In the 1650 free, James McGuire finished seventh (15:53.87) with Brandon Crist right behind him in eighth (15:56.35).

Final Team Results
1. Miami - 957.5
2. Missouri State - 899
3. Southern Illinois - 606.5
4. Evansville - 339.5
5. Ball State - 320.5

Most Outstanding Swimmer: Iago Moussalem, Miami
Swimming Coach of the Year: Hollie Bonewit-Cron, Miami
Freshmen Swimmer of the Year: Pawel Krawczyk, MSU
Most Outstanding Diver: Harrison Moncino, Miami
Diving Coach of the Year: KR Li, Miami
Freshman Diver of the Year: Hunter Ongay, Ball State
Most Outstanding Senior: Artur Osvath, Missouri State

All-MAC First Team
Pawel Krawczyk, MSU
Artur Osvath, MSU
Lucas Paloschi, MSU
Harrison Moncino, Miami
James McGuire, Miami
Iago Moussalem, Miami
Blair Bish, MSU
Jacob Peloquin, Miami
Conner Ripp, MSU
Noah Barr, Miami
Antonio Thomas, MSU
Kayky Mota, Miami
Nic Wamsley, Miami
Gordon Wheeler, Miami
Minki Kang, MSU

All-MAC Second Team
Nick Ward, Miami
James Wray, Miami
Spencer Klinsky, Miami
Samuel Senn, MSU
Diego Valentim, Miami
Chris Phillips, SIU
FuKang Wang, SIU
Reilly Garman, SIU
Thomas Heye, MSU
Chris Cole, SIU
Sebastian Odent, MSU
Tamas Hajtman, SIU
Jake Precious, Miami
Bryce Blatter, MSU
Ryan Nash, Miami
Jake Schultz, MSU

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