OXFORD, Ohio –The Miami University men's and women's swimming and diving teams beat Xavier University today during their senior day. The men won 180-82 and the women 179-79
 
How It Happened:

• The meet kicked off with the 400 medley relay. The women's A team placed first with Madeline Padavic, Sara Lahrach-Sanchez, Honor Brodie-Foy and Kaylin Herbet coming in at 3:45.57 alongside the B team in third with Chrisna Bezuidenhout, Emma Schueler, Makayla Hoehn and Greta Kolbeck finishing in 3:51.91. For the men, the B team took first place with Mason Miller, Ian Wihebrink, Gabriel Perseguin and Tegan Barrier (3:20.83) and the A team with Owen Blazer, Benjamin Eichberg, Henju Duvenhage and Ian Kmiliauskis took second place finishing just .01 second behind (3:20.84).
• Following, in the 1000 freestyle, Casey Stephens took first place for the women (10:41.15) and Yonatan Rosin took first for the men (9:37.41) alongside Tommy Frye in third (9:44.12).
• In the 200 freestyle the men took the top three finishes with Herczeg in first (1:41.56), Bryce Menchhofer in second (1:42.18) and Scott Spear in third (1:43.63). For the women, Nicole Maier placed first (1:50.06).
• In the 50 backstroke, Padavic placed first for the women (25.85) alongside Jenna Halliday in third (26.82). For the men, Duvenhage placed first with a time of 22.65.
• The men had a strong finish in the 50 breaststroke as well with Eichberg in first (26.22), Wihebrink in second (26.33) and Brady Miller in third (26.35). For the women, Schueler placed first (29.70) and Lahrach-Sanchez placed third (29.83). 
• In the 50 freestyle, the women finished with Brodie-Foy in first (23.89), Taylor Connors in second (23.98) and Julia Waechter in third (24.25). For the men, Perseguin took first (21.05) and Kmiliauskis in second (21.21).
• Miami saw top finishes again in the 100 freestyle with Maier in first for the women (50.27) and Kolbeck in second (52.18). For the men, Kmiliauskis came in first (46.00) and Barrier in second (46.70).
• In the 100 breaststroke Miami claimed all top finishes again. For the women, Herbert finished first (1:04.68), Natalie Gilson in second (1:05.08) and Lahrach-Sanchez in third (1:05.31). For the men, Wihebrink finished first (56.88), Eichberg in second (57.45) and Allen Cotton in third (57.53). 
• In the 100 IM, Maier finished first (56.78), Herbet in second (57.13) and Ashley Sego in third (59.30) for the women. For the men, Duvenhage came in first (50.29), Cotton in second (51.50) and Blazer in third (52.55).
• Other first-place finishers were Ella Ziegert in the 100 backstroke (57.34), Audrey Conley in the 500 freestyle (5:15.28), Menchhofer in the 500 freestyle (4:41.41), Reid in the 50 butterfly (25.42) and Perseguin in the 50 butterfly (22.02).
• Second-place finishes of the day were Halliday in the 100 backstroke (57.36), Ian Van Gorp in the 100 backstroke (52.49), Stephens in the 500 freestyle (5:16.71) and Brodie-Foy in the 50 butterfly (25.43), Reid in the 100 butterfly (57.16) and Blazer in the 100 butterfly (50.23). 
• The final third-place finishers were Hoehn in the 100 butterfly (57.24), Cotton in the 100 butterfly (50.25) and Spear in the 50 butterfly (22.87).
• The meet concluded with the 200 freestyle relay. For the women, the A team, Brodie-Foy, Halliday, Lahrach-Sanchez and Maier finished second with a combined time of 1:35.94 alongside the C team in third with Padavic, Schueler, Connors and Waechter (1:36.39). For the men, the C team placed first with Joe Miller, Barrier, Perseguin, and Herczeg (1:23.42) and the B team in third. Uros Djokovic, Adrian Dulay, Van Gorp and Duvenhage finished in 1:24.75.

 
Up Next: 
The men and women will compete again next Friday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. during the first day of the Miami Classic at home.