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RedHawks Sweep Xavier on Senior Day
1/25/2025 3:36:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Oxford, Ohio. — The Miami University swimming and diving team hosted Xavier University on Saturday at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center. The women went on to defeat the Musketeers 168-94. The men completed the senior day sweep, defeating Xavier 159-86.
How it Happened:
- The meet kicked off with the women's 400 medley where the women's A team claimed first place. Madeline Padavic, Natalie Gilson, Kaylin Herbet, and Julia Waechter turned in a combined time of 3:40.44 The women's B team finished third. Angelina Cakuls, Zofia Janaszek-Seydlitz, Ella Ziegert and Taylor Connors posted a combined time of 3:45.29
- Up next was the men's 400 medley where the men's A team took home first place. Jensen Nelson, Adrian Dulay, Henju Duvenhage and Ian Kmiliauskis turned in a combined time of 3:14.34. The men's B team finished third. Drew Watson, Benjamin Eichberg, Allen Cotton and Tegan Barrier posted a combined time of 3:17.33.
- Katheryn Antonowich finished first in the women's 1000-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 10:15.72. Lauren Gualtieri was second, recording a time of 10:24.18.
- The men's 1000-yard freestyle was next where Yonatan Rosin finished second earning a time of 9:35.33.
- Herbet finished first in the women's 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.65. Julia Waechter finished third putting up a time of 1:53.30.
- Bryce Menchhofer came in first place in the men's 200-yard freestyle, turning in a time of 1:38.48. Kmiliauskis was third, recording a time of 1:43.82.
- The women's 100-yard backstroke was next where Ziegert took home first-place with a time of 54.25. Cakuls finished second clocking a time of 55.59.
- Allen Cotton was first in the men's 100-yard backstroke earning a time of 48.36. Watson finished second turning in a time of 49.43.
- The women's 100-yard breaststroke was next where Emma Schueler placed second clocking a time of 1:03.56. Maddie Zehr finished in fourth-place with a time of 1:05.62.
- After that was the men's 100-yard breaststroke where Duvenhage finished first, recording a time of 54.95. In third-place was Ian Wihebrink, who finished with a time of 55.59.
- Erin Szczupakiewicz came in second place in the women's 200-yard butterfly posting a time of 2:03.01. Emily Rinker placed third with a time of 2:05.30.
- The men's 200-yard butterfly was after that where Owen Hoban finished second recording a time of 1:49.47. Aidan Jacobs was third putting up a time of 1:52.00
- Next was the women's 50-yard freestyle where Taylor Connors came in second-place clocking a time of 23.16. Jenna Halliday was right behind her in third place with a time of 23.19
- In the men's 50-yard freestyle Tegan Barrier came in first, Jack Herczeg in second, Scott Spear in third and Carter McIntosh in fourth, with times of 20.37, 20.59, 20.73 and 21.10 respectively.
- Padavic placed second in the women's 100-yard freestyle, turning in a time of 50.40. Ziegert came in fourth earning a time of 52.02.
- Cotton came in second in the men's 100-yard freestyle, recording a time of 45.65. Menchhofer was fourth with a time of 45.94.
- Chrisna Bezuidenhout took home first place and set a school record for the women's 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:56.88. Halliday finished second turning in a time of 2:01.98, and Mady Bachmeier came in third recording a time of 2:02.58.
- Jensen Nelson was first in the men's 200-yard backstroke posting a time of 1:48.65. Zach Bann was right behind him in second with a time of 1:49.45 followed by Aaron Black in third clocking a time of 1:54.25.
- The women's 200-yard breaststroke was next where Gilson placed first, Caitlyn Groff in second, Zofia Janaszek-Seydlitz in third, and Maddie Zehr with times of 2:18.44, 2:20.53, 2:20.62, and 2:21.65 respectively.
- The men's 200-yard breaststroke was next where Eichberg took home first-place with a time of 2:03.43. Paul Brosky finished in third, recording a time of 2:05.07.
- Up next was the women's 500-yard freestyle where Casey Stephens finished first earning a time of 4:58.89. Antonowich finished third, turning in a time of 4:59.53.
- Tommy Frye placed first in the men's 500-yard freestyle posting a time of 4:38.23. Nick Barrows was right behind him in second place clocking a time of 4:39.71.
- The women's 100-yard butterfly was next where Herbet came in first putting up a time of 54.89. McKenzie Reid was fourth with a time of 56.53.
- After that was the men's 100-yard butterfly where Hoban took home first place with a time of 49.06. Dulay finished second posting a time of 49.06. Spear finished third turning in a time of 49.76.
- Piper Prince came in first in the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:03.05. Rinker finished third, recording a time of 2:07.69.
- Duvenhage finished first in the men's 200 IM earning a time of 1:48.47. Watson was third clocking a time of 1:51.53.
- The women's 200-yard freestyle relay was up next where the women's A team finished first. Padavic, Waechter, Gilson and Halliday turned in a combined time of 1:32.49. The women's B team finished in third. Connors, Maggie Stock, Reid, and Schueler posted a combined time of 1:34.57
- Swimming events concluded with the men's 200-yard freestyle relay where the men's B team finished first. Kevin Donaldson, Barrier, Carter McIntosh, and Kmiliauskis turned in a combined time of 1:21.41. The men's C team finished in third. Nelson, Eichberg, Danila Likitin, and Wihebrink posted a combined time of 1:24.42.
UP NEXT: The RedHawks men and women will hit the road to take on Kenyon College on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.
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