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Buckeye Invite - Day 2

Ohio State Men

The Ohio State men’s swimming and diving teams took over first place at the OSU Invite on Saturday and will enter the final day leading Florida 855.5-837 with Kentucky in third with 361.5
 
Day two of the finals got started off with the 200 medley relay and a second place finish for Ohio State’s relay team of Matt McHugh, D.J. MacDonald, Ching Lim, and Mossimo Chavez, who all finished with a time of 1:26.47 behind first-place Florida (1:24.54, a pool record). Earlier in the day, MacDonald had himself a stellar performance in the 100 breaststroke prelims, posting a time of 1:02.05 and qualifying for the 2016 Olympic trials.
 
The 400 IM followed and was also won by a Florida Gator. Matt Moen (3:51.53) was the top Buckeye finisher and one of five Ohio State swimmers to race in the championship heat for that event. The 100 butterfly followed and Friday’s star, Florida’s Caeleb Dressel, swam a 45.01, setting another pool record in the process. MacDonald was the top Buckeye finisher with a time of 46.81 and Michael Salazar (48.88) finished in seventh place.
 
Florida’s winning ways kept on going with the 200 freestyle. Yet another pool record fell when Pawel Werner swam a 1:34.19 to outpace the field and two of his teammates finished in second and third place. Steffen Hillmer (1:36.23) was the top finisher for Ohio State, while Lim (1:37.78) and Brayden Seal (1:38.22) rounded out the championship heat. Even though Florida was garnering the top spot in nearly every event, the Buckeyes’ depth was instrumental in closing the gap between them and the Gators.
 
In the 100 breaststroke, Dressel came out on top again with a meet-record 51.88, outdueling MacDonald, who had an impressive time in his own right of 54.15. Dustin Tynes (54.59) was right behind his teammate and three other Ohio State swimmers finished fifth, sixth, and seventh. A Gator swimmer finished atop the field in the 100 backstroke, setting a meet record in the process, to continue their successful day. McHugh (46.97) ended up in third place for Ohio State with teammates Thomas Trace (48.06) and Andrew Appleby (48.49) right behind him. Mark Belanger (48.57) and Brad Shannon (50.05) placed seventh and tenth, respectively.
 
The final swimming event was the 800 freestyle relay and Ohio State relay teams finished in third and fourth, the top team being Hillmer, Lim, Joey Long, and Seal with a time of 6:29.62.
 
Another big boost for the Buckeyes was the performance of the diving team. Colin Zeng had another incredible day, posting a score of 462.08 in the three-meter diving competition, another meet record for the sophomore. Christo Law (411.08) and Stephen Romanik (372.38) came in second and third for Ohio State.
 
Entering the final day of competition, the Buckeyes hold a slim lead over the Gators for the top spot. Prelims will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. and swimming finals will begin at 3 p.m. Platform diving finals are slated to begin at 1 p.m.
 
1. The Ohio State University 855.5
2. University of Florida 837
3. Kentucky, University of 361.5

 

Ohio State Women

With two days of the OSU Invite completed, the Ohio State women’s swimming and diving teams find themselves in second place behind the Florida Gators.
 
The Buckeyes got off to a great start once the finals kicked off this evening, winning the first two events that took place. In the 200 medley relay final, the foursome of Liz Li, Taylor Vargo, Meg Bailey, and Annie Jongekrijg (1:40.11) edged out Florida’s relay team (1:40.24) for the top finish in one of the closest races of the day. Another Buckeye relay team- Camey Rabold, Rachael Dzierzak, Amanda McNulty, and Cheyenne Meek- rounded out the top-five with their time of 1:41.32.
 
In the 400 IM, Lindsey Clary paced the field with her time of 4:07.95, securing the second first-place finish for Ohio State. Bailey (4:15.33) took fifth as the other Buckeye swimmer in that event. Clary had herself quite the day on Saturday; earlier in the day she qualified for the 2016 Olympic trials in the 400 IM with her time of 4:45.00. Rabold also earned an Olympic trial qualifying time during prelims, swimming a 1:03.36 in the 100 backstroke to give the Buckeyes two for the day.
 
The 100 butterfly followed that and was dominated up top by swimmers from the Sunshine State. Two Florida Gators finished in the top two spots, and Miami (FL) took spots three and four. Ohio State’s top finisher was Bailey, who finished seventh in the championship heat with a time of 54.76. The Buckeyes’ fastest swimmer in the event was Li; though she just missed swimming in the top heat, her time of 53.10 was the second-fastest of the competition. That was proceeded by the 200 freestyle final which, again, went to a Gator swimmer. Cara Norris (1:49.33) and Rabold (1:49.45) finished in seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
The closest race of the day went to the 100 breaststroke; Vargo and Kentucky’s Kendra Crew were neck and neck, but the Buckeye swimmer never let up and stayed just far enough ahead of her Wildcat counterpart to notch another first place finish for Ohio State. Amy Bopp (1:02.09) wasn’t far behind and finished in third place, while Katie Antal (1:03.13) and Dzierzak (1:03.52) ended up in seventh place and tenth place. The last race before the final break of the day, the 100 backstroke, was won by Kentucky, who placed the top two swimmers in the event. Florida Gators made up places three and four, and Rabold (53.72) rounded out the top five. Zulal Zeren (54.75) placed ninth for Ohio State.
 
Closing out day two was the 800 freestyle relay, which was won by a Florida foursome. Ohio State’s relay team of Norris, Clary, Katy Luchansky, and Bailey finished in fourth place with a time of 7:18.28 and two other Buckeye teams finished in the top-eight.
 
Ohio State divers earned two of the top five finishes in the three-meter diving competition. Freshman Haley Allen placed second with her score of 317.18 and Brittany Menninger took fourth with a score of 298.20.  
 
The final day of competition will kick off with prelims at 9 a.m. and platform diving finals at 1 p.m. The final round of swimming finals will kick off at 3 p.m.
 
1. University of Florida 727.5
2. The Ohio State University 607
3. Kentucky, University of 404.5
4. Washington State 378
5. University of Miami 285

 

Florida

Fast times carried into Day Two competition at the Buckeye Invitational for the University of Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. The Orange and Blue registered five NCAA ‘A’ Cuts, 24 ‘B’ cuts, nine US Olympic Trial-qualifying times, seven national top times, and a new school record. 

Sophomore Caeleb Dressel is the proud new owner of the school record after notching a NCAA ‘A’ cut time of 51.88 in the 100 breaststroke. Dressel also went on to ‘A’ cuts in the 100 butterfly (45.01) and as a member of the 200 medley relay group (1:24.54). Both of the Green Cove Springs, Florida, native’s individual ‘A’ cuts were also national top times. Dressel was victorious in three of his four races on Saturday.

In addition to Dressel, the 200 medley relay squad was comprised of sophomore Jan Switkowski, junior Jack Blyzinskyj, and senior Corey Main. The quartet’s time of 1:24.54 leads all 2015 times and ranks third all-time in UF history.  

Both of the men’s relays posted ‘A’ cuts in Saturday’s competition. UF’s second relay was the 800 yard freestyle product of Main, senior Pawel Werner, sophomore Mark Szaranek, and junior Mitch D’Arrigo. The group swam a time of 6:18.43 which leads the nation   

Blyzinskyj touched out with a blazing first-place time of 45.53 in the 100 backstroke to register the team’s final ‘A’ cut. His time ranks second all-time in the Florida record books and currently leads all 2015 collegiate times. 

Upon completion of the finals session, the UF men took seven of eight events. 

The women’s team also gathered plenty of success in the pool on Saturday, taking first place in four of eight events. 

The quartet of seniors Natalie Hinds, Jessica Thielmann, Ashlee Linn, and sophomore Amelia Maughan nearly punched their tickets to the 2016 NCAA Championships with a remarkable first-place performance in the 800 freestyle relay. The foursome touched out with a time of 7:06.95 -- which currently stands as the fastest time in the country.      

Thielmann also shined in the 400 IM, gathering a runner-up finish after posting the nation’s second-fastest time in 2015. Her mark of 4:08.88 stands as the ninth-fastest time in school history.   

Hinds kept the momentum going with a win in the 100 butterfly -- touching out at the 52.03 mark for an NCAA ‘B’ cut. Already ranking second in the event with her personal best (51.30), Hinds’ time of 52.03 would have otherwise ranked fourth all-time in school history.  

During Saturday’s prelims session, plenty of success was had by Florida Swimmers -- who finished with an impressive 10 US Olympic Trial-qualifying times. Four men -- Switkowski, Dressel, Main, and Szaranek -- and five women -- freshman Hannah Burns, Thielmann, Maughan, freshman Sydney Sell, and junior Georgia Hohmann -- accounted for UF’s trial-qualifying times. Switkowski led the group, posting two times of his own in the 100 butterfly (53.94) and 200 freestyle (1:51.85). ­

In the Diving well, the Gator women were led by senior Kahlia Warner, who posted top finishes off the one (318.45) and three-meter (336.90) boards today. Fellow senior Delaney Dye also had a pair of strong showings. Dye posted a score of 301.50 off the three-meter for a third-place finish while turning in a fourth-place showing on the one-meter (258.98). 

On the men’s side, newcomer Sam Smith led the Orange and Blue during the prelims with a third-place score of 352.95 on the three-meter. Senior Zach Hernandez was close behind in fifth (313.95). Later, again off the three-meter, Smith bested his score with a mark of 370.20 -- which was good for fourth. Hernandez again finished fifth overall (356.40). ­­­ 

 

Kentucky

Kentucky’s swimming team continued to see success throughout the second day of the Ohio State Invitational, posting 11 personal records, four Olympic Trials cuts, and one school record in the morning long course meters (LCM) session, and followed it up with 18 personal records, 11 NCAA B cuts, and eight swims that rank in the top 10 of UK’s all-time performances.   The Wildcats remain in third to both OSU and Florida, as the men have 361.5 points to trail OSU (855.5) and Florida (837), while the women amassed 404.5 points behind the Gators (727.5) and the Buckeyes (607).
 
Kathryn Painter started the meet off on the right foot, breaking the UK LCM record in the 400 IM in the opening heat of the first event.  The freshman had previously missed out on an Olympic Trials cut by just two hundredths of a second, but ensured that she would make the trip to Omaha with a six-second personal record in 4:49.06. In the SCY session, Painter just missed out on clinching another UK record with her fourth-place finish in 4:11.45, falling only six hundredths of a second shy of Melissa Olson’s program standard from 1999.  Allyson Dupay and Ann Davies barely missed out on the top-10 list with the 11th and 12th-fastest swims in 4:21.41 and 4:21.66, respectively.
 
Davies did manage to swim her way into the top-10 list in the 100 breast.  She finished ninth overall in 1:03.50 for the ninth-fastest swim in program laurels, and was paced by Kendra Crew.  Crew cut over a second off her previous personal best, finishing second in 1:01.71.  With the mark, Crew notched an NCAA B cut, her first in the 100-yard breast, and retains her position at fourth on UK’s top swims.
 
The Wildcats had a strong showing in the 100 back thanks to Danielle Galyer and Bridgette Alexander.  The duo had matching times of 1:01.55 in the LCM session, an Olympic Trials cut and a personal best for Alexander.  Galyer went on to win the SCY race in 52.45 seconds, followed by Alexander in the runner-up spot in 53.30 seconds.  Both marks are well under the NCAA B cut standard, with Galyer’s swim less than a second off an A cut.
 
In the 100 fly, UK was paced by Haley McInerny throughout the day.  The freshman flier posted a 1:01.27 in the LCM race to get the third seed, just eight hundredths of a second off the OT standard that she had already reached in prior competition.  McInerny went on to record the 10th-best SCY swim in Kentucky history, finishing sixth in 54.28 seconds for an NCAA B cut.
 
The 200 free was another strong event for the Blue and White, with Geena Freriks and Kendal Casey going 2-3 in both the LCM and SCY races.  The pair just missed out on OT cuts, but both recorded NCAA B cuts in the SCY as Freriks touched in at 1:46.78 and Casey at 1:47.47.  Freriks’ time is less than half a second off Christina Bechtel’s record time, putting her at second all-time.
 
A 200 free swim identical to Freriks’ came in the 800 free relay, when Danielle Galyer also swam a 1:46.78 leadoff 200 to tie Freriks for the second-fastest time in UK history.  Galyer, along with Freriks, McInerny and Casey, finished second overall in 7:11.62.  The other relay, the 200 medley, saw the Wildcats finish fourth in 1:41.04 with a leadoff 50 back personal record of 25.62 seconds from Alexander, along with Crew, McInerny and Meghan Taylor.
 
The men saw a trio of NCAA B cuts from Brandon Flynn, Kyle Higgins and Scott Crosthwaite.  Flynn started the day with an Olympic Trials cut in the 400 IM with the top seed in 4:25.48, and went on to finish runner-up in the SCY race in 3:47.70.  The mark is nearly six seconds of improvement from Flynn’s previous B cut at the Mizzou Quad.
 
Higgins led the butterfly corps, missing out on an OT cut in the 100 LCM fly by .08 seconds.  He finished with the fourth seed in 54.87 seconds, though the junior has already qualified for the Olympic Trials.  Higgins went on to finish sixth in the SCY race in 48.09 seconds, notching his first NCAA B cut in the 100-yard fly.  Matt Roman also had a terrific performance in the event, winning the B final in 48.61 seconds and just missing out on a B cut by less than half a second.
 
Crosthwaite got his first B cut of the year, pacing the team in the 200 free.  He was the only Wildcat to appear in the A final after clocking in at 1:53.62 in the LCM race, and placed eighth in the SCY in 1:37.59. 
 
The remaining individual races saw multiple personal records for the men.  In the 100 breast, Mike Summe led the team with a 57.40, followed by Erik Gudmonson in 57.97, both of which are personal bests for the swimmers.  Walker Thaning paced the team in the 100 back with his performance in the A final that saw him tie for seventh in 48.57 seconds.   Thaning’s swim is also good for a top-10 swim in program history, as he retains his spot as the sixth-fastest backstroker to come through the program.
 
In the relays, Thaning and Summe teamed up with Roman and Cobe Garcia in the 200 medley relay to finish seventh in 1:30.81, the fastest swim of the year for the team.  Sean Gunn led off on the 800 free relay along with Crosthwaite, Higgins and Flynn, as the quartet touched in at 6:33.42 for fifth.
 
Kentucky also had its divers competing at the House of Champions in Indianapolis, Ind.  In the 1-meter springboard, Noah Richter paced the team with a third-place showing of 328.40 points.  The mark is a personal record for the senior, and falls just two points shy of cracking the top-10 list for UK.  Seb Masterton finished fourth with 321.45 points, and Stephen Jou placed sixth with 277.30 points.  For the women, Rebecca Hamperian led the way for the Wildcats on the 3-meter springboard, placing sixth with 241.05 points while Courtney Clark took seventh with 218.85 points and Kailey Francetic posted 199.65 points to finish ninth.

 

Washington State

The Washington State University swim team completed the second day of the Ohio State Invitational on Saturday, where they set 10 Top-10 WSU marks.The Cougars are currently in fourth place with 378 points.

Washington State is facing Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Florida, and the University of Miami.

The Cougars started off the day with a third place finish in the 200 medley relay and picked up 32 points. The relay team of Hannah Bruggman, Linnea Lindberg, Anna Brolin, and Haley Rose Love  touched the wall at 1:40.82, a season best for the team.The Cougars also picked up 22 more points in the 200 medley relay when the team of Loree Olson, Frederikke Hall, Hailey Johnson, and Anna Rosen finished eighth (1:44.04).

In the 400 IM, freshman Jasmine Margetts tallied 12 more points for WSU with a seventh place finish at 4:17.74, the third-fastest time in WSU history and a personal record. Junior Addisynn Bursch picked up 11 points with an eighth place finish at 4:20.11, the fifth-fastest time in school history and also a personal record. Olson earned seven more points for the Cougars with a tenth place finish (4:24.28).

In the 100 butterfly, Brolin clocked a time of 54.10, a personal best and the fifth-best time on the WSU Top-10 list. Brolin finished fifth and picked up 14 points. Junior Elise Locke added five points to the Cougars score in the 100 fly with a time of 54.81, the eight-best time in WSU history and a personal record. Love also competed in the 100 fly and picked up four points for the Cougars with a time of 54.96, the ninth-fastest time in school history. Griffin added two more points to WSU’s score with a time of 55.96. 

The Cougars picked up 32 points in the 100 breaststroke. Hall picked up 15 points with a fourth place finish and clocked a time of 1:02.33, the third-best time in WSU history. Hall also beat her personal record by .01 seconds. Fellow senior Presley Wetterstrom finished fifth behind Hall, with a time of 1:02.40, a personal record for her and the fourth-fastest time in school history. Senior Michelle Berry added three more points with a time of 1:05.76, a personal record for her.

In the 100 backstroke, Olson earned six more points when she touched the wall eleventh at 55.24, the sixth-best time in school history. Bruggman added two and a half points with a time of 55.94, the seventh-fastest time in WSU history. Love had the eighth-fastest time in school history at 56.08. 

In the 200 freestyle, sophomore Rachel Thompson picked up one point with a time of 1:51.03, a season best for her.

The team finished the day with a fifth place finish in the 800 freestyle relay. The team of Bursch, Margetts, Locke, and Thompson, clocked a time of 7:24.19, earning 28 points for the team and a season best time. WSU also picked up 18 more points when the team of Berry, Jessica Marston, Griffin, and Emma Elhoff finished with a time of 7:31.80. 

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