Tiffin University took another big stride forward with their second-year swimming and diving program, finishing fourth of seven teams in the men's standings and 7th of 11 teams in the women's standings. The men totaled 355.5 points, trailing Malone's 380.5 while edging out Ashland's 303 points. The women, meanwhile, totaled 234 points, with Hillsdale finishing sixth with 300 points and Saginaw Valley State falling behind TU with 224 points.
Petko Toroomanov earned Third Team All GLIAC honors with 3rd place finishes in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. He posted a time of 2:00.71 and earned an NCAA B cut in the process.
Anastasiia Kvitchenko also got a B cut with a 4th place finish in the 100 freestyle in a time of 51.88. Alexandria Lehman also finished 9th in the 200 breaststroke, with Melinda Ulbrecht finishing 18th. Karolina Siwiec (16th) and Alexandria Schuttinger (18th) also placed in the 200 backstroke. The women's 4x400 freestyle relay team also finished 9th.
For the men, Ty Collins took 8th in the 200 backstroke in 1:55.62, Pedro Van Isschot was 10th in the 100 freestyle in 46.78 and was followed by Ygor Bortolato (12th) and Lucas Bernardo (16th). Anthony Modica placed 15th in the 200 breaststroke, while the men's 4x400 freestyle relay was 4th in 3:09.17. In the 1650 freestyle, Josh Scheuren was 12th and Kody Doss 17th.
"It has been an amazing four days for our team," said Head Coach Margarita Kalmikova. "In 4 days we posted 13 NCAA B cuts, set 17 school records, had 23 top 8 finishes and 31 top 16 finishes. The men scored 98 more points than last year and the women 170 more than last year.
The team worked so hard the entire season and it definitely paid off. It's exciting to see the progress and also great motivation for the future. We are still growing and still learning. I am very proud of my team and how much they were able to learn in such a short period of time.Now we just have to wait and see if we will have any swimmers invited to NCAA Championships and get Morgan ready for her diving pre-qualification meet for NCAAs."
