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IUPUI Edges Denison

IUPUI Press Release

GRANVILLE, Ohio – Facing off with the top-ranked Division III men's swimming program in the nation, the IUPUI men's swimming and diving teams took care of business Friday (Jan. 13), paddling to victory by a narrow 158-142 margin.  The Jags took the top spot in nine out of 16 events, and received contributions from both seasoned vets as well as new faces.
 
The Jags were keyed to victory on the day by Jared Allen and Ben Levart, who each won a pair of individual events.  Allen also helped take home the top-spot in two relay races.
 
IUPUI started the dual-meet with a first-place finish in the men's 200 Individual Medley Relay, as Allen, Josh Barajas, Landan Mintch, and newcomer Vince Partlow locked up the top-spot with a 1:32.81 finish, just under half a second faster than the next team.  Partlow also had a second-place 51.71 showing in the 100 Fly.
 
Levart followed suit with his first victory in the 1000 Free, logging a 9:29.83 gallop, just a few seconds off his program-record fastest time.  It was the sixth-fastest finish in the event out of all Summit League swimmers this season.  Reigning Summit League Swimmer of the Week David Sweezer finished the event in second-place, touching the wall in 9:39.52.  Levart and Sweezer went one and two again in the 500 Free, with Levart finishing in 4:37.64, more than two seconds faster than Sweezer's 4:39.95.
 
Jackson Sandala left his imprint on the day's action, as the first-year Jag pushed to a first-place finish in the 200 Free with a 1:41.48.  He and Allen powered the men's 400 Free Relay to a first-place finish as well, as teammates Lennart Kuester and Trenton Wolfe combined for a 3:05.35 time.  Kuester, who has missed extended time due to injury, also finished third in the 100 Back (53.48) behind teammate Matt Stowe who had a second-place 53.27 showing.  Kuester then logged a 46.81 second-place finish in the 100 Free, an even in which the Jags swept the top-three spots.  Allen took first with a 46.26 touch while Sandala landed third (46.85).
 
Allen added to his big day with the fastest time in the fastest event, a 21.02 touch in the 50 Free.
 
The diving team did their part in contributing to the Jags victory, as Krisztian Somhegyi catapulted to a 362.93 score in the three-meter springboard event, the top overall finish.  Teammate Mitch Mastey finished in third with a 319.13 score.
 
The duo would take the second and third-place spots in the one-meter event, with Somhegyi logging a 314.78 scorecard.  Mastey jumped to a 273.83.
 
The Jags will now wrap up the regular season next weekend at home, as the team welcomes Wabash Friday (Jan. 20), followed by Notre Dame Saturday (Jan. 21).

Denison Press Release

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Top-ranked Denison suffered a 158-142 loss to visiting IUPUI on Friday afternoon at the Trumbull Aquatics Center.  The Big Red trailed the Division I Jaguars by 11 points heading into the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay.

To win the meet, Denison needed to lock up first and second place in the relay to erase the deficit.  IUPUI's team of Jackson Sandala, Lennart Kuester, Trenton Wolfe and Jared Allen beat Denison's top relay entry to the wall with a time of 3:05.35 to lock up the meet victory.  Denison's team of Kenny Fox, Trent Schulten, Eric Gerlach and Max Howes posted a time of 3:06.27.  The Big Red also locked down third-place as Kymani Senior, Stuart Hohm, Walter Dauksher and Aaron Saccurato ended in 3:09.85.

Denison did log seven event victories, led by senior Jack Lindell's three wins.  Lindell locked down first place finishes in the 200 IM (1:52.95), the 200 backstroke (1:51.54) and the 200 butterfly (1:52.80).  In the 200 fly, Francis Biagioli touched third and Bebe Wang followed with a second place finish in the 200 back (1:53.11) and a third place showing in the 200 IM (1:54.67).

In the 100 backstroke, Wang won the race with a time of 52.05.  Tiernan Foster-Smith followed in the 100 breaststroke with a first place time of 58.01.

Denison's other individual swimming win came from Liam Marsden-Readford in the 100 butterfly as he touched in 51.00.

In diving, Big Red senior Max Levy won the 1-meter board with a six-dive score of 336.83.  He returned in the 3-meter to place second with a score of 345.00.  Denison's Brian Allen tallied 243.98 points on the 1-meter to place fifth.  He turned in a fourth place finish on the 3-meter after a score of 264.45.

In the sprint freestyle races, Fox took second in the 50 free in 21.13 while Gerlach placed third in 21.58.  Fox returned with a fourth-place showing in the 100 free with a time of 46.86.

Hohm posted Denison's best times in the 200 and 500 freestyles.  In the 200, Hohm was the runner-up with a time of 1:42.28.  He touched third in the 500 free after a time of 4:42.14.

In the 200 breaststroke, Jake Ball paced DU with a second-place time of 2:09.71.  In the first individual race of the meet, Ben Burdick finished third in the 1,000 free in 9:42.96.  Prior to the 1,000 free, PJ Desmet, Foster-Smith, Fox and Howes placed second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:33.26.

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