NCAA Div. I Men: Eastern Michigan Takes Mid-America Crown

OXFORD, OHIO. March 3. EVEN though Miami University won the most individual titles–ten–at the men's Mid-American Conference Swimming and Diving Championship, which ended this evening, it was Eastern Michigan which wound up being crowned as conference champion. The Eagles amassed 888 points to 794 for the Red and White. It marked the twentieth time EMU had won the conference title.

Miami's John Carroll (Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis) and Will Sensenbrenner (Champaign, Ill./Central) capped off an incredible run over the three days by winning a third MAC individual title each.

Carroll, a junior who had already won the 400 individual medley and the 500 freestyle, came up with the goods one more time by winning the 200 butterfly, finishing with a time of 1:46.51. Carroll finishes the competition having defended by his 400 IM and 200 butterfly championships.

Sensenbrenner, a senior who had already won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, completed the hat trick by winning the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.26.

Eastern Michigan showcased its strength on the final day of the three-day meet, winning four events. EMU's Keith Falk took the 1650 free in 115:46.08, just edging Miami's Kevin Mulgrew (Malden, Mass./Malden Catholic) who clocked a time of 15:47.45.

Eagle sophomore Chris Olszewski came storming from behind on the final 50 yards to overtake Buffalo's Jason McLachlan and win the 200 back, 1:48.31 to 1:48.70.

Still another Eastern Michigan swimmer, Bryson Tan, took the 200 breaststroke. The Eagle senior led all the way, touching in 2:00.23 to set a pool record. Eastern Michigan wrapped up its twentieth title with a 3:00.49 victory in the 400 freestyle relay.

RESULTS

Event 15 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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MAC Records: ! 15:04.68 1998 Mark Leonard
All Time Rec: * 14:56.87 1999 Mark Leonard
NIXON POOL: # 15:18.34 3/1/97 Mark Leonard – EMU
15:06.92 DV 1
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Falk, Keith SO Eastern Michigan 15:46.08
26.42 29.24 29.56 29.46 29.51 29.36 29.38 29.33
29.22 29.17 29.11 28.97 28.88 28.88 28.91 28.82
28.77 28.88 28.79 28.76 28.35 28.37 28.17 28.18
27.94 28.00 27.98 28.28 28.34 28.29 28.54 28.58
27.58
2 Mulgrew, Kevin JR Miami 15:47.45
26.55 28.79 29.19 29.24 29.14 29.32 29.22 29.19
29.24 29.06 29.09 28.96 29.00 29.00 29.11 29.04
28.96 28.84 28.74 28.62 28.51 28.56 28.64 28.66
28.67 28.83 28.82 28.92 28.66 28.59 28.33 27.78
26.24
3 Ense, Matt JR Eastern Michigan 15:48.14
26.36 28.76 29.25 29.21 29.23 29.38 29.27 29.18
29.20 29.16 29.00 28.89 29.07 29.07 29.03 28.94
28.90 28.82 28.63 28.62 28.54 28.65 28.66 28.77
28.87 28.90 28.92 28.98 28.76 28.94 28.59 28.26
25.39
4 Joyce, Sean SO Eastern Michigan 15:48.68
26.28 29.07 29.37 29.20 29.21 29.11 29.31 29.28
29.05 29.39 29.38 28.98 28.84 28.84 29.09 29.09
28.87 28.85 28.81 28.92 28.50 28.74 28.75 29.04
28.95 28.93 28.51 28.67 28.87 28.52 28.39 27.63
26.10
5 Nienhuis, Chad SR Eastern Michigan 15:51.45
26.36 28.95 29.18 29.27 29.10 29.36 29.24 29.32
29.33 29.12 29.05 28.93 28.96 28.96 29.08 28.92
28.88 28.96 28.59 28.70 28.35 28.90 28.71 28.78
28.82 29.05 28.82 28.93 28.67 28.90 28.95 28.25
28.01
6 Swanton, Matt FR Eastern Michigan 15:57.22
26.41 28.82 29.28 29.46 29.30 29.26 29.24 29.37
29.09 29.21 28.85 28.92 28.89 28.89 28.97 28.94
29.17 28.98 28.80 28.96 28.77 28.92 29.04 29.15
29.27 29.49 29.46 29.54 29.31 29.32 29.29 28.97
27.83
7 Piersma, Mark JR Miami 16:00.12
25.55 28.12 28.45 28.62 28.64 28.54 28.74 28.56
28.65 28.70 28.68 28.80 29.11 29.11 29.13 29.35
29.44 29.63 29.58 29.64 29.48 29.58 29.54 29.62
29.63 29.64 29.71 30.11 30.05 29.82 29.87 29.54
28.73
8 Appelcryn, Louwren SR Ball State 16:05.16
26.36 29.45 30.02 29.73 29.84 29.70 29.79 29.55
29.42 29.41 29.43 29.39 29.14 29.14 29.03 29.31
29.15 29.09 29.01 29.19 29.05 29.16 29.16 29.18
29.22 29.34 29.43 29.66 29.21 29.48 29.51 29.13
28.51
9 Brauer, Jason FR Toledo 16:06.98
26.72 28.56 29.00 29.02 29.11 29.23 29.00 29.19
29.33 29.37 29.15 29.17 29.31 29.31 29.43 29.48
29.59 29.41 29.56 29.60 29.71 29.47 29.51 29.73
29.89 30.04 30.02 29.88 29.84 29.77 29.74 29.45
27.58
10 Golden, Ryan SO Bowling Green 16:14.49
26.19 29.23 29.33 29.60 29.43 29.12 29.30 29.21
29.23 29.18 29.15 29.08 29.11 29.11 29.26 29.47
29.67 29.91 29.70 30.05 29.97 29.89 29.88 30.00
30.19 30.02 30.11 30.04 30.60 30.26 30.23 30.13
28.84
11 Danilovic, Vuk FR Toledo 16:16.49
26.74 29.16 29.17 28.90 28.82 28.95 28.91 29.15
29.07 29.40 29.32 29.93 30.73 30.73 30.11 30.23
30.65 30.26 30.32 30.56 30.46 30.75 30.43 30.79
30.22 29.76 29.83 30.06 29.58 29.59 29.24 29.09
26.56
12 Norr, Andy SO Miami 16:16.57
26.43 28.51 28.55 28.60 27.91 28.34 28.69 28.72
28.84 29.32 29.41 29.47 29.49 29.49 29.76 30.05
29.95 30.64 30.61 30.59 30.66 30.40 30.41 30.81
30.97 30.93 30.37 30.76 30.76 30.41 30.60 29.21
26.87
13 Laker, Ben JR Northern Ill 16:26.62
27.02 29.78 29.85 29.75 29.65 29.82 29.86 29.41
29.26 29.83 29.35 29.58 30.11 30.11 30.10 30.10
30.28 30.30 30.22 30.25 30.02 30.26 30.35 30.38
30.48 30.55 30.25 30.81 30.55 30.85 30.26 29.92
27.82
14 Bounds, Ryan FR Ball State 16:29.60
27.69 29.44 30.15 30.40 30.35 29.93 29.62 30.39
30.33 30.60 29.40 30.26 29.98 29.98 30.40 30.08
30.21 30.68 30.32 30.54 29.56 29.94 29.90 30.06
30.05 30.22 30.26 30.42 30.42 30.22 30.32 29.41
27.95
15 Hartman, Paul FR Ohio 16:30.11
26.82 29.40 29.65 30.02 29.87 29.99 30.10 30.36
30.17 30.13 30.22 30.35 30.38 30.38 30.41 30.26
30.49 30.24 30.31 30.24 30.27 30.19 30.17 30.32
30.43 30.20 30.36 30.31 30.20 30.11 30.05 29.57
28.17
16 Hubbard, John JR Ball State 16:33.28
26.47 29.70 30.03 30.06 30.22 30.33 30.41 30.49
30.44 30.55 30.17 30.47 30.44 30.44 29.97 30.42
30.19 30.04 30.31 30.09 30.17 30.16 30.07 30.09
30.30 30.01 31.45 31.37 31.12 30.72 30.20 28.95
27.67
17 Molnar, David FR Toledo 16:33.37
26.90 29.55 30.04 30.08 29.60 29.85 30.07 30.24
30.16 30.14 29.91 30.27 30.03 30.03 30.36 30.33
30.29 30.50 30.53 30.32 30.43 30.60 30.69 30.47
30.67 30.45 30.76 30.88 30.97 30.67 30.08 29.67
27.57
18 Roberts, C J JR Northern Ill 16:35.68
26.94 29.14 29.85 29.94 30.25 30.07 30.19 30.36
30.35 30.36 30.17 30.13 30.39 30.39 30.41 30.40
30.36 30.44 30.26 30.54 30.47 30.45 30.62 30.99
30.48 30.63 30.91 30.86 30.52 30.42 30.31 29.67
28.32
19 Griffin, Mike JR Bowling Green 16:39.24
26.79 29.51 30.02 30.24 30.10 30.26 30.38 30.53
30.30 30.46 30.37 30.31 30.45 30.45 30.57 30.62
30.47 30.57 30.29 30.53 30.37 30.62 30.38 30.58
30.73 30.60 30.69 30.52 30.71 30.40 30.53 30.41
29.55
20 Womack, Lucas SO Bowling Green 16:46.23
26.63 28.73 29.40 29.94 30.29 30.28 30.34 30.31
30.51 30.52 30.71 30.80 30.79 30.79 30.98 30.76
31.11 30.89 31.01 30.96 30.65 30.57 30.98 30.87
30.83 30.94 31.01 31.07 31.29 31.20 30.70 31.01
29.54
21 Lowe, Alan FR Buffalo 16:53.68
25.57 27.91 28.57 29.25 29.44 29.46 30.14 30.03
30.55 30.19 30.90 31.04 31.05 31.05 31.24 31.73
31.77 31.54 31.43 31.79 31.61 31.51 31.95 31.64
31.66 31.39 31.51 31.85 31.29 31.41 31.63 31.21
30.19
22 Grevers, Andy SO Northern Ill 16:56.93
26.89 29.86 30.10 30.02 29.91 30.12 29.96 30.30
30.30 30.39 30.24 30.44 31.01 31.01 31.27 31.13
31.39 31.18 31.35 31.31 31.39 31.42 31.84 31.71
31.29 31.35 31.75 32.10 31.42 31.41 31.72 31.30
30.58

Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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MAC Records: ! 1:46.10 1997 Ross Powells
All Time Rec: * 1:46.10 1997 Ross Powells
NIXON POOL: # 1:46.10 3/1/97 ROSS POWELLS – UTM
1:44.38 DV 1
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
===============================================================================
A – Final
1 Olszewski, Chris SO Eastern Michigan 1:48.56 1:48.31
25.55 27.41 28.12 27.23
2 McLachlan, Jason SR Buffalo 1:49.07 1:48.70
25.28 27.20 27.99 28.23
3 Hronsky, Branislav FR Eastern Michigan 1:49.46 1:49.12
26.41 27.76 27.90 27.05
4 Badgett, Nick JR Ball State 1:48.96 1:49.26
25.93 27.70 27.92 27.71
5 Coyne, Mick SR Northern Ill 1:50.85 1:50.49
25.79 28.06 28.49 28.15
6 Bateman, Josh SR Eastern Michigan 1:51.37 1:50.51
25.92 28.02 28.38 28.19
7 Doak, Kevin SO Eastern Michigan 1:51.62 1:51.01
25.43 28.14 28.37 29.07
8 Norr, Andy SO Miami 1:50.87 1:52.04
26.47 28.28 28.66 28.63
B – Final
9 Keefe, Andrew FR Miami 1:51.76 1:51.32
26.17 28.37 28.38 28.40
10 Schoenhals, Kurt FR Ohio 1:52.02 1:51.86
26.61 28.40 28.74 28.11
11 Salomon, Jeremy SO Miami 1:52.15 1:52.49
25.97 28.40 28.89 29.23
12 Stanley, Stephen JR Ohio 1:52.04 1:52.84
26.59 28.48 28.82 28.95
13 Lawrance, Justin FR Toledo 1:52.67 1:52.96
26.26 28.55 28.90 29.25
14 Henning, Zach SO Toledo 1:52.90 1:53.03
25.85 28.77 29.75 28.66
15 Jeffroy, Erwan FR Northern Ill 1:52.72 1:53.32
27.15 28.30 29.34 28.53
16 Stimson, Eric SR Buffalo 1:53.23 1:59.76
27.22 29.88 31.41 31.25
Preliminaries
17 Smith, Rod FR Ball State 1:53.28
18 Wight, Alan SO Ohio 1:54.19
19 Bizzarro, Paul JR Bowling Green 1:54.99
20 Cubberly, Ray SO Toledo 1:55.06
21 Lizauckas, Tony SO Buffalo 1:56.07
22 Roehl, Bill SR Bowling Green 1:57.10
23 Buffett, Brendan SO Ohio 1:57.43
24 Pavlovich, Matt JR Ball State 1:58.38
25 Laubacher, Mike SO Ohio 1:58.43
26 Kelly, Brian FR Ohio 1:59.13
27 Kouzan, Buddy FR Buffalo 2:04.09

Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
===============================================================================
MAC Records: ! 43.62 1998 Dan Draeger
All Time Rec: * 43.62 1998 Dan Draeger
NIXON POOL: # 43.63 3/1/97 DAN DRAEGER – UTM
43.64 DV 1
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
===============================================================================
A – Final
1 Sensenbrenner, Wil SR Miami 44.59 45.26
21.02 24.24
2 Fuentes, Dario JR Northern Ill 45.47 45.80
22.00 23.80
3 Luhn, Jeff SO Eastern Michigan 45.77 45.92
21.97 23.95
4 Jordan, Joshua SO Ball State 45.55 46.10
22.01 24.09
4 Meekins, Ryan SO Eastern Michigan 45.55 46.10
22.14 23.96
6 Jenkins, Andy SR Bowling Green 45.63 46.40
21.77 24.63
— Gilbert, Drew SO Toledo 45.38 DQ
— VanLier, Dave JR Eastern Michigan 44.95 DQ
B – Final
9 Cabo, Peter JR Northern Ill 46.12 45.89
22.19 23.70
10 Van Zyl, J P SO Toledo 45.94 45.96
21.92 24.04
11 Dukes, Craig JR Toledo 45.86 46.28
22.01 24.27
12 Schuyler, Nick SO Ball State 46.51 46.38
21.84 24.54
13 Kamp, Chris SO Northern Ill 46.16 46.53
21.99 24.54
14 Hnatiuk, Steve JR Toledo 46.03 46.57
22.17 24.40
15 Fraas, David FR Miami 46.03 46.66
22.23 24.43
16 Goodrich, Erik FR Ball State 46.40 47.05
22.43 24.62
Preliminaries
17 Cornelius, Dan FR Northern Ill 46.59
18 Bergan, Dave SO Miami 46.88
19 Frazier, Dustin JR Ohio 47.05
20 Smith, Matt JR Ball State 47.10
20 Kelly, Jim SR Northern Ill 47.10
22 Smith, Marc JR Ball State 47.25
23 Brown, Adam JR Bowling Green 47.44
24 Kotowski, Kevin FR Buffalo 47.56
25 Folt, Jason FR Ohio 47.71
26 Wendel, Daniel JR Ball State 47.95
27 Bansbach, Bryan SO Ohio 47.98
28 Lim, Chris JR Toledo 48.01
29 Mohlman, Tom JR Bowling Green 48.17
30 Hemminger, Aaron SR Bowling Green 48.31
31 Heneghan, Brendan SO Northern Ill 48.63
32 Reese, Dan SO Bowling Green 48.85
33 Bruchac, Richard SO Bowling Green 49.79

Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
===============================================================================
MAC Records: ! 2:00.03 1992 Dave Dixon
All Time Rec: * 2:00.03 1992 Dave Dixon
NIXON POOL: # 2:01.46 12/1/00 Kevin Duruis
1:58.28 DV 1
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
===============================================================================
A – Final
1 Tan, Bryson SR Eastern Michigan 2:01.52 2:00.23#
26.70 30.18 31.34 32.01
2 Bartlet, John FR Eastern Michigan 2:03.38 2:02.67
27.82 31.33 31.21 32.31
3 Weed, Leon JR Northern Ill 2:04.81 2:03.48
27.08 31.27 32.03 33.10
4 Smith, Zach SO Ball State 2:04.62 2:03.71
27.62 31.21 32.15 32.73
5 Kirk, John SR Miami 2:03.24 2:04.22
27.36 31.25 32.14 33.47
6 Huff, Sam SR Ball State 2:05.67 2:06.19
28.63 31.57 32.03 33.96
7 Cadden, Clint FR Ball State 2:06.77 2:08.28
28.59 32.26 33.54 33.89
8 Nienhuis, Chad SR Eastern Michigan 2:06.13 2:11.35
29.05 33.22 34.58 34.50
B – Final
9 Voege, John JR Toledo 2:07.11 2:06.89
28.10 31.64 33.14 34.01
10 Smith, Don SR Miami 2:09.12 2:07.30
27.96 32.29 33.29 33.76
11 Finck, Jason JR Miami 2:07.28 2:07.61
28.82 32.50 32.70 33.59
12 Bartel, Ray SO Bowling Green 2:08.32 2:07.75
28.30 32.20 33.06 34.19
13 Pater, Mike FR Miami 2:09.08 2:10.64
28.79 32.85 33.71 35.29
14 Ellinger, Matt SR Bowling Green 2:09.86 2:11.16
28.59 33.13 34.29 35.15
15 Galazka, Tom SR Northern Ill 2:12.77 2:11.18
28.67 33.08 34.66 34.77
16 Molnar, Kevin SR Toledo 2:12.09 2:12.13
29.00 33.19 34.31 35.63
Preliminaries
17 Leupold, Jeff SR Toledo 2:13.11
18 Roby, Ryan FR Ohio 2:16.48
19 Szyprowski, Mike SO Buffalo 2:18.65

Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
===============================================================================
MAC Records: ! 1:45.83 1999 Kevin Northup
All Time Rec: * 1:45.83 1999 Kevin Northup
NIXON POOL: # 1:45.19 3/1/97 PEDRO MONTEIRO – Kenyon
1:45.46 DV 1
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
===============================================================================
A – Final
1 Carroll, John JR Miami 1:47.14 1:46.51
23.60 26.87 27.51 28.53
2 Breitigam, Justin SO Eastern Michigan 1:50.03 1:49.80
24.42 28.12 28.19 29.07
3 DiSalle, Eric JR Miami 1:50.08 1:50.05
24.68 27.43 28.23 29.71
4 Sutton, Ben FR Eastern Michigan 1:50.86 1:50.87
24.58 28.24 28.93 29.12
5 Ball, Kelly SO Miami 1:51.53 1:51.21
25.09 28.13 28.72 29.27
6 Chorney, Drew SR Eastern Michigan 1:52.00 1:51.92
24.38 28.49 29.49 29.56
7 Revere, Jason FR Ball State 1:52.33 1:52.08
25.27 28.52 28.70 29.59
8 Keefe, Andrew FR Miami 1:52.05 1:53.76
25.09 28.52 30.26 29.89
B – Final
9 Osweiler, Adam JR Ohio 1:53.21 1:52.54
25.69 28.97 29.21 28.67
10 Smullin, Jeff SO Ohio 1:52.92 1:53.37
24.93 29.08 29.76 29.60
11 Gandre, Ryan JR Miami 1:53.55 1:53.50
25.04 29.07 29.21 30.18
12 Morrissey, Kyle SR Northern Ill 1:54.45 1:53.97
25.82 29.08 29.39 29.68
13 Schrage, Josh SR Ohio 1:54.73 1:54.06
25.69 29.02 29.43 29.92
14 Bertram, Greg SO Ohio 1:52.69 1:54.70
25.64 28.89 29.70 30.47
15 Glenn, Mark SO Toledo 1:55.04 1:55.23
24.46 28.48 30.21 32.08
16 Bounds, Ryan FR Ball State 1:55.00 1:58.84
26.26 30.05 30.57 31.96
Preliminaries
17 Hartman, Paul FR Ohio 1:55.15
18 Pun, Josh SR Buffalo 1:55.43
19 Tatum, Dexter SR Buffalo 1:55.44
20 Griffin, Mike JR Bowling Green 1:56.67
21 Anderson, Kevin JR Bowling Green 1:56.76
22 Burwell, Josh FR Ohio 1:56.84
23 Young, Andy FR Ball State 1:57.20
24 Friend, Jonathan JR Ohio 1:59.73
25 Wasinger, Jacob SO Bowling Green 1:59.88
26 Turner, Jay JR Toledo 2:00.85
27 Griffin, Tim SR Northern Ill 2:01.35
28 O'Hara, Kyle JR Bowling Green 2:01.86
29 Marinof, Alex FR Northern Ill 2:04.22
30 Thomas, Chris JR Bowling Green 2:07.52

Event 20 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
===============================================================================
MAC Records: ! 2:58.07 1997 University of Toledo
Powells, Fries, Fulling, Draeger
All Time Rec: * 2:58.07 1997 Universtiy of Toledo
Powells, Fries, Fulling, Draeger
NIXON POOL: # 2:58.07 3/1/97 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
2:55.37 DV 1
School Finals Points
===============================================================================
1 Eastern Michigan University 'A' 3:00.49
1) Luhn, Jeff SO 2) Tan, Bryson SR
3) Meekins, Ryan SO 4) VanLier, Dave JR
21.99 23.55 21.23 23.47 21.73 23.74 21.23 23.55
2 University of Toledo 'A' 3:01.68
1) Gilbert, Drew SO 2) Van Zyl, J P SO
3) Dukes, Craig JR 4) Hnatiuk, Steve JR
21.05 24.29 21.27 23.96 21.25 23.99 21.51 24.36
3 Miami University 'A' 3:02.39
1) Carroll, John JR 2) DiSalle, Eric JR
3) Fraas, David FR 4) Sensenbrenner, Will SR
22.43 24.25 21.40 24.25 21.49 23.94 20.99 23.64
4 Northern Illinois 'A' 3:02.61
1) Cornelius, Dan FR 2) Kamp, Chris SO
3) Cabo, Peter JR 4) Fuentes, Dario JR
22.01 24.40 21.31 24.23 21.67 23.69 21.67 23.63
5 Ball State University 'A' 3:06.57
1) Schuyler, Nick SO 2) Smith, Matt JR
3) Goodrich, Erik FR 4) Jordan, Joshua SO
21.87 24.43 22.04 24.79 22.01 24.56 22.79 24.08
6 Ohio University 'A' 3:06.74
1) Schoenhals, Kurt FR 2) Frazier, Dustin JR
3) Folt, Jason FR 4) Osweiler, Adam JR
22.13 24.46 21.97 24.65 21.67 25.36 22.34 24.16
7 Bowling Green State University 'A' 3:07.68
1) Jenkins, Andy SR 2) Brown, Adam JR
3) Hemminger, Aaron SR 4) Mohlman, Tom JR
21.79 24.28 22.05 24.42 22.00 25.90 22.43 24.81
8 University at Buffalo 'A' 3:09.46
1) Kotowski, Kevin FR 2) Tatum, Dexter SR
3) Pun, Josh SR 4) McLachlan, Jason SR
22.32 24.94 22.59 24.88 22.66 25.11 22.31 24.65

Event 21 Men Platform Diving
===============================================================================
Name Year School Prelims Finals
===============================================================================
A – Final
1 Alvan, Michael FR Toledo 248.85 404.35
2 Zabriskie, Marc FR Northern Ill 188.60 309.30
3 Billegas, Manny SO Eastern Michigan 132.90 304.90

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