Miami Women, Denison Men Lead Miami Invitational

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OXFORD – The Miami (Ohio) women’s and Denison men’s swimming and diving teams lead the team standings after the first day of racing at the Miami Invitational, held at the Nixon Aquatic Center in Oxford.

Miami Women’s Press Release

A dominating team effort in the 200-yard IM helped propel the Miami University women’s swimming and diving team in first place following Thursday night’s session of the Miami Invitational at Nixon Aquatic Center.

Miami is currently leading with a team score of 666. Emory is second with 462 points, Cincinnati is third (411), Denison is fourth (385.5) and Toledo (367), Wright State (201.5) and Urbana (80) round out the team rankings, respectively.

Sophomore Elise Campbell swam the 200-yard IM in 2:02.03 for first place, earning the RedHawks 36 points. Sophomore Stephanie LeMire earned second place for her time of 2:02.64. Junior Aubrey Kluth (2:02.80), freshman Holly Schuster (2:04.38) and freshman Casey Frazier (2:05.90) finished in third, fourth and ninth place, respectively. These five RedHawks earned a total of 146 points in the event for Miami.

Senior Stephanie Pearce clocked in at 4:52.30 for third place in the 500-yard freestyle, earning the RedHawks 29 points. Freshman Shay Spelman (4:54.13), junior Kelly Rogers (5:00.00) and senior Caitlin Fujan (5:02.10) finished in fifth, eighth and ninth, respectively. The four RedHawk swimmers earned 103 in the 500-yard freestyle.

The relay team of Elise Campbell, freshman Katie Kuhl, junior Gabby Veri and senior Annie Marquiss placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:33.34, earning 60 points. Junior Sara Krueger, sophomore Brittany Dudzinski, junior Michele Rielly and Fujan earned 52 points by finishing sixth (1:35.03).

Elise Campbell, LeMire, Schuster and Marquiss swam the 400-yard medley relay in 3:46.03 for third place. Dudzinski, Frazier, junior Stephanie Nemeth and Kuhl earned 50 points for the RedHawks for placing seventh (3:49.14).

Marquiss clocked in at 23.16 for second place in the 50-yard freestyle. She earned the RedHawks 30 points for her efforts.

The Miami Invitational resumes Friday morning, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. with the 400-yard IM preliminaries. The evening session kicks off later that day at 7 p.m. at the Nixon Aquatic Center. The Invitational wraps up with two sessions on Saturday.

Miami Men’s Press Release

Miami University’s men’s swimming and diving team returned to the pool Thursday with the 21st Annual Miami Invitational. The RedHawks finished the day in fifth place among the six-team field.

Touching the wall in a time of 20.20, senior Joe Baumgartner earned points when took first place in the 50-yard freestyle in the A-cut finals. Sophomore Lucas Brock placed 13th with his time of 21.13 in the same event with junior Jake Prodoehl and freshman Ross Westrick close behin in 17th and 18th place, respectively.

Senior Andy Kilkenny took 15th in the 200-yard IM when he clocked a time of 1:53.6 followed by junior Evan Bader in 17th with a time of 1:54.51.

The Miami men brought home fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay led by Baumgartner followed by Westrick, Brock and Prodoehl with a final time 1:22.36. In the final event of the night, the 400-yard relay, the RedHawks took sixth with a team time of 3:22.36. Junior Sean Neri swam the lead leg with Bader, freshman Pete Simcox and sophomore Jack Straus swimming the following legs.

Entering Friday the standings are: Denison in first place with 588 points, Cincinnati with 516 points, Emory in third with 465, Wright State with 412 points, the RedHawks with 313 and Urbana bringing up the rear with 111 points.

The next session Friday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. in the Nixon Aquatic Center with the night session beginning at 7 p.m. The Miami Invitational wraps up with two sessions on Saturday.

Results: Miami Invitational, Day One (Women)

Results: Miami Invitational, Day One (Men)

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