OXFORD, Ohio, December 5. A bevy of talented Miami freshman swimmers and divers helped the RedHawks take over first place in a big way Friday night at the 16th Annual Miami Invitational.<\/p>\n
The Red and White have 1,218 points through day two, 470 points ahead of second-place Florida Gulf Coast (748). Emory is in third place (741), followed by Illinois (578), Denison (531), Oakland (509), Cincinnati (393), Wright State (366) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (116).<\/p>\n
The RedHawks wasted no time in taking the overall lead in the meet with a second- and sixth-place finish in the opening race, the 200-yard medley relay. A freshman-laden unit, anchored by senior Allison Way, swam the distance in a season-best time of 1:33.85, just two one-hundredths of a second behind Emory's winners. Three freshmen–Bekka Westrick, Maegan O'Connor and Katie Arlinghaus–accompanied Way.<\/p>\n
The RedHawks extended their points lead in the 200-yard butterfly by taking five of the top eight spots, led by freshman Leah Thornton's second-place finish with a time of 2:01.90. It was Thornton's second freshman record of the day. O'Connor placed fourth (2:03.81), Brittney Rohr was fifth (2:03.90), Claire Dickmann was sixth (2:05.78) and Kelsey Mallon finished eighth (2:06.11).<\/p>\n
Miami's Molly Tyler swam a career-best time in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 1:53.55, good for second place in the "C" final. Way was barely touched out in the "A" finals, finishing second in a team-best time of 1:51.49. Westrick placed sixth and sophomore Sarah Radke was seventh.<\/p>\n
Kelsey Vehr broke her own meet-record from Friday's prelims in the 100-yard breaststroke, hitting the wall in NCAA Div. 1 B qualifying time of 1:02.26. Brunn moved up a spot to finish second behind Vehr with a season-best time of 1:03.22.<\/p>\n
In the 100 backstroke final, Thornton swam a season-best race to take first place. Her 55.20 clocking was a Div. 1 B qualifying time. Miami's Nicole Roddenbery placed sixth and O'Connor was seventh in the 100 back.<\/p>\n
The 400-yard individual medley saw Miami's Vehr and Brunn place third and fourth in respective times of 4:24.79 and 4:25.03. Brunn's time was a season best for her.<\/p>\n
Westrick topped the 50-yard freestyle entries at 23.41, nipping her closest competitor by two one-hundredths of a second, a season-best time. Way placed fourth and O'Connor finished seventh.<\/p>\n
In the women's three-meter diving competition, Miami freshman Corrine Bangs tallied a season-best 317.40 points to claim second place. Fellow freshman Danica Roskos was third.<\/p>\n
In the final event for the women, Miami's 400-yard medley relay team knocked nearly five seconds off of their previous time clocking (3:45.71), just 24 one-hundredths of a second better than runner-up Oakland.<\/p>\n
The Invitational concludes Saturday with preliminary races at 9 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. There also will be a special diving exhibition at 5:45 p.m. that features a touring group of Chinese Olympic hopefuls, several U.S. elite youth, former RedHawk all-star Chris Heaton, and members of Miami's varsity men's and women's diving teams. <\/p>\n
Miami University's diving quartet of Cameron Horner, James Beres, Mike Grainger and Chris Hoppler placed first through fourth in the one-meter event to pull within 4.5 points of fifth place Cincinnati after day two of the 16th annual Miami Invitational.<\/p>\n
Horner edged out Beres for first place by a single point, 346.85 to 345.85. The divers accounted for 123 points in that one event.<\/p>\n
Oakland University tops the men's standings with 692 points, following by Wright State (625), Denison (569.5), Emory (476) and Cincinnati (433).<\/p>\n
The Invitational concludes Saturday with preliminary races at 9 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. There also will be a special diving exhibition at 5:45 p.m. that features a touring group of Chinese Olympic hopefuls, a number of U.S. elite youth, former RedHawk all-star Chris Heaton, and members of Miami's varsity men's and women's diving teams.<\/p>\n
Numerous RedHawk swimmers established season bests on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Jason Hass knocked a full second off his previous season-best time in the 200-yard butterfly (1:52.76), finishing fifth to lead the RedHawks swimmers.<\/p>\n
Anderson Whipp had a season-best time in the 200 freestyle "C" finals, touching the wall at 1:44.40.<\/p>\n
Senior Michael Carroll finished sixth in the finals of the 100 breaststroke, clocking in at a season-best time of 58.38.<\/p>\n
Darin Smith bettered his season-best time for the second straight race in the 400 individual medley, touching in at 4:09.75.<\/p>\n
John Eick's time of 21.39 was good for first place in the "B" final of the 50 freestyle and marked his best time of 2009.<\/p>\n
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