{"id":244275,"date":"2017-03-02T20:10:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T03:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=244275"},"modified":"2018-02-13T20:56:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T03:56:27","slug":"missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri State Takes Narrow Lead At Men&#8217;s MAC Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting action took place during day two of the 2017 Men&#8217;s MAC Swimming and Diving Championships. Missouri State currently has the lead, but only 18 points separate the top three teams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/results\/2017-mens-mac-championships-day-2-finals-day-2\/ncaa-college\/2017\/March\/2\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Men&#8217;s MAC Championships Day 2 Finals &#8211; Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Missouri State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Antonio Thomas\u00a0<\/strong>dominated the 500 free to begin day two finals. The freshman won his first individual MAC Championship title with a time of 4:19.97, nearly four seconds faster than his swim this morning. His time set a new pool record.<\/p>\n<p>His teammate\u00a0<strong>Minki Kang\u00a0<\/strong>placed second in 4:23.28 to give the Bears a one-two finish while Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kyle Lichtenberg\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in 4:23.28.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Charles Barry\u00a0<\/strong>(4:26.15), Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Iago Moussalem do Amaral\u00a0<\/strong>(4:27.27), Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Alexander Arrieta\u00a0<\/strong>(4:28.49), Buffalo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Reid Zyniecki\u00a0<\/strong>(4:28.65), and Southern Illinois&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Michael Wolfe\u00a0<\/strong>(4:31.59) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"244281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/screen-shot-2017-03-02-at-8-22-52-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1100,956\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 8.22.52 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 8.22.52 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM-1024x890.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244281\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 8.22.52 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM-533x463.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM-230x200.png 230w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM-1024x890.png 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-8.22.52-PM.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Missouri State took the top two spots yet again, this time in the 200 IM. Sophomore\u00a0<strong>Artur Osvath\u00a0<\/strong>led the field, posting a time of 1:46.24. The four-time MAC Swimmer of the Week, who finished second in this event last year, dropped over one second off his morning swim.<\/p>\n<p>Osvath&#8217;s teammate\u00a0<strong>Kacper Cwiek\u00a0<\/strong>finished half a second behind in 1:46.71 and Southern Illinois&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Filippo Dell&#8217;Olio\u00a0<\/strong>took third in 1:47.05.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jake Tyson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.09), Missouri State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Phillip Willett\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.69), Missouri State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Christopher Heye\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.27), Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Justin Andrews\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.19), and Missouri State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nicholas Theunissen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.35) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"244316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/screen-shot-2017-03-02-at-10-05-52-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"2210,1192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 10.05.52 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 10.05.52 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM-1024x552.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244316\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 10.05.52 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM-533x287.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM-280x151.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-10.05.52-PM-1024x552.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Buffalo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mason Miller\u00a0<\/strong>was the only swimmer under the 20-second barrier in the 50 free. The sophomore won his second-consecutive MAC title in this event, posting a time of 19.91.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Illinois&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Andre Luiz Brilhante\u00a0<\/strong>touched the wall second in 20.15 and Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lucas Brock\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in 20.38.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jack Strauss\u00a0<\/strong>(20.52),\u00a0<strong>Bobby Wood\u00a0<\/strong>(20.56), Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hutch Blackstone\u00a0<\/strong>(20.76), Buffalo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Eric Jensen\u00a0<\/strong>(20.79), and Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nick Ward\u00a0<\/strong>(20.79) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"244302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/screen-shot-2017-03-02-at-9-04-46-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1440,526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.04.46 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.04.46 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM-1024x374.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244302\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.04.46 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM-533x195.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM-280x102.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM-1024x374.png 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.04.46-PM.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Alex Chan\u00a0<\/strong>won the 1m diving event for the second-straight year. The senior bettered his score from last year, finishing with 362.85 points.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nick Rodriguez\u00a0<\/strong>placed second with a score of 344.40 and Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Thomas Gillis\u00a0<\/strong>took third with 313.05 points.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kristian Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(309.55), Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Daniel Gironza\u00a0<\/strong>(303.90), Eastern Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Peter Rusenas\u00a0<\/strong>(279.25), Miami-Ohio&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sean Sargent\u00a0<\/strong>(277.00), and\u00a0Southern Illinois&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Kai Hffmann-Dussome\u00a0<\/strong>(264.90) also dove in the A-Final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"244308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/screen-shot-2017-03-02-at-9-52-00-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1206,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.52.00 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.52.00 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM-700x394.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM-1024x335.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244308\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM-700x394.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.52.00 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM-533x174.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM-280x91.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.52.00-PM.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After putting four swimmers in the 50 free A-Final, it&#8217;s not surprise that Miami-Ohio won the 200 free relay. The team of Brock (20.36), Ward (20.17), Blackstone (20.04), and Strauss (19.92) won the final event of the evening in 1:20.49.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo&#8217;s Miller (20.01), Jensen (20.08),\u00a0<strong>Itai De La Vega\u00a0<\/strong>(20.18), and\u00a0<strong>Hudson Carroll\u00a0<\/strong>(20.63) took second in 1:20.90 and Missouri State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Mollack\u00a0<\/strong>(20.79),\u00a0<strong>Samuel Senn\u00a0<\/strong>(19.95),\u00a0<strong>Jake Schultz\u00a0<\/strong>(20.09), and Brand (20.37) finished third in 1:21.20.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"244307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/screen-shot-2017-03-02-at-9-51-10-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1220,836\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.51.10 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.51.10 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM-1024x702.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244307\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 9.51.10 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM-533x365.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM-280x192.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-02-at-9.51.10-PM.png 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Team Scores:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Missouri State-248<br \/>\n2. Buffalo-237.5<br \/>\n3. Eastern Michigan-230<br \/>\n4. Miami-Ohio-217.5<br \/>\n5. Southern Illinois-178<br \/>\n6. Ball State-76<br \/>\n7. Evansville-75<\/p>\n<p>Prelims will begin tomorrow at 11 a.m. CST.<\/p>\n<p><em>All results can be found on Meet Mobile-2017 MAC Men&#8217;s Swim and Dive Championship.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting action took place during day two of the 2017 Men&#8217;s MAC Swimming and Diving Championships. Missouri State currently has the lead, but only 18 points separate the top three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":244310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[60466,63778],"class_list":["post-244275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-2017-mens-mid-american-conference-championships","tag-mid-american-conference-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Missouri State Takes Narrow Lead At Men&#039;s MAC Championships<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/missouri-state-takes-narrow-lead-at-mens-mac-championships\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Missouri State Takes Narrow Lead At Men&#039;s MAC Championships\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exciting action took place during day two of the 2017 Men&#8217;s MAC Swimming and Diving Championships. 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