ATHENS, OH., March 7. THE first day of competition has been completed at the 2002 Mid-American Conference Championships at the Aquatic Center. Defending champion Eastern Michigan holds a 16-point lead over Miami (OH) for first-place. Toledo is a strong third.<\/p>\n
TEAM SCORES (end 1st Day)<\/p>\n
1. Eastern Michigan 247
\n2. Miami 231
\n3. Toledo 194
\n4. Northern Illinois 127
\n5. Ohio 104
\n6. Ball State 85
\n7. Bowling Green 58
\n8. Buffalo 24<\/p>\n
200 FREESTYLE RELAY:
\nThe Toledo team of Pierre Van Zyl, Paul Southey, Patrik Johansson and Steve Hnatiuk won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:21.74. Eastern Michigan came in second (1:22.16) and Miami took third (1:22.97).<\/p>\n
500 FREESTYLE:
\nMiami senior John Carroll won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:26.81. Carroll won the event last year with a time of 4:28.39. Eastern Michigan senior Mathew Ense took second (4:29.01) and Nothern Illinois senior Andras Schonek finished third (4:29.20).<\/p>\n
200 IM:
\nMiami senior Eric DiSalle on the 200 IM with a time of 1:49.04. DiSalle won the event last year with a time of 1:49.67. Eastern Michigan junior Justin Breitigam finished second (1:50.49) and RedHawks' sophomore Brad Bartel took third (1:51.64).<\/p>\n
50 FREESTYLE:
\nToledo junior Pierre Van Zyl won the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.44. Eastern Michigan took second and third place. Eagles' junior Jeff Luhn touched the wall in 20.47 and David Vanlier touched in 20.51.<\/p>\n
ONE-METER DIVING:
\nOhio sophomore Robert Keichbaum (Delaware) set a new MAC record in the one-meter dive with a score of 298.00. The previous record of 296.40 was set by Miami's Dylan Nichols in today's preliminaries. Nichols finished third in the finals (297.05) behind teammate Peter Donohue (297.80).<\/p>\n
400 MEDLEY RELAY:
\nEastern Michigan's team of Kevin Doak, John Bartlet, Jeff Luhn and David Vanlier won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:18.95. Toledo finished second (3:21.48) and Miami placed third (3:22.17).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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