Women's Swimming Takes First, Men Second at Butler Double Duals

Sunday, October 1

Fishers, Ind.

12 PM

Xavier University

Butler Quad Meet

Women's Swimming Takes First, Men Second at Butler Double Duals

10.01.17 | Swimming

Results (via CollegeSwimming.com)

Freshmen Taylor Hogan wins a pair of events, sets new school record for women

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

INDIANAPOLIS - Xavier swimming opened its season with strong performances for both the women's and men's squad at the Butler Double Duals.

On the day, Musketeers collected the top spot in 10 events. Overall, the women finished in the top spot for a third-straight year, collecting wins over Saint Louis, Indiana State, Evansville, Butler and Valparaiso. The men finished second with team wins over Evansville and Valparaiso, falling narrowly to Saint Louis.

WOMEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier opened the meet by taking the top two spots in the 200 medley relay, with the school record-holding 'A' squad of Paxtyn Drew, Becca Titterton, Caroline Gaertner and Emily Conners taking the top spot.
Emily Conners continued where she left off after a stellar freshman year in freestyle sprints, winning the 50 free.
Taylor Hogan left her mark on the program in her first meet as a Musketeer, winning the 400 IM and the 200 fly. Her time in the 200 fly, 2:01.79, set a new school record, knocking over three seconds off the previous program best.
The Xavier women closed out the event with another relay win, in the 400 relay, with the quartet of Conners, Abigail Garner, Caroline Gaertner and Paxtyn Drew, who currently hold the school record in the event.

WOMEN'S TOP FINISHES

200 Medley Relay	Paxtyn Drew Becca Titterton Caroline Gaertner Emily Conners	1:47.84	1st
	Ali Fort Samantha White Taylor Hogan Lorelei Gaertner	1:49.21	2nd
1000 Free	Emma Kauffeld	10:30.24	2nd
200 Free	Abigail Garner	1:56.97	3rd
	Katie Kerr	1:58.43	5th
50 Free	Emily Conners	23.66	1st
	Laura Dicus	24.95	5th
400 IM	Taylor Hogan	4:33.28	1st
	Alison Herman	4:44.54	5th
200 Fly	Taylor Hogan	2:01.79	1st
100 Free	Abigail Garner	53.66	2nd
	Caroline Gaertner	54.09	4th
200 Back	Paxtyn Drew	2:05.50	2nd
	Ali Fort	2:08.33	4th
500 Free	Emma Kauffeld	5:10.23	2nd
200 Breast	Samantha White	2:26.87	2nd
	Delaney Sprague	2:29.04	4th
400 Free Relay	Emily Conners Abigail Garner Caroline Gaertner Paxtyn Drew	3:32.13	1st

MEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier's men took two of the top three spots in the 200 medley relay to open the event.
Nick Mahoney touched the wall first in his first individual event as a Musketeer, winning the 1,000 freestyle.
Alex Sironen also started off his rookie campaign with a win, in the 50 free, leading in three Musketeers in the top five.
Freshman Christian Thomas also picked up a first place finish in the 100 free.
Reigning BIG EAST Champion in the 200 breast, Matthew Dyer, took the top spot in the event.
Xavier's men closed out the event with a win in the 400 free relay.

MEN'S TOP FINISHES

200 Medley Relay	Sam Johanns Matthew Dyer Brandon Abboud Enrique Hernandez	1:35.73	2nd
	Alex Sironen Owen Dougherty David Bunnell Robert Snader	1:36.27	3rd
1000 Free	Nick Mahoney	9:56.22	1st
200 Free	Alex Wolfred	1:44.77	2nd
	Matthew Dyer	1:45.84	4th
	Brandon Abboud	1:45.96	5th
50 Free	Alexander Sironen	21.69	1st
	Enrique Hernandez	21.71	2nd
	Robert Snader	22.27	5th
400 IM	Chase Baldwin	4:14.80	2nd
200 Fly	Landon Clark	1:54.86	3rd
100 Free	Christian Thomas	46.97	1st
	Sam Johanns	47.50	3rd
200 Back	Alex Sironen	1:55.02	2nd
	Chase Baldwin	1:55.40	3rd
500 Free	Alex Wolfred	4:45.16	2nd
	Nick Mahoney	4:49.65	4th
200 Breast	Matthew Dyer	2:07.07	1st
	Brian Loos	2:13.36	3rd
400 Free Relay	Sam Johanns Brandon Abboud Christian Thomas Enrique Hernandez	3:07.90	1st
	David Bunnell Chase Baldwin Noah Coomler Robert Snader	3:13.41	4th

UP NEXT

Xavier will host its annual Alumni Meet on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. at the O'Connor Sports Center.
The Musketeers return to action against outside competition on Saturday, Oct. 14 when Xavier travels to Terre Haute, Ind. to face Indiana State and Olivet Nazarene.