Xavier Women Finish Second, Men Third at Butler Invite

Sunday, January 22

Fishers, Ind.

12 P.M

Xavier University

Butler Invite

Xavier Women Finish Second, Men Third at Butler Invite

01.23.17 | Swimming

Results from CollegeSwimming.com Results (PDF)Team Scores (PDF)

Musketeers pick up seven first place finishes

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

FISHERS, Ind. - Xavier swimming collected seven first place finishes on the day at the six team Butler Invite at Fishers High School Natatorium on Sunday. Xavier's women picked up wins over four squads while the Xavier men came out ahead of three teams.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

Katie Kerr took the first of six first-place finishes for the Musketeers in the 200 free. Kerr also placed second in the 500 free.
Emily Conners swept the freestyle sprints, taking the top spot in the 50 and 100 free.
Xavier went 1-2 in the 100 back, with Caroline Gaertner taking the top spot and Paxtyn Drew taking second. Drew also placed second in the 200 back
Gaertner scored another win in the 100 fly.
The Xavier women closed out the event with a first place finish in the 400 free relay for Conners, Paxtyn Drew, Abigail Garner and Gaertner.
Xavier finished with 663 points, second only to Saint Louis' total among the six teams competing.

WOMEN'S TOP FINISHES

200 Medley Relay	Fort, Martin, Whiteley, Garner	1:51.40	4th
1650 Free	Taylor Jach	17:50.86	3rd
	Emily Wagner	18:20.28	4th
200 Free	Katie Kerr	1:55.50	1st
	Emily Saugstad	1:58.32	4th
100 Back	Caroline Gaertner	56.72	1st
	Paxtyn Drew	58.72	2nd
100 Breast	Becca Titterton	1:09.64	2nd
200 Fly	Annie Cummins	2:11.82	2nd
	Jenna Wilkes	2:14.26	3rd
	Maggie Kauffeld	2:16.34	T-5th
50 Free	Emily Conners	24.15	1st
	Tianna Vozar	25.06	4th
100 Free	Emily Conners	52.94	1st
	Abigail Garner	55.12	3rd
200 Back	Paxtyn Drew	2:06.75	2nd
	Anne Locker	2:12.89	5th
200 Breast	Hanna Martin	2:29.58	3rd
	Mikaela Saugstad	2:34.39	5th
500 Free	Katie Kerr	5:11.52	2nd
	Emily Saugstad	5:20.24	5th
100 Fly	Caroline Gaertner	56.66	1st
	Annie Cummins	59.79	4th
200 IM	Hanna Martin	2:16.64	4th
400 Free Relay	Conners, P.Drew, Garner, Gaertner	3:34.24	1st

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES

1. Saint Louis		742.5
2. Xavier		663
3. Butler		371
4. Bellarmine		283
5. Southern Illinois		224
6. Valparaiso		167.5

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

Xavier's men opened the meet with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay.
The Musketeers accounted for two of the top three spots in the 50 free, led by Rodrigo Suriano's second place finish of 21.30. Knox Hitt took third in 21.49.
Suriano also posted a strong performance in the 100 free, taking third and narrowly out-touching teammate Enrique Hernandez in fourth.
Xavier took two of the top five spots in the 500 free, with Alex Wolfred taking fourth and Nick Strader placing fifth.
Knox Hitt picked up a second top-three finish, taking second in the 100 fly.
Like the women, the Xavier men closed out the meet with a win in the 400 free relay.
Xavier's men finished with 538 points, standing behind only Southern Illinois and Saint Louis.

MEN'S TOP FINISHES

200 Medley Relay	Johanns, Dyer, Hitt, Suriano	1:32.87	2nd
1650 Free	Nick Strader	16:45.67	5th
100 Back	Sam Johanns	52.76	3rd
100 Breast	Matthew Dyer	58.54	3rd
200 Fly	Landon Clark	1:56.76	3rd
50 Free	Rodrigo Suriano	21.30	2nd
	Knox Hitt	21.49	3rd
100 Free	Rodrigo Suriano	47.03	3rd
	Enrique Hernandez	47.86	4th
	Sam Johanns	47.87	5th
200 Breast	Matthew Dyer	2:10.79	4th
500 Free	Alex Wolfred	4:49.58	4th
	Nick Strader	4:51.82	5th
100 Fly	Knox Hitt	50.71	2nd
400 Free Relay	Johanns, Suriano, Hitt, Hernandez	3:06.76	1st

MEN'S TEAM SCORES

1. Southern Illinois		749.5
2. Saint Louis		609.5
3. Xavier		538
4. Ball State		377
5. Bellarmine		146
6. Valparaiso		116

UP NEXT

Xavier will host Wright State on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 12:00 p.m. The meet with WSU is the final one before the BIG EAST Championship and will also be Senior Day for the Musketeers.