Swimming Splits with Wright State on Senior Day

Saturday, January 28

Cincinnati, Ohio

12 P.M.

Xavier University

Wright State University

Swimming Splits with Wright State on Senior Day

01.28.17 | Swimming

Complete Results (PDF)

Men take the narrow win over the Raiders in final meet before BIG EAST Championships

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier swimming closed out the regular season with a split with the Wright State Raiders on Saturday afternoon. The men secured the win while the women fell during the Musketeers' Senior Day meet at O'Connor Sports Center.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

Emily Conners and Caroline Gaertner matched for second place in the 50 free with a times of 24.58.
Conners also placed second in the 100 free.
Paxtyn Drew took the top spot in the 200 back with a time of 2:06.28. She also finished second in the 100 back.
Katie Kerr took second in the 200 free and 500 free.
Mikaela Saugstad won the 400 IM with a season-best time of 4:44.93.
Heidi Tuner posted a personal best time of 1:01.12 in the 100 fly.
The women closed out the meet with a first-place finish in the 400 free relay.
The Musketeers fell by a final score of 144-117.

WOMEN'S TOP FINISHES

400 Medley Relay	P.Drew, Martin, Gaertner, Conners	3:57.68	2nd
1000 Free	Taylor Jach	10:48.75	2nd
	Emily Wagner	11:25.17	3rd
200 Free	Katie Kerr	1:56.73	2nd
100 Back	Paxtyn Drew	58.57	2nd
	Ali Fort	58.68	3rd
100 Breast	Mikaela Saugstad	1:10.96	3rd
50 Free	Emily Conners	24.58	T-2nd
	Caroline Gaertner	24.58	T-2nd
100 Free	Emily Conners	52.96	2nd
	Laura Dicus	55.01	3rd
200 Back	Paxtyn Drew	2:06.28	1st
	Ali Fort	2:12.34	3rd
200 Breast	Hanna Martin	2:29.60	3rd
500 Free	Katie Kerr	5:15.71	2nd
	Taylor Jach	5:19.67	3rd
100 Fly	Caroline Gaertner	56.71	1st
400 IM	Mikaela Saugstad	4:44.93	1st
	Jenna Wilkes	4:48.21	3rd
400 Free Relay	Conners, Garner, P.Drew, Gaernter	3:34.65	1st

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

Matthew Dyer swept the breast stroke events with times of 58.27 (100) and 2:08.58 (200). Dyer also finished third in the 400 IM.
Rodrigo Suriano took the top spot in the 50 free with a time of 21.06. Suriano also placed second in the 100 free.
The Musketeers took the top three spots in the 500 free, with Alex Wolfred placing first and Brandon Abboud and Nick Strader following him in. Wolfred also posted a second-place finish in the 200 free.
Knox Hitt took the top spot in the 100 fly with a time of 50.31.
Sam Johanns, Suriano, Enrique Hernandez and Hitt closed out the meet with a win in the 400 free relay.
Xavier narrowly defeated the Raiders 131.5-127.5.

MEN'S TOP FINISHES

400 Medley Relay	Runyon, Dougherty, Clark, Hernandez	3:32.73	2nd
1000 Free	Nick Strader	10:03.17	2nd
200 Free	Alex Wolfred	1:43.58	2nd
	Matt Nephew	1:46.98	3rd
100 Back	Sam Johanns	52.91	2nd
	Arthur Smith	53.80	3rd
100 Breast	Matthew Dyer	58.27	1st
200 Fly	Landon Clark	1:56.21	2nd
	Brandon Abboud	1:57.05	3rd
50 Free	Rodrigo Suriano	21.06	1st
	Tony Miller	21.63	3rd
100 Free	Rodrigo Suriano	46.33	2nd
	Sam Johanns	47.70	3rd
200 Back	Chase Baldwin	1:54.31	2nd
200 Breast	Matthew Dyer	2:08.58	1st
500 Free	Alex Wolfred	4:44.11	1st
	Brandon Abboud	4:50.54	2nd
	Nick Strader	4:51.17	3rd
100 Fly	Knox Hitt	50.31	1st
	Tony Miller	52.62	3rd
400 IM	Chase Baldwin	4:14.13	2nd
	Matthew Dyer	4:14.93	3rd
400 Free Relay	Johanns, Suriano, Hernandez, Hitt	3:06.35	1st

UP NEXT

The meet against Wright State marks Xavier's final outing before heading to the BIG EAST Championships held February 22-25 at the Nassau County Aquatic Center on Long Island, N.Y.
All-session tickets for the 2017 BIG EAST Swimming & Diving Championships are now available for purchase by visiting www.redstormsports.com.
All-session tickets can be purchased for $35 for adults and $20 for seniors (65+) and children (17 and under). The all-session tickets are good for all seven sessions, Wednesday through Saturday. Click here for tickets.
Single-session tickets will go on sale at a later date and all on-site ticket sales will be cash only.