Xavier Swimming Competes in First Dual of Fall at Louisville

Saturday, October 6

Louisville, Ky.

2 PM

Xavier University

Louisville

Xavier Swimming Competes in First Dual of Fall at Louisville

10.06.18 | Swimming

Results (PDF)

Matthew Dyer leads Musketeers in three events

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Xavier men's and women's swimming opened up dual competition on Saturday, going head-to-head with a Louisville Cardinals program which collected top-10 team finishes on both the men's and women's side at last year's NCAA Championships.

WOMEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier opened the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay for the Xavier 'A' squad, Ali Fort, Lydia Schaeffer, Caroline Gaertner and Emily Conners.
Emma Kauffeld led the way in the distance events, taking third in the 1000 free and scoring in second place in the 500 free.
Emily Conners led the Musketeers in the freestyle sprints, taking fourth in the 50 free and scoring in second in the 100 free.
Lydia Schaeffer posted a pair of team-leading performances, in the breaststroke events, placing fourth in the 100 breast and scoring in second in the 200 breast.
Caroline Gaertner also led the Musketeers in a pair of events, the 100 back, finishing fourth, and the 100 fly, scoring in second.
Emily Saugstad led the Musketeers in the 200 free with a fifth-place finish.
Taylor Hogan finished the 200 fly in fourth place to lead Xavier.
Ali Fort led the Musketeers in the 200 back, scoring in second place.
Alison Herman scored in second place to lead the Musketeers in the 200 IM.
Xavier closed out the meet with Emily Conners, Tianna Vozar, Caroline Gaertner and Emily Saugstad scoring in second in the 400 free relay.
Louisville won by a final score of 185-73.

WOMEN'S TOP FINISHES

EVENT	NAME	TIME	PLACE
200 Medley Relay	Fort, Scheffer, C. Gaertner, Conners	1:45.50	4th
1000 Free	Emma Kauffeld	10:42.41	3rd
200 Free	Emily Saugstad	1:58.43	5th
100 Back	Caroline Gaertner	57.83	4th
100 Breast	Lydia Schaeffer	1:06.53	4th
200 Fly	Taylor Hogan	2:05.94	4th
50 Free	Emily Conners	23.90	4th
100 Free	Emily Conners	51.97	2nd
200 Back	Ali Fort	2:08.68	2nd
200 Breast	Lydia Schaeffer	2:27.13	2nd
500 Free	Emma Kauffeld	5:13.43	2nd
100 Fly	Caroline Gaertner	58.34	2nd
200 IM	Alison Herman	2:13.30	2nd
400 Free Relay	Conners, Vozar, Garner, Saugstad	3:35.32	2nd

MEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier opened the meet with a fourth place finish in the 200 medley relay for Alex Sironen, Roark Lundal, David Bunnell and Enrique Hernandez.
Matthew Dyer led the Musketeers in three events, taking the lead in both breaststroke events, placing third in the 100 breast and scoring in second in the 200 breast. Dyer also scored in second in the 200 IM.
Nick Mahoney led the Musketeers in the distance freestyle events, finishing the 1000 free in fourth and the 500 free scoring in second.
Enrique Hernandez led the Musketeers in freestyle sprints, finishing fifth in the 50 free and scoring in second in the 100 free.
Brandon Abboud led the Musketeers in the butterfly, finishing the 200 fly in fifth and scoring in second in the 100 fly.
Ben Quon led Xavier in the 200 free, finishing fourth.
Alex Sironen led Xavier in the 100 back, finishing third.
Nathan Runyon led the Musketeers in the 200 back, scoring in second.
Ben Quon, Brandon Abboud, Jared Ritz and Enrique Hernandez scored in second place in the 400 free relay to close out the meet.
Xavier fell by a score of 172.5-81.5.

MEN'S TOP FINISHES

EVENT	NAME	TIME	PLACE
200 Medley Relay	Sironen, Lundal, Bunnell, Hernandez	1:34.56	4th
1000 Free	Nick Mahoney	10:00.70	5th
200 Free	Ben Quon	1:43.44	4th
100 Back	Alex Sironen	52.82	3rd
100 Breast	Matthew Dyer	59.90	3rd
200 Fly	Brandon Abboud	1:58.93	5th
50 Free	Enrique Hernandez	21.90	5th
100 Free	Enrique Hernandez	48.11	2nd
200 Back	Nathan Runyon	1:58.67	2nd
200 Breast	Matthew Dyer	2:11.72	2nd
500 Free	Nick Mahoney	4:49.48	2nd
100 Fly	Brandon Abboud	52.02	2nd
200 IM	Matthew Dyer	1:59.48	2nd
400 Free Relay	Quon, Abboud, Ritz, Hernandez	3:10.21	2nd