Women's Swimming Sweeps Butler Double Duals

Sunday, September 30

Fishers, Ind.

12 PM

Xavier University

Butler Quad

Women's Swimming 2018 BIG EAST Championships

09.30.18 | Swimming

Results (PDF)Scores (PDF)

Xavier men collect wins against two of three squads

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

FISHERS, Ind. – Xavier swimming opened up its fall schedule with strong performances at the Butler Double Duals, collecting 14 first place finishes on the day. Xavier's women won the event for the fourth straight season, winning 10 of 11 racing events. The Musketeer men finished with wins over two of the three squads they competed against.

WOMEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier's women opened the meet by taking three of the top six spots in the 200 medley relay, including the top spot for Ali Fort, Lydia Schaeffer, Caroline Gaertner and Emily Conners.
Emma Kauffeld and Tilly Baldwin took the top two spots in the 1000 free. Kauffeld also collected the top spot in the 500 free.
Emily Saugstad led in a trio of Musketeers in the top three of the 200 free, taking first. Abby Garner touched second and Katie Kerr placed fourth.
Emily Conners picked up where she left off last season in the freestyle sprints, placing first in the 50 free and 100 free. Tianna Vozar placed second in the 50 free, while Emily Saugstad and Abby Garner finished second in third in the 100 free.
Taylor Hogan and Alison Herman claimed the top two spots in the 400 IM. Hogan claimed a second event win in the 200 fly.
Caroline Gaertner and Ali Fort claimed the top two spots in the 200 back.
Lydia Schaeffer finished second in the 200 breast.
Xavier's women closed out the meet with a win in the 400 free relay for Caroline Gaertner, Tianna Vozar, Abigail Garner and Emily Saugstad, touching the wall nearly three seconds ahead of the next closest squad.
Xavier collected team wins over Saint Louis, Butler, Evansville and Eastern Illinois.

WOMEN'S TOP FINISHES

200 Medley Relay	Fort, Schaeffer, C. Gaertner, Conners	1:45.20	1st
1000 Free	Emma Kauffeld	10:37.50	1st
200 Free	Emily Saugstad	1:55.89	1st
50 Free	Emily Conners	23.93	1st
400 IM	Taylor Hogan	4:33.72	1st
200 Fly	Taylor Hogan	2:05.29	1st
100 Free	Emily Conners	51.64	1st
200 Back	Caroline Gaertner	2:06.31	1st
500 Free	Emma Kauffeld	5:11.91	1st
200 Breast	Lydia Schaeffer	2:26.97	2nd
400 Free Relay	C. Gaertner, Vozar, Garner, Saugstad	3:34.56	1st

WOMEN'S SCORES

Xavier def. Saint Louis - 160.50-72.50
Xavier def. Butler 154.00-50.00
Xavier def. Evansville 157.00-79.00
Xavier def. Eastern Illinois 168.00-36.00

MEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier's men opened the meet by taking three of the top six spots in the 200 medley relay, led by a third place finish for Sam Johanns, Matthew Dyer, Brandon Abboud and Alex Sironen.
Nick Mahoney claimed the top spot in the 1000 free. Patrick Hackett finished third less than eight seconds behind.
Ben Quon and Jared Ritz collected second and third, respectively, in the 200 free.
Sironen placed first in the men's 50 free, followed closely in by Matthew Geraghty in second place.
Chase Baldwin picked up a second-place finish in the 400 IM.
Landon Clark and Brandon Abboud finished fourth and fifth respectively to lead the Musketeers in the 200 fly.
Enrique Hernandez's second place finish in the 100 free led three Musketeers in the top four. Sam Johanns and Matthew Geraghty followed him into the wall.
Sironen led three Musketeers in the top five in the 200 back. Nathan Runyon placed fourth and Baldwin finished fifth.
Ben Quon took the top spot in the 500 free.
Matthew Dyer led the Musketeers in the 200 breast with a third place finish.
The Xavier men closed out the meet with a win in the 400 free, with Sam Johanns, Enrique Hernandez, Ben Quon and Jared Ritz touching the wall over three seconds ahead of the second-place relay.
Xavier collected team wins over Eastern Illinois and Evansville, but fell to Saint Louis.

MEN'S TOP FINISHES

200 Medley Relay	Johanns, Dyer, Abboud, Sironen	1:35.34	3rd
1000 Free	Nick Mahoney	9:52.41	1st
200 Free	Ben Quon	1:43.20	2nd
50 Free	Alex Sironen	21.64	1st
400 IM	Chase Baldwin	4:16.17	2nd
200 Fly	Landon Clark	1:56.56	4th
100 Free	Enrique Hernandez	47.71	2nd
200 Back	Alex Sironen	1:53.87	2nd
500 Free	Ben Quon	4:45.31	1st
200 Breast	Matthew Dyer	2:09.69	3rd
400 Free Relay	Johanns, Hernandez, Quon, Ritz	3:08.30	1st

MEN'S SCORES

Saint Louis def. Xavier 122.50-99.50
Xavier def. Eastern Illinois 154.00-48.00
Xavier def. Evansville 161.00-43.00

UP NEXT

Xavier returns to the pool on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 1:00 PM when the Musketeer take on University of Louisville at the Ralph R. Wright Natatorium.