Women's Swimming Wins Magnus Cup While Men Come in Close Second

Sunday, November 24

Cleveland, Ohio

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Xavier University

Cleveland State Magus Cup

Women's Swimming Wins Magnus Cup While Men Come in Close Second

11.24.19 | Swimming

Magnus Cup Final Result (PDF)

The women earned three top individual finishes.

By: Laura Topp, Xavier Athletic Communications

CLEVELAND - Men's and women's swimming wrapped up the final day of Magnus Cup this afternoon with the women finishing in first place. The men finished in a close second behind host, Cleveland State.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

The final day of Magnus opened with the 1650 free, which Emma Kauffeld placed fifth with 17:24.28 time.
In the A-Final of the 200 backstroke, Ali Fort took fourth, at 2:01.64, shaving a little more than a minute off her prelim time.
Emily Conners placed first in the A-Final of the 100 free, finishing at 50.51.
In the 200 breast, Kelly Harris and Alison Herman tied for a seventh-place finish at 1:22.86.
Taylor Hogan lead all swimmers in the 200 butterfly, finishing in first at 2:02.19
In the 400 free relay, Emily Conners, Emily Saugstad, Abby Garner and Maureen Cummins touched first at 3:25.21.

WOMEN'S TOP TIMES

1650 Free	Emma Kauffeld	17:24.28	5th
200 Back	Ali Fort	2:01.70	4th
100 Free	Emily Conners	50.51	1st
200 Breast	Harris, Herman 1:22.86		7th
200 Butterfly	Taylor Hogan	2:02.19	1st
400 Free Relay	Conners,Saugstad, Garner, Cummins	3:25.21	1st

WOMEN'S SCORES

1. Xavier 1119
2. Delaware 1065
3. Cleveland State 989.5
4. Bowling Green 848.5
5. Youngstown 468
6. Indiana University of PA 376
7. Cumberlands 297
8. Gannon University 237.5
9. Akron 176
10. Fairmont 101.5
11. California (PA) 97
12. Anderson 34

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

The Musketeers took three of the top five finishes in the opening competition of the 1650 free, with Andrew Martin taking a second-place finish, touching the wall at 15:49.68. Will Serad also placed fourth in front of Brett Wilson in fifth.
In the second event, Ben Quon took fourth in the 200 back at 1:51.00, improving his time from preliminaries. Jon Bernard was shortly behind in fifth, also improving his final time.
Brandon Abboud placed for Xavier in the 100 free, finishing in fifth.
Cameron Weese took an eighth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke.
Brandon Abboud led the Musketeers in the 200 butterfly finishing in sixth, just in front of Landon Clark and Brett Wilson.
Jared Ritz, Ethan Wing, Brandon Abboud and Christian Thomas took third in the 400 free relay, just short of Gannon who earned second.

MEN'S TOP FINISHES

1650 Free	Andrew Martin	15:49.68	2nd
200 Back	Ben Quon	1:51.00	4th
100 Free	Brandon Abboud	46.47	5th
200 Breast	Cameron Weese	1:40.51	8th
200 Butterfly	Brandon Abboud	1:53.03	6th
400 Free Relay	Ritz, Wing, Abboud, Thomas	6:47.05	3rd

MEN'S SCORES

1. Cleveland State 1509
2. Xavier 1082
3. Delaware 953
4. Gannon 607.5
5. Cumberlands 526.5
6. Indiana University of PA 246
7. Youngstown 222
8. West Virginia Tech 195
9. Faimont State 170
10. Anderson 135

UP NEXT

The Musketeers enjoy a week break from competition before jumping back into the pool December 4, 2019 at the US Open in Atlanta, Georgia for the final competition of the semester.