Swimming Sweeps Bellarmine to Open Spring

LOUISVILLE - Xavier swimming opened up the spring semester with a dominating performance over Bellarmine, winning 22 of 28 events to sweep both the men's and women's side.

The Musketeers return to action on Friday, January 17 at Cincinnati at 5:00 p.m.

WOMEN'S TOP TIMES

EVENT	NAME	TIME	PLACE
400 Medley Relay	Fort, Herman, Hogan, Conners	3:53.89	1st
1000 Free	Emma Kauffeld	10:46.94	1st
200 Free	Clare Bosse	1:56.71	1st
100 Back	Ali Fort	58.41	1st
100 Breast	Lydia Schaeffer	1:08.31	3rd
200 Fly	Taylor Hogan	2:06.04	1st
50 Free	Emily Conners	23.97	1st
100 Free	Emily Conners	52.02	1st
200 Back	Ali Fort	2:08.35	1st
200 Breast	Kelly Harris	2:26.65	1st
500 Free	Emma Kauffeld	5:13.41	2nd
100 Fly	Taylor Hogan	57.75	1st
200 IM	Alison Herman	2:12.56	1st
200 Free Relay	Conners, Merke, Cummins, Saugstad	1:37.40	1st

WOMEN'S NOTABLE

Xavier's women took four of the top five spots in the 400 medley relay to lead off the meet, led by Ali Fort, Alison Herman, Taylor Hogan and Emily Conners' time of 3:53.89.
Clare Bosse led a trio of Musketeers in the top four of the 200 free, winning with a time of 1:56.71.
Xavier took the top four spots in the 100 back, led by Ali Fort's time of 58.41.
Taylor Hogan swept the butterfly events led three Musketeers in the top three spots of the 100 fly and 200 fly.
Emily Conners swept the freestyle sprints with times of 23.97 in the 50 free and 52.02 in the 100 free. Xavier took the top five spots in the 100 free.
Ali Fort's time of 2:08.35 led the 200 back, with Xavier taking the top four spots.
Kelly Harris led three Musketeers in the top three of the 200 breast with a time of 2:26.65.
Emma Kauffeld led Xavier in two events, taking first in the 1000 free and second in the 500 free.
Alison Herman led five Musketeers in the top five spots of the 200 IM with a time of 2:12.56.
Xavier closed out the event by taking the top three spots in the 200 free relay, led by Emily Conners, Erin Merke, Maureen Cummins and Emily Saugstad.
Xavier's women won by a final score of 195-61.

MEN'S TOP TIMES

EVENT	NAME	TIME	PLACE
400 Medley Relay	Sironen, Bernard, Abboud, Thomas	3:26.97	1st
1000 Free	Andrew Martin	9:35.64	1st
200 Free	Ben Quon	1:42.44	1st
100 Back	Andrew Devine	52.74	1st
100 Breast	Davis Klein	1:00.05	3rd
200 Fly	Landon Clark	1:57.90	2nd
50 Free	Alex Sironen	22:01	2nd
100 Free	Christian Thomas	47.52	1st
200 Back	Ben Quon	1:53.89	1st
200 Breast	Jon Bernard	2:04.63	1st
500 Free	Andrew Martin	4:41.43	1st
100 Fly	Roark Lundal	52.70	2nd
200 IM	Jon Bernard	1:53.14	1st
200 Free Relay	Sironen, Thomas, Lundal, Wing	1:26.43	1st

MEN'S NOTABLE

Alex Sironen, Jon Bernard, Brandon Abboud and Christian Thomas led three Xavier squads in the top four of the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:26.97.
Andrew Martin collected a pair of event wins in the freestyle distance events, taking first in the 1000 free and 500 free.
Ben Quon led four Musketeers in the top four of the 200 free with a time of 1:42.44. Quon also collected an event win in the 200 back with a time of 1:53.89.
Andrew Devine took the top spot in the 100 back with a time of 52.74.
Davis Klein led the Musketeers in the 100 breast with third place finish in a time of 1:00.05.
Landon Clark led four Xavier swimmers in the top five of the 200 fly, finishing second with a time of 1:57.90.
Alex Sironen's second place finish in the 50 free led four Musketeers in the top five.
Christian Thomas' took the top spot in the 100 free with a time of 47.52.
Jon Bernard collected the first of two event wins in the 200 breast with a time of 2:04.63. Bernard also took first in the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.14.
Roark Lundal led Xavier in the 100 fly with a time of 52.70 to place second.
Alex Sironen, Christian Thomas, Roark Lundal and Ethan Wing closed out the meet with a win in the 200 free relay.
Xavier's men won by a final score of 183-79.

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Players Mentioned

Brandon Abboud

Jon Bernard

Clare Bosse

Landon Clark

Emily Conners

Maureen Cummins

Andrew Devine

Ali Fort

Kelly Harris

Alison Herman

Taylor Hogan

Emma Kauffeld

Davis Klein

Roark Lundal

Andrew Martin

Erin Merke

Ben Quon

Emily Saugstad

Lydia Schaeffer

Alex Sironen

Christian Thomas

Ethan Wing