Swimming Prepares For Back-to-Back Duals This Weekend, IUPUI Friday, Miami (OH) Saturday

Friday, January 31

Indianapolis, Ind.

6 PM

Xavier University

IUPUI

Swimming Prepares For Back-to-Back Duals This Weekend, IUPUI Friday, Miami (OH) Saturday

01.30.20 | Swimming

Men's and women's swimming returns to pool for final time this weekend before BIG EAST Tournament.

By: Laura Topp, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Xavier swimming enters the pool for the final time this weekend, before competing in the BIG EAST Tournament, in back to back meets. On Friday night, the Musketeers travel to Indianapolis, facing IUPUI. On Saturday, they will compete at Miami (OH).

THE MEETS

Xavier Musketeers at IUPUI
Friday, Jan. 31 | 6 p.m.
IUPUI Natarorium

Xavier Musketeers at
Miami University (OH)
Sunday, Feb. 1 | 1 p.m.
Miami University Aquatic Center

OPPONENTS

Both IUPUI and Miami (OH) have men and women squads, which the Musketeers will compete against.

IUPUI

Last season, IUPUI men defeated the Musketeer men 180.5 to 113.5, including a score from the diving portion Xavier did not compete in.
The women also competed against each other last season, while IUPUI earned a ten-point win, 152-142, including a score from the diving portion Xavier did not compete in.
Last time in the pool for the Jags was last weekend against Oakland, where both the men and women fell short.

MIAMI (OH)

The Musketeers faced the RedHawks in the Akron Zips Classic, earlier this season. Xavier fell on both sides to Miami. Miami men finished in first while the women took second.
The Redhawk men ended the 2018-19 season clinching the MAC Championship, its first championship since 2006.
The RedHawks finished fourth with 486 points in the 2018-19 MAC Championship.

WOMEN'S LAST TIME OUT

Last weekend, the women took second place in the 11th annual Butler Invite.
The women claimed the first victory of the day in the 200-medley relay. Ai Fort, Lydia Schaeffer, Lorelei Gaertner and Emily Conners claimed first, touching the wall at 1:46.89.
In the 1650 free, Tilly Baldwin led the Musketeers with a fourth-place finish at 17:56.82.
Clare Bosse added another top finish for Xavier in the 200 free, finishing at 1:56.35. Emma Kauffeld took third in this portion of the competition, 1:57.24.
In the 100-back, Brooke Atkins touched the wall first. The freshman's time was 58.09. Ali Fort came in a close third at 58.85.
Xavier claimed the top two places in the 100-breast. Lydia Schaeffer led finishing at 1:06.59. Shortly behind was Alison Herman, who took second, at 1:07.70.
Taylor Hogan led the meet finishing in first for the 200 fly. Hogan touched the wall at 2:05.82, a minute and a half before the second-place finisher.
Emily Conners claimed her second first place finish of the day in the 50-free. The senior led three top four finishes for Xavier at 24.32. Emily Saugstad finished in third at 24.67 and Maureen Cummins in close fourth at 24.68.
Clare Bosse earned her second individual first place finish in the 100 free, 53.91. Emily Saugstad claimed third, 54.02.
In the 200-back, Brooke Atkins led Xavier finishing in second place. Atkins touched the wall at 2:07.99.
Xavier earned the top four finishes in the 200-breast. Lydia Schaeffer led the way, finishing at 2:24.89. Kelly Harris followed in second, 2:26.15, while Alison Herman finished in third at 2:26.51. Samantha White touched fourth, 2:29.26.
Emma Kauffeld finished in second, 5:12.54, in the 500-free.
Taylor Hogan and Lorelei Gaertner earned top two finishes in the 100-fly. Hogan touched the wall at 57.60 while Gaertner finished just behind at 57.89.
Alison Herman was the top finisher in 200 IM. Herman finished at 2:10.45.
The Musketeers finished the meet taking the fastest time in the 400-free relay. Emily Conners, Clare Bosse, Emily Saugstad and Maureen Cummins finished with an impressive 3:36.50 time.

MEN'S LAST TIME OUT

The men also competed in the Butler Invite, leading all teams at the end of the meet with 745 points.
On the men's side, Xavier took second place in the 200-medley. Alex Sironen, Jon Bernard, Brandon Abboud, Christian Thomas touched the wall behind St. Louis at 1:33.87.
Andrew Martin led event in the 1650-free, touching the wall at 16:02.16. Will Serad finished in second at 16:29.33.
Xavier earned the top two finishes in the 200-free. Ben Quon claimed first at 1:43.00 while Jared Ritz came in second, 1:44.54.
Alex Sironen touched the wall third in the 100-back, 51.90. Christian Thomas followed in fourth at 52.05.
Jon Bernard earned his top finish of the day in the 100-breast. Bernard finished at 56.86.
Brandon Abboud led Xavier in the 200-fly, finishing in third place, 1:55.08.
Roark Lundal led Xavier in seventh of the 50-free.
Christian Thomas took a second-place finish, at 46.70, in the 100 free.
Ben Quon earned his second individual first place finish in the 200-back, 1:52.78.
Jon Bernard also earned another individual top finish, 2:03.76, in the 200-breast. Davis Klein took third and Cameron Weese took fourth.
In the 500-free, Xavier claimed the first two finishes. Brett Winters led the way, touching the wall at 4:44.09 while Daniel Stroh took a close second-place finish.
Brandon Abboud claimed second in the 100-fly, at 51.00.
Jon Bernard earned his third top finish of the afternoon, in the 200 IM. The freshman had a time of 1:53.59.
The Musketeers ended the day taking first and second in the 400-relay. Christian Thomas, Brandon Abboud, Andrew Martin and Alex Sironen took the first spot at 3:05.88. In second, Jared Ritz, Ben Quon, Ethan Wing and Matt Geraghty touched at 3:09.03.

UP NEXT

Xavier will take a two week break from competition, to get ready for the BIG EAST Conference Tournament. The tournament will be hosted in East Medow, N.Y., starting on February 26.