Swimming Opens Spring with Cincinnati, Bellarmine

Friday, January 21

Cincinnati, Ohio

3 PM

Xavier University

Cincinnati

Swimming Opens Spring with Cincinnati, Bellarmine

01.20.22 | Swimming

Musketeers travel across town to face the Bearcats on Friday, host the Knights on Saturday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's and women's swimming will compete in a pair of meets this weekend, traveling across town to face the Cincinnati Bearcats at Keating Aquatic Center of Friday, January 21, with swimming events set to begin at 3:00 p.m. The Musketeers return to the pool the next day, hosting Bellarmine at the Heidt Family Champions Center. Women's events will begin at 11:00 a.m., while the met are set to compete at approximately 1:30 p.m.

Following the meet with Bellarmine, the Musketeers will next be in action on Sunday, January 30 at the Butler Invite at Fishers High School in Fishers, Ind.

CINCINNATI

Cincinnati was last in action at Indiana, the last meet of the fall season. The men's team lost 163-122 and the women's team lost 163-121.
Last season, Cincinnati's men finished second at the American Athletic Conference Championships, while the women finished third.
Xavier last faced UC in January 2021, falling to the Bearcats on both the men's and women's side.

BELLARMINE

Bellarmine opened the spring schedule with a meet at Evansville on January 15, with the women falling 142-118 and the men falling 156-106
In 2020-21, the Knights' first season competing in NCAA DI, Bellarmine's men took third at the CCSA Championship in 2021, while the women finished eighth.
Xavier last faced Bellarmine in January 2021, sweeping the Knights on both the men's and women's side with wins in 21 of 28 racing events.

LAST TIME OUT - MEN

Xavier was last in action as a full team at the CSU Magnus Cup running from November 18-20, 2021.
Ethan Saunders, Ethan Wing, Andrew Martin and Christian Thomas led the meet off for the Musketeer men with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay.
Ethan Saunders was one of four Musketeers in the A-Final of the 50 breast, placing third with a time of 25.43. Saunders also led Xavier in the 50 free with a time of 21.15.
Brett Wilson's time of 4:39.96 led Xavier in the 500 free.
Michael Benington led three Musketeers in the A-Final of the 200 IM with a time of 1:51.76, placing fifth.
Christian Thomas, Ethan Saunders, Caleb Petranchuk and Andrew Martin placed third in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:18.65 to close out the first day.
The Musketeer men opened the second day with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:29.35 for Christian Thomas, Ethan Saunders, Joey Mullen and Andrew Martin.
Nathan Wall's time of 3:57.63 led Xavier and placed third in the A-Final of the 400 IM.
Christian Thomas placed third in the 100 fly with a time of 48.99.
Andrew Martin set a new meet record and earned the top overall seed for the 200 free finals with a prelim time of 1:37.87. Martin followed that up with a win and a new meet record time in the finals, finishing in 1:36.78, just .10 seconds off his school record time.
Ethan Saunders led Xavier in the 100 breast with a time of 55.02, placing third in the A-Final.
Jon Bernard led the five Musketeers in the A-Final of the 100 back, finishing fourth with a time of 50.33.
Jon Bernard, Ben Quon, Nathan Wall and Andrew Martin finished the 800 free relay in 6:45.20, placing third to close out the second day.
To open the final day, Andrew Martin took the top spot in the mile with a time of 15:30.49. Martin also led Xavier in the 100 free with a time fo 44.87, placing third
Nathan Wall led four Musketeers in the A-Final of the 100 IM with a time of 52.58, finishing fifth. Wall also led Xavier in the 200 breast with a time of 2:03.42, finishing fifth.
Christian Thomas set a new school record in the 50 fly with a time of 21.73.
Jon Bernard led four Musketeers in the A-final of the 200 back with a third place finish, with a time of 1:49.96.
Christian Thomas, Ben Quon and Nick Mahoney went 1-2-3 in the 50 back, with Thomas setting a new meet record and placing first with a time of 22.88.
Jack Parker's time of 1:53.61 led Xavier in the 200 fly, placing seventh.
The Musketeer men closed out the meet with a second place finish for Andrew Martin, Ethan Saunders, Ethan Wing and Christian Thomas in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:58.66.
Xavier finished in second place with 1,332.5 points.

LAST TIME OUT - WOMEN

Xavier was last in action as a full team at the CSU Magnus Cup running from November 18-20, 2021.
On the first day, Xavier's A-Team of Molly Dynda, Alexis Worrall, Clare Bosse and Kali Fischer placed sixth in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:34.43.
Lydia Schaeffer earned a spot in the A-Final of the 50 breast, finishing in 30.00.
Tilly Baldwin's time of 5:03.47 in the 500 free was the top time by a Musketeer.
Kali Fischer set a new school record time in the 200 IM, finishing in 2:02.26 to place fifth in the A Final. She bested her own school record of 2:02.84, set at last season's BIG EAST Championships.
Alexis Worrall's time of 23.74 led Xavier in the 50 free.
Xavier's women closed out the first day with a time of 3:49.12 in the 400 medley relay for Kali Fischer, Lydia Schaeffer, Hannah Pugh and Alexis Worrall.
Xavier opened the second day of the meet with a fifth place finish in the 200 medley relay, with Reese Turner, Lydia Schaeffer, Kiara Anchrum and Kali Fischer finishing in 1:42.85.
Kate Lair's time of 4:34.18 led the Musketeers in the 400 IM.
Kiara Anchrum led Xavier in the 100 fly with a time of 55.37.
Alexis Worrall earned the top seed in the 200 free with a time of 1:49.67 during the prelims. Worrall led Xavier in the finals with a time of 1:50.20, placing fourth.
Lydia Schaeffer set a new school record of 1:04.20 in the prelims of the 100 breast, besting her own mark to earn a spot in the A-Final. Julianne Libler's time of 1:04.58 led Xavier in the finals, placing third in the B-Final.
Hannah Pugh's time of 56.79 led Xavier in the 100 back.
Xavier closed out the second day with a third place finish for Alexis Worrall, Clara Keiser, Clare Bosse and Kali Fischer in the 800 free relay, finishing in 7:30.59.
The final day of Magnus opened with the 1650 free, with Tilly Baldwin finishing in 17:29.74 to lead Xavier.
Kiara Anchrum placed fourth in the A-Final of the 50 fly with a time of 24.88, a school record in the event.
Kali Fischer set a new school-record time in the 200 back with a time 2:00.64, besting the previous time of 2:00.88,
Alexis Worrall placed fifth in the 100 free with a time of 51.28 to lead the Musketeers.
Kelly Harris led Xavier with a time of 2:21.40 in the 200 breast.
Kali Fischer's time of 26.24 led five Musketeers in the A-Final of the 50 back, placing fifth.
Sophia Romero led Xavier in the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.00.
Alexis Worrall, Clara Keiser, Clare Bosse and Kali Fischer closed out the meet with a fifth place finish in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:25.71.
Xavier finished in fourth place with 754 points.

XAVIER MEN

The Musketeer men are looking for a four-peat in the BIG EAST after winning their third-straight BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championship in Spring 2021.
Xavier collected 11 event championships and had all-conference finishes in 17 events, eventually winning by over 170 points over second-place Villanova. Xavier won 11 of 18 racing events, including four of five relays.
Returners Andrew Martin and Christian Thomas each won three individual gold medals. Following the meet, Andrew Martin was named Most Outstanding swimmer on the men's side.
All-BIG EAST honorees Jon Bernard, Andrew Devine, Davis Klein, Roark Lundal, Joey Mullen, Jack Parker, Ben Quon, Cameron Weese, Brett Wilson and Ethan Wing also return for the Musketeers.
Xavier added a sophomore transfer from Michigan State in Michael Benington, as well as a freshman class of Gage Hannewyk, Adam Lamping, Caleb Petranchuk, Ethan Saunders and Nathan Wall.

XAVIER WOMEN

The Musketeer women return seven who earned All-Conference honors for last season's third-place finishing team at the BIG EAST meet.
Among the returners are Brooke Atkins and Kali Fischer who were part of the BIG EAST Championship winning 200 medley relay.
Lydia Schaeffer, Clara Keiser, Emma Swabb, Erin Merke and Julianne Libler also picked up all-conference honors.
Xavier's women added a six-person freshman class in Maddie Agans, Kiara Anchrum, Molly Dynda, Mary Sweetman, Reese Turner, Amy Van Son and Alexis Worrall.