Swimming Faces Miami (Ohio) in Final Meet Before BIG EAST Championships

Saturday, February 5

Oxford, Ohio

1 PM

Xavier University

Miami (Ohio)

Swimming Faces Miami (Ohio) in Final Meet Before BIG EAST Championships

02.03.22 | Swimming

Meet with Redhawks set for Saturday at 1 PM

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's and women's swimming close out the regular season with a dual meet at Miami (Ohio), set for Saturday, February 5 at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center at 1:00 p.m.

Following the meet with Miami, Xavier begins final preparations for the BIG EAST Championships, set to get underway on February 23 in East Meadow, N.Y.

BUTLER INVITE

Miami has dual wins over Cleveland State, Ball State and Kenyon on the men's side and Cleveland State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan and Kenyon on the women's side.
The RedHawk men are coming off MAC Championship in 2021, while the women finished third at the conference meet.
Xavier faced Miami in February 2021, with the men and women combining to win five events with both teams falling in the final team score.
Kali Fischer and Andrew Martin each collected two individual event wins at the meet.

LAST TIME OUT - MEN

Xavier's men took first out of four teams at the Butler Invite last weekend.
Ben Quon, Ethan Saunders, Christian Thomas and Andrew Martin opened the meet for the Xavier men with a time of 1:33.00 in the 200 medley relay to place third.
Adam Lamping finished second in the mile with a time of 16:38.78.
Andrew Martin took the top spot in the 200 free with a time of 1:40.85, and won the 500 free with a time of 4:28.15
Ben Quon won the 200 back with a time of 1:52.00. Quon also led Xavier in the 100 back, placing third with a time of 51.37.
Jon Bernard took the top spot in the 200 breast with a time of 2:04.80, and in the 200 IM, finishing in 1:55.14. Bernard also set the top time by a Musketeer in the 100 breast, finishing in 57.46.
Jack Parker's time of 1:54.97 in the 200 fly led Xavier and was good for second place.
Gage Hannewyk set the top time by a Musketeer in the 50 free, finishing in 21.62
Ethan Wing led Xavier in the 100 free with a time of 47.53.
Caleb Petranchuk led Xavier in the 100 fly with a time of 52.82
Xavier's men closed out the meet with a second-place finish for Christian Thomas, Gage Hannewyk, Ethan Wing and Andrew Martin in the 400 free relay, finishing in 3:03.81.
Xavier's men won the meet with a total of 780 points, outpacing UIndy's 747 points.

LAST TIME OUT - WOMEN

Xavier's women took the top spot out of five teams at last weekend's Butler Invite.
Brooke Atkins, Lydia Schaeffer, Hannah Pugh and Kali Fischer finished the 200 medley relay in 1:46.29 to place second to lead off the meet.
Erin Ritz' time of 18:12.12 led Xavier in the mile, finishing second.
Alexis Worrall won the 200 free with a time of 1:53.57, leading three Musketeers in the top three. Clare Bosse finished second and Clara Keiser placed third.
Worrall also led Xavier with a second place finish in the 100 free with a time of 52.87, and in the 50 free with a time of 24.64
Kali Fischer took the top post in the 200 back, with a time of 2:02.79. Hannah Pugh placed second and Brooke Atkins finished third.
Fischer also led Xavier in the 100 back with a time of 56.66, placing second, and in the 200 IM, collecting another second place finish with a time of 2:05.66
Lydia Schaeffer's third place finish in the 100 breast, finishing in 1:06.88 led the Musketeers.
Sophia Romero placed third in the 200 fly with a time of 2:09.12, the top finish from Xavier. Romero also led Xavier in the 100 fly with a time of 58.28.
Kelly Harris set the top time by a Musketeer in the 200 breast, placing third with a time of 2:25.50.
Clara Keiser and Mary Sweetman finished first and second in the 500 free, respectively. Keiser won the race with a time of 5:14.73.
Alexi Worrall, Clara Keiser, Molly Dynda and Mary Sweetman closed out the meet for the women with a second place finish in the 400 free relay, setting a time of 3:34.59.
Xavier collected 824 points, taking first and topping second-place UIndy by over 100 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.