March 5, 2010

Bulls Move Into Second Place at MAC Champs

YPSILANTI, MI - The University at Buffalo men's swimming and diving team continued its record breaking weekend at the 2010 MAC Championships, breaking five school records in the second day of competition. The Bulls now sit in second place out of seven teams.


Night two started with a record breaking performance in the 200 medley relay as the team of Matt Schwippert, Josh Meints, Cory Zorsch andAndrew Tamchyna finished third in a time of 1:30.63 Connor Vander Zalm kicked off the individual events with a fifth-place finish in the 400 IM, finishing in a time of 4:00.00. Freshman Schwippert broke two individual school records on the night, breaking the 100 butterfly (48.91) and 100 backstroke (48.14) records, while finishing second overall in both events. Fellow freshman Matt Hogan also picked up second-place points and a school record in the 200 freestyle, finishing in a time of 1:38.30, bettering the time of 1:39.15 set in 2000. Jared Heine finished fourth in the 200 freestyle, swimming to a lifetime-best time of 1:39.32 and Simon Proudfoot took eighth in a season-best time of 1:41.60.

Zorsch also had a successful night for Buffalo, picking up eight-place points in the 100 butterfly in a season-best time of 50.27, and took 10th in the 100 backstroke in a lifetime-best time of 51.79. Chris Berloth (50.73) and Chad Miller (51.42) finished 11th and 15th, respectively, in the 100 butterfly, while Zach Ruske took the seventh-place spot in the 100 backstroke, in a lifetime-best time of 50.94. Meints placed seventh in the 100 breaststroke, swimming to a time of 57.38. Meints broke the school record with his preliminary swim this morning, finishing the event in a time of 56.71. Jordan Matthews(58.10) and Christian Muller (58.17) finished 13th and 14th, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke consolation final. The Bulls closed the night with another relay record, as Ruske, Proudfoot, Hogan and Heine placed second in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:40.70, bettering the old record set last season. 

 

The Bulls move into second place after today's events with 417.5 points. Eastern Michigan continues to lead the way with 459 points. Behind Buffalo in the ranks is Missouri State (397), Miami (366.5), Southern Illinois (336), Ball State (167.5) and Evansville (106.5).