Eastern Michigan Claims 2015 Men's Swimming & Diving Title
Results
GENEVA, Ohio – Eastern Michigan captured the 2015 Mid-American Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday night at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
“It was a great four days,” said Eastern Michigan Head Coach Peter Linn. “We didn’t have a lot of stars but everybody contributed and everybody stepped up. We hung tough all day.”
The Eagles compiled 777.5 total points throughout the four-day event. Missouri State finished second after collecting 757.5 points and Buffalo was third with 517 points. Southern Illinois (515), Miami (507), Evansville (146), and Ball State(127) rounded out the event.
“Winning this Championship was really great because we have actually had a really hard year and it was a great way to finish it off,” Linn added.
Missouri State’s Miguel Davila started off the evening by reclaiming his 2013 title in the 1650 Freestyle in a pool record time of 15:06.54. Eastern Michigan’s Kyle Lichtenberg placed second in the event with a time of 15:19.78, Southern Illinois’ Michael Wolfe placed third in a time of 15:24.74.
Miami’s Joe Baumgartner took home the 100 Freestyle title in a time of 43.73.
Missouri State’s Paul Le claimed the 200 Backstroke Championship title for the second year in a row with a time of 1:41.69. Southern Illinois’ Lucas Aquino won the 200 Butterfly in a MAC Championship and pool record time of 1:45.78.
Eastern Michigan’s Mike fisher claimed his third straight 200 Breaststroke title in a time of 1:54.97. Eastern Michigan has won this event nine straight years.
The 3-meter diving title was won by Eastern Michigan’s Alexander Chan with a total of 409.95 points. Southern Illinois Kegan Skelton took second place (407.65), while Eastern Michigan’s Daniel Gironza placed third (396.35).
Missouri State won the final race of the evening for the second year in a row as the relay team of Paul Le, Isaac McKnight, Vitalii Baryshok, and Uvis Kalnins claimed the 400 Free Relay in a time of 2:56.50. Southern Illinois finished in second (2:56.97) with Miami taking home third (2:57.56).
The complete 2015 All-MAC Teams and Specialty Awards are listed below:
Most Outstanding Swimmer: Till Pallmann, Southern Illinois
Swimming Coach of the Year: Rick Walker, Southern Illinois
Most Outstanding Diver: Kegan Skelton, Southern Illinois
Diving Coach of the Year: Buck Smith, Eastern Michigan
Most Outstanding Senior: Paul Le, Missouri State
All-MAC First Team
Till Pallmann, SIU
Uvis Kalnins, MSU
Joe Baumgartner, Miami
Isaac Springer, MSU
Paul Le, MSU
Miguel Davila, MSU
Mike Fisher, EMU
Lucas Aquino, SIU
Kegan Skelton, SIU
Alexander Chan, EMU
Brian Moore, EMU
Andrew Henry, EMU
Kacper Cwiek, MSU
Logan Burton, EMU
All-MAC Second Team
Scott Huang, Buffalo
Michael Wolfe, SIU
Cole Bateman, EMU
Kyle Lichtenberg, EMU
Ethan Bresette, MSU
Oliver Patrouch, Buffalo
Antonio, Lanzi, Buffalo
Matt Wilson, MSU
Davis Staley, Miami
Joe Morris, BSU
Brandon Weissman, MSU
Andre Luiz Brilhante, SIU
Vitalii Baryshok, MSU
Erik Gissen, EMU
Marcin Rzyski, EMU
Garrett Nevels, MSU
