Eastern Michigan Claims Third Straight Men's Swimming & Diving Championship
Finals Results
Championship Central
Eastern Michigan captured their third staright Mid-American Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday night.
The Eagles compiled 717 total points throughout the four-day event. Missouri State finished second compiling 716 points and Buffalo was third with 661.5 points. Miami (518.5), Southern Illinois (489), Ball State(147), and Evansville (146) rounded out the event.
Missouri State’s Antonio Thomas started off the evening by claiming the 1650 freestyle title in a championship, meet, conference and pool of 14:56.02. Eastern Michigan’s Kyle Lichtenberg placed second in the event for the second consecutive year with a time of 15:12.04, and Thomas' teammate Minki Kang placed third in a time of 15:24.13.
Buffalo's Mason Miller took home the 100 Freestyle title in a time of 44.03 and picked up considerations for the NCAA B Cut.
Eastern Michigan sophomore Tosh Kawaguchi claimed the 200 Backstroke Championship title with a time of 1:44.73. Southern Illinois’ Filippo Dell'Olio claimed his second straight 200 Butterfly title in record breaking fashion with a time of 1:45.55.
Missouri State’s Phillip Willett claimed the 200 Breaststroke title in a time of 1:57.07 and picked up considerations for the NCAA B Cut.
The 3-meter diving title was won by Eastern Michigan’s Alexander Chan for the fourth straight year. He tied his score from last year's Championship with a toal of 422.75 points breaking the pool and conference record.
Buffalo won the final race of the evening as the relay team of Eric Jensen, Hudson Carroll, Martin Leigh, and Mason Miller claimed the 400 Free Relay in a time of 2:58.44. Missouri State finished in second (2:59.13) and Eastern Michigan took home third (3:00.32).
Most Outstanding Swimmer: Mason Miller, Buffalo
Swimming Coach of the Year: Dave Collins, Missouri State
Freshmen Swimmer of the Year: Antonio Thomas, Missouri State
Most Outstanding Diver: Alex Chan, Eastern Michigan
Diving Coach of the Year: Buck Smith, Eastern Michigan
Freshman Diver of the Year: Kai Hoffmann-Dussome, Southern Illinois
Most Outstanding Senior: Andre Luz Brilhante, Southern Illinois
All-MAC 1st Team
Hudson Carroll, Buffalo
Itai De La Vega, Buffalo
Mason Miller, Buffalo
Logan Burton, Eastern Michigan
Alex Chan, Eastern Michigan
Tosh Kawaguchi, Eastern Michigan
Kyle Lichtenberg, Eastern Michigan
Jake Tyson, Eastern Michigan
Karper Cwiek, Missouri State
Chris Heye, Missouri State
Artur Osvath, Missouri State
Antonio Thomas, Missouri State
Phillip Willett, Missouri State
Andre Luz Brilhante, Southern Illinois
Filippo Dell’Olio, Southern Illinois
All-MAC 2nd Team
Charles Barry, Buffalo
Garrett Clarke, Buffalo
Eric Jensen, Buffalo
Nick Rodriguez, Buffalo
Alex Arrieta, Eastern Michigan
Cole Bateman, Eastern Michigan
Justin Andrews, Miami
Hutch Blackstone, Miami
Lucas Brock, Miami
Jack Strauss, Miami
Nicholas Wukovits, Miami
Ethan Bresette, Missouri State
Minki Kang, Missouri State
Michael Mollak, Missouri State
Bobby Wood, Southern Illinois
