CINCINNATI – Xavier swimming is about to participate in a pair of occasions this weekend, beginning with a visit throughout city to face Cincinnati on Friday, January 23, set for a 2:00 p.m. begin. The Musketeers then head north to Oxford, Ohio, to tackle Miami (Ohio) and Kenyon on Saturday, Jan. 24, set for a 1:00 p.m. begin.
Xavier not journey to the Butler Invite on Sunday, Jan. 25, resulting from climate.
CINCINNATI
- Cincinnati will host a diving competitors at 1:00 p.m. earlier than celebrating Senior Day at 2:30 p.m. Racing occasions are set to start at 3:00 p.m.
- Both UC squads completed sixth on the Big 12 Championships final season.
- At final season’s meet, Cincinnati took a 192-102 win on the ladies’s facet and a 219-69 win on the lads’s facet.
MIAMI (OHIO ) and KENYON
- The meet at Miami (Ohio) is about to start at 1:00 p.m. The RedHawks will honor their senior class throughout the meet.
- Miami’s males gained the MVC Championship final season, whereas the ladies positioned third on the MAC Championship.
- Last season, Kenyon’s ladies gained the NCAC title, whereas the lads positioned second on the NCAC Championships.
WEEKLY AWARDS
- Matt Fralic was named the BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week, the league workplace introduced on Wednesday.
- Fralic, a junior from Worthington, Ohio, helped Xavier choose up three first place finishes because the Musketeer males gained seven of 11 occasions on the way in which to the group win over Bellarmine on Saturday.
- Individually, Fralic positioned first within the 200 again, ending in a time of 1:52.50. Fralic swam anchor for the profitable 200 free relay squad that completed in 1:24.29 and likewise swam the backstroke leg for the first-place ending 200 medley relay, posting a 23.70 cut up as Xavier completed in 1:31.99.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
- The Musketeers will journey to the 2026 BIG EAST Championships, set to run February 18-21, at FAST in Ocala, Fla.
XAVIER MEN
- Xavier returns 5 All-BIG EAST honorees, Matt Fralic, Kyle Hudson, Ryan Knipp, Aiden Leamer and Luke Peterson. Co-Most Outstanding Swimmer Aiden Leamer gained the 200 fly with an NCAA B-Cut time. He additionally set an NCAA B-Cut time within the 100 fly. Fralic and Hudson earned all BIG EAST in 4 occasions, whereas Peterson earned it in a pair and Knipp was named all-conference as a part of the 800 free relay.
- The Musketeer males positioned third on the 2025 BIG EAST Championships, profitable 4 BIG EAST occasion titles. and setting new program data in seven occasions.
- Xavier’s males return 16 letter winners and added seven newcomers to the roster.
XAVIER WOMEN
- The Musketeers return a trio of All-BIG EAST honorees from final season, Jordyn Libler, Olivia Oyster and Norah Simich. Libler earned all-conference in 4 occasions, together with profitable the 100 breast BIG EAST Championship with an NCAA B-Cut time. Oyster gained a pair of BIG EAST titles, within the 50 free and the 100 free, setting NCAA B-Cut instances in each. Norah Simich additionally a set an NCAA B-Cut time within the 200 fly prelims.
- At the 2025 BIG EAST Championships, the Xavier ladies positioned third, profitable a program-best eight BIG EAST Championships and setting new faculty data in 11 occasions, together with all 5 relays.
- In addition to 13 returning letterwinners, the Musketeers added six newcomers to the roster.