4 Males’s Swimming & Diving Data Fall in First Day of the GLIAC Championships

HOLLAND, Mich. – The Augustana males’s swimming and diving staff opened motion on the GLIAC Championships Friday, breaking information in 4 of the six occasions that have been held. 
 
The Vikings bookended the day with information in each the 200 medley and 200 free relays. Ethan Kinney, Mason Ward-Zeller, Peyton Bartsch and Noah Mooney swam to a 1:28.94 end to say the highest spot in program historical past and place sixth. To finish the evening, Bartsch and Mooney have been joined by Isaac Rokusek and Collin Wilcynski for a fourth place-finish and faculty report within the 200 free relay with a time of 1:21.06.
 
Bartsch additionally earned a person report within the 50 free prelims, decreasing his personal report. He earned a spot within the B Final when he clocked a DII B Standard-qualifying 20.13. He completed the B closing with a thirteenth place end in 20.37 to earn 3.5 staff factors.
 
In the 200 IM, Ward-Zeller earned a spot within the B closing after a 1:50.97. He improved that point within the B closing, ending second with a DII B Standard and program-record 1:49.33 so as to add seven staff factors.

Two Vikings earned top-25 finishes within the 1000 yard freestyle. In his first GLIAC Championships, Sy Pizzolato completed in nineteenth place after a run of 9:48.08. Close behind was Will Kotalik, whose 9:51.28 was good for twenty first. In the ultimate particular person occasion of the evening, David Binsfeld completed with 432.55 factors within the 1m dive to put thirteenth. 

 

The staff is again in motion Saturday, Sunday and Monday with prelims beginning at 9 a.m. every day. The finals every evening start at 4:30 p.m. in Holland, Michigan.