Males’s Swimming & Diving Finishes Profitable Run At GLIAC Championships

HOLLAND, Mich. – One report fell and one other qualifying mark was hit because the Augustana males’s swimming and diving staff closed motion on the GLIAC Championships Monday. The staff completed the meet in seventh place with 262.5 factors. 

Across 4 days, the Vikings had a banner weekend. In all, 54 performances earned top-10 placements in program historical past. Among these, 12 had been program information and 73 occasions noticed personal-best instances. 

The lone report to fall on Sunday was within the 400 free relay. The staff of Isaac Rokusek, Theo Tuunelis, Juan Moncada and Peyton Bartsch delivered a stellar efficiency, inserting sixth and ending with a time of three:02.31 to earn 26 staff factors.

In the 100 Free, Peyton Bartsch zoomed via the preliminary race, hitting a DII B-Standard time of 45.17 whereas simply lacking out on a spot within the closing. 

Noah Mooney had himself a day within the 200 Back. He claimed the ultimate spot within the A-Final with a 1:49.53 prelim time. In the ultimate, the sophomore beat his prelim time with a 1:48.22, slotting him in sixth for 13 staff factors. In the B-Final, Lincoln Ahrendt additionally outperformed his prelim time to put eleventh with a time of 1:51.98. 

A pair of Vikings earned spots within the B-Final within the 200 Breast. Mason Ward-Zeller positioned eleventh with a time of two:02.95 after simply lacking out on the A-Final. Noah Mayer added staff factors with a Thirteenth-place end when he completed in 2:03.60.

Sy Pizzolato earned factors for the Vikings within the 1650 Free to open the ultimate session. His time of 16:09.93 was ok for 14th place so as to add three factors to the AU whole. 

The staff will await NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships choices to see who will head to Indianapolis, Indiana, March 11-15.