Males’s Swimming provides 5 All-America swims, notches first top-10 staff end at nationals

Evansville, Ind. — The Catawba College males’s swimming staff added 5 All-America performances on the ultimate day of the NCAA National Championships in Evansville, Ind. on Saturday, including to their high end in staff historical past on the occasion of ninth.

HOW IT HAPPENED

PRELIMS

100-Yard Freestyle

– Maks Minichowski booked his spot within the finals with a top-eight time within the Men’s 100 Free 

200-Yard Backstroke

– George Fykatas certified for the Championship B last within the 200 Back with a mark of 1:45.72

200-Yard Breaststroke

– Rowan Viles earned the final spot for a Championship B last look within the 200 Breast

– Jules Remy was the primary swimmer out within the occasion, inserting one spot behind Viles with a Seventeenth-place end

1.650-Yard Freestyle

– Nazar Herashchenko churned out one other top-five end within the 1650 Free 

FINALS

100-Yard Freestyle

– Minichowski matched his week- and career-best end with a fourth-place end within the Men’s 100 Free, reaching the wall in 42.83, almost four-tenths of a second quicker than his prelim time

200-Yard Backstroke

– Fykatas jumped to eleventh within the Men’s 200 Back last with a mark of 1:45.11

200-Yard Breaststroke

– Viles jumped to thirteenth within the Men’s 200 Breast, incomes All-America honors with a time of 1:59.50

400-Yard Freestyle Relay

– In the ultimate occasion of the season, Catawba’s Men’s 400 Free Relay staff of Minichowski, Ryan Case, Sammer Abdallah and Matt Howard positioned ninth, good for a Second Team All-America honor

STANDINGS

– Catawba jumped Grand Valley State and Florida Southern on the ultimate day of the NCAA Championships, ending ninth for his or her highest nationwide end in program historical past