EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men's swimming and diving team earned a big win in their final dual of the season, defeating UW-Whitewater 156.5-137.5.
The meet came down to the final event where the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Ben Fisher, Jack Kelly, Logan Coert and Collin Miller edged the second-place Warhawk team with a time of 1:27.56.
Miller also won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.81) and the 200-yard IM (2:01.05) while Fisher won the 50-yard freestyle (22.22) and 100-yard freestyle (49.230). Coert was second in the 50 free (22.50) and Miller was second (49.41) in the 100 free.
Nicholas Meints also had a strong day as he won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:10.19) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:54.51).
Additionally, Andrew Strauch won the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.93) and finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (54.96) while divers Dylan Glumac-Berberich and Matthew McMahon took the top spots in the three-meter dive, recording scores of 265.40 and 193.70, respectively. They went on to do the same in the one-meter dive as Glumac-Berberich was first with a score of 252.55 and McMahon second with a score of 206.90.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Kelly, Fisher, Strauch and Coert took second with a time of 1:39.97 while Jens Lund was second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:23.10.
"Whitewater is a tough, well-coached team," said Head Coach Annie Ryder. "We are looking forward to seeing them again at conference. The men haven't beaten Whitewater in several years. We had several swimmers out with the flu today so it was a really exciting win. On the men's side it came down to the last relay so the energy in the pool was really exciting. It was a great way to close out the dual meet season."
The divers will compete at the Minnesota Challenge Feb. 3-4 before the team travels to Brown Deer, Wis. for the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships Feb. 16-18.