HOLLAND, Mich. – The Augustana men's swimming and diving team continued action at the GLIAC Championships Saturday, breaking three more records and placing seventh with 124.5 points.
"We are having an incredible meet out here in Holland," said head coach
Andrew Makepeace. "The score may not show how impressive our squad has been, but we have been setting personal bests, getting big cuts and school records have been shattered because this conference meet is the deepest in the nation. We are just getting started and should have an incredible last two days, which we are very excited about as coaches! We have to keep this energy rolling and, hopefully, our women are seeing how great their teammates are doing as the NSIC meet approaches next week! SKOL!
The Vikings put the 100 Fly in grave danger, starting with a 48.59 from
Mason Ward-Zeller in preliminaries to earn him a spot in the B-Final. 0.06 ticks behind Ward-Zeller was
Noah Mooney, but is was Mooney who earned the top spot after a 10th-place B-Final run of 47.99. That mark hit the DII B Standard, while Ward-Zeller finished 13th in the B-Final as each earned points for the Vikings.
In the 200 Free,
Theo Tuunelis kicked off his day with a DII B Standard and program-record time of 1:39.36 in prelims and earn a spot in the B-Final on Saturday night. In the nightcap, Tuunelis just missed his earlier mark, finishing in 1:39.36 to place 12th and earn five team points.
The final record to fall came in the 400 IM.
Juan Moncada and
Will Kotalik each swam well enough in the early session to earn spots in the B-Final. There, Moncada zoomed to a 12th place finish, closing with a program-record time of 3:58.97. Kotalik earned a pair of points when he placed 15th with a time of 4:06.28.
In the fourth and final event of the night, the team of Mooney and Ward-Zeller were joined by
Simeon Stanoev and
Isaac Rokusek for the 400 medley relay. The group swam well, finishing with a time of 3:18.63 and placing sixth.
The team is back in action Sunday and Monday with prelims starting at 9 a.m. each day. The finals each night begin at 4:30 p.m. in Holland, Michigan.
