Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, January 22
Jones Natatorium
3 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
155
vs
67
Wayne State
Men's Swimming and Diving Dominates in Senior Day Win Over Wayne State
1/22/2016 4:51:00 PM | M. Swim & Dive
The Eagles swept both diving events on their way to the win
Complete Results (PDF)
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's swimming and diving team returned to Jones Natatoriun, Friday, Jan. 22, for a senior day dual against Wayne State University. Paced by strong performances by the divers, and a pair of wins by senior Andrew Henry (Garner, N.C.-West Johnston), the Eagles (4-2,1-0) topped the Warriors 155-67.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's swimming and diving team returned to Jones Natatoriun, Friday, Jan. 22, for a senior day dual against Wayne State University. Paced by strong performances by the divers, and a pair of wins by senior Andrew Henry (Garner, N.C.-West Johnston), the Eagles (4-2,1-0) topped the Warriors 155-67.
Collectively, the Eagles diving team kicked off the meet with a bang, sweeping both the 1 and 3 meter events. In the 3-meter, sophomore Peter Rusenas (Naperville, Ill.-Naperville Central) posted a season-best score of 356.63 to earn the win while junior Brendan O'Shea (South Lyon, Mich.-South Lyon) and freshman Tom Gillis (Halifax, Nova Scotia-Citadel) completed the sweep. The trio doubled the Eagles score in the 1-meter with O'Shea earning a win on senior day with a score of 315.60. Gillis and Rusenas finished second and third, respectively, as both posted scores above 300.
The Green and White continued its relay dominance in the 200 Medley Relay, winning the event for the fourth time this season behind junior Cole Bateman (Hutchinson, Minn.-Hutchinson), junior Kyle Aerne (Lake Villa, Ill.-Lakes), senior Erik Gissen (Karlstad, Sweden-Alvkullegymnasiet), and junior Erik Brinkhoff (Bethel Park, Pa.-Bethel Park). The foursome touched in with a time of 1:32.36. Freshman Tosh Kawaguchi (Cary, N.C.-Cary) and seniors Chris Hodges (Lincolnshire, Ill.-Stevenson), Krzysztof Gilski (Dywity, Poland-Adam Mickiewicz State Secondary), and Dylan Crompton (Redford, Mich.-Thurston), clocked in in third.
Junior Kyle Lichtenberg (Clarkston, Mich.) touched in nearly 20 seconds ahead of a Wayne State swimmer on his way to collecting his first win of the season in the 1000 Free. Junior Chris Cutter (Fishers, Ind.-Fishers) claimed second while junior Marcin Rzyski (Olsztyn, Poland-Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace #4) placed third as the Eagles collected their third sweep of the afternoon.
The momentum carried over into the 200 Free for the Eagles where sophomore Logan Burton (Chesapeake, Va.-Hickory), freshman Jean-Francois Murphy (Montreal, Quebec-Sainte-Anne), and sophomore Josh Kreider (Coopersburg, Pa.-Southern Lehigh) swept the event.
After Brinkhoff and Gissen placed second and third, respectively, in the 50 Free, Henry and Aerne claimed a pair of top-three spots in the 200 Individual Medley. Henry won the event, while Aerne rounded out the top three, in third.
With the dual in hand and a substantial lead, the Eagles deferred points for the remainder of the dual. Sophomore Connor Johnson (Fort Bragg, N.C.-Terry Sanford) registered his third consecutive win in the 100 Butterfly and Henry returned to the pool to win the 100 Free before Bateman (100 Back), Rzyski (500 Free), and Hodges (100 Breast) racked up wins to close out the individual races.
The Eagles closed out the dual with a win in the 200 Free Relay, ending the meet 155-67 in favor of the home team.
Eastern takes a brief break from competition, before returning to the pool, Feb. 6, in Oxford, Ohio for a Mid-American Conference dual against Miami.
EMU Individual Results
1000 Free
1. Kyle Lichtenberg 9:32.39
2. Chris Cutter 9:42.27
3. Marcin Rzyski 9:45.10
5. Hunter Cook x10:02.99
200 Free
1. Logan Burton 1:42.84
2. Jean-Francois Murphy 1:43.67
3. Josh Kreider 1:44.63
5. Bryce Durling x1:45.95
6. Krzysztof Gilski x1:46.97
7. Miles MacDonald x1:47.35
50 Free
2. Erik Brinkhoff 21.31
3. Erik Gissen 21.53
5. Max Wilkinson 21.78
6. Kevin Moore x21.91
7. Dylan Crompton x21.92
200 IM
1. Andrew Henry 1:50.59
3. Kyle Aerne 1:54.10
4. Ricky Perez 1:55.24
5. Cole Bateman x1:55.55
6. Tosh Kawaguchi x1:55.98
1-meter
1. Brendan O'Shea 315.60
2. Tom Gillis 309.45
3. Peter Rusenas 306.30
4. Nicholas Fox x269.11
3-meter
1. Peter Rusenas 356.63
2. Brendan O'Shea 356.25
3. Tom Gillis 333.53
100 Fly
1. Connor Johnson 50.42
x. Kevin Moore x52.54
x. Krzysztof Gilski x53.38
x. Josh Kreider x53.73
x. Miles MacDonald x54.51
x. Chris Buzard x54.69
100 Free
1. Andrew Henry 45.15
x. Erik Brinkhoff x47.08
x. Branson Smith x47.61
x. Logan Burton x47.83
x. Dylan Crompton x48.49
x. Max Wilkinson x48.81
100 Back
1. Cole Bateman 50.56
x. Erik Gissen x50.70
x. Ricky Perez x51.14
x. Tosh Kawaguchi x51.44
x. Chris Cutter x53.18
x. Ryan Current x.55.12
500 Free
1. Marcin Rzyski 4:38.13
x. Kyle Lichtenberg x4:39.84
x. Jean-Francois Murphy x4:41.97
x. Hunter Cook x4:46.00
100 Breast
1. Chris Hodges 56.31
x. Kyle Aerne x56.58
x. Bryce Durling x58.17
x. Conner Finnigan x59.15
x. Lance Bergmann x1:00.77
x. Chris Buzard x1:01.83
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