Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
Kentucky
Men Swimming and Diving Falls to Kentucky, 184-113
10/14/2017 4:29:00 PM | M. Swim & Dive
The Eagles were paced with five first-place finishes
Full Results (PDF)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (EMUEalges.com) - The Eastern Michigan University men's swimming and diving team traveled to Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 14, for a non-conference dual against the University of Kentucky. The Eagles came up short, as the Wildcats took the meet by a final score of 184-113.
After a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay, the Eagles struggled to finish top-three in the following events as the Wildcats swept the 1650 and 200 freestyle races.
Senior Logan Burton (Chesapeake, Va.-Hickory) and junior Tosh Kawaguchi (Cary, N.C.-Cary) got the Green and White on track with a 1-2 punch in the 100 backstroke. Burton won the race, clocking in with a time of 49.42, while Kawaguchi finished runner-up, touching in at 49.87. Burton also improved to 4-0 on the year in the 100 fly, winning the event with a time of 49.14.
Freshman Ben Brooks (Avon, Ohio, Avon) followed up with a second-place performance in the 100 breaststroke while fellow freshman Ben Gingher (Boalsburg, Pa.-State College Area) was just edged out of the top three with a time of 58.07.
Trailing behind a Wildcat, sophomore Parker Saladin (Buchanan, Mich.-Buchanan) posted a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:51.13
Kentucky continued to show its dominance in its pool, sweeping the 50 and 100 free. Freshman Carter Swift (Shepparton, Victoria, Australia) paced EMU in both events posting a fourth and fifth-place finish, respectively.
Kawaguchi nabbed his first top-finish of the afternoon in the 200 back, touching in at 1:48.79. Right on his heels was sophomore Matan Segal (Lehavim, Israel-Hof HaSharon) who posted a second-place finish at 1:50.38.
Moving to the 200 breast, Gingher continued to have a strong day. Taking the lead early on and never looking back, Gingher touched in at 2:04.78. In a battle for second-place between himself a Wildcat, Brooks was edged out by three hundredths of a second, taking third at 2:05.87.
Kawaguchi, leading the Eagles in their first sweep of the afternoon, earned his second first-place finish in the 400 individual medley. Saladin and junior Ricky Perez (Greenfield, Wis.-Greenfield) rounded out the top-three at second and third, respectively.
In the final event of the meet, the Eagles earned another sweep in the 200 free relay, but it was not enough to overcome the Wildcats, as Eastern fell 184-113.
On the springboard, freshman Al'x Pierre (London, Ontario- St. Thomas Aquinas) and senior Peter Rusenas (Naperville, Ill.-Naperville Central) paced the Eagles with fourth place finishes in the 1- and 3-meter dives with scores of 287.63 and 294.60, respectively.
EMU returns to competition when it travels to Ohio next weekend to take on Denison, Oct. 21. Action is slated to begin at 1 p.m. at the Trumbull Aquatics Center.
EMU Individual Results
* Denotes season-best
# Denotes career-best
1650 Free
5. Corey Smith 16:43.57
6. Tanner Olmos 16:48.77
200 Free
4. Jake Tyson 1:42.79
5. Matan Segal 1:43.03
100 Back
1. Logan Burton 49.42
2. Tosh Kawaguchi 49.87
7. Ricky Perez 51.99
8. Chris O'Shea 52.70
100 Breast
2. Ben Brooks 57.86
4. Ben Gingher 58.07 *
5. Matthew Tsenkov 58.24
200 Fly
2. Parker Saladin 1:51.13
6. Matthew Martin 1:55.32
7. Alex Arrieta 1:55.38
8. Connor Johnson 1:57.27
50 Free
4. Carter Swift 21.16 #
5. Alec Hoch 21.40 *
3-meter
4. Peter Rusenas 294.60
5. Al'x Pierre 259.73
7. Noah Galluzzo 236.25
100 Free
5. Carter Swift 46.54 #
6. Jake Tyson 46.94
7. Alec Hoch 47.50 *
200 Back
1. Tosh Kawaguchi 1:48.79
2. Matan Segal 1:50.38 *
6. Ricky Perez 1:53.89
7. Chris O'Shea
200 Breast
1. Ben Gingher 2:04.78 #
3. Ben Brooks 2:05.87 #
4. Matthew Tsenkov 2:09.91
500 Free
5. Tanner Olmos 4:48.07 *
6. Alex Arrieta 4:48.61
7. Corey Smith 4:56.90
100 Fly
1. Logan Burton 49.14
4. Matthew Martin 51.14
5. Connor Johnson 51.40
1-meter
4. Al'x Pierre 287.63
5. Peter Rusenas 251.63
7. Noah Galluzzo 228.30
400 IM
1. Tosh Kawaguchi 4:05.39
2. Parker Saladin 4:12.14
3. Ricky Perez 4:12.89
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