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EMU Qualifies 13 for Final Session of MAC Championships
3/4/2017 1:31:00 PM | M. Swim & Dive
The Eagles are currently third in the team standings
Complete Results (PDF)
CARBONDALE, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's swimming and diving team turned in another fantastic preliminary performance at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Championships, Saturday, March 4, qualifying a total of 13 for championship heats.
The session began with the 200 Backstroke, an event the Eagles have seen tremendous success in over the course of the season, including a big point scoring performance in the 100 Back earlier this week. Eastern qualified a total of five for tonight's final heats, including four into the championship race. Freshman Matan Segal posted the top time in prelims, clocking in with a career-best time of 1:44.80. Segal's performance set the program record for fastest time by a freshman in program history. Not far behind Segal, senior Cole Bateman (Hutchinson, Minn.-Hutchinson) and sophomore Tosh Kawaguchi (Cary, N.C.-Cary) claimed second and third, respectively. The 2016 MAC Champion in the 200 Back, Bateman touched in with a time of 1:45.05, while Kawaguchi was just behind him finishing in a career-best 1:45.09. Sophomore Ricky Perez (Greenfield, Wis.-Greenfield) also made the cut for the championship heat, turning in the seventh-ranked prelims time.
As he has done consistently all week, sophomore Jake Tyson (Ipswich, England-Northgate) touched in with one of the top prelim times to earn a lane in the championship heat of the 100 Freestyle. Tyson clocked in with a time of 44.95, the second-fastest in prelims. Freshman Mark Krusinski (Brecksville, Ohio-Brecksville Broadview Heights) will also take part in the evening session after a career-best performance that qualified him for the consolation finals. Krusinski posted a career-best time of 46.20 and enters the race with the 11th-seeded time.
A trio of career performances saw the Eagles land two more in championship heats. Freshman Aaron Hendry (Evans, Ga.-Evans) made the cut for the finals heat with a time of 2:00.98, while redshirt sophomore Lance Bergmann (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) made the cut for the consolation finals with a career-best time 2:01.32.
The Green and White closed out the preliminary session with another outstanding display of depth in the 200 Butterfly. Junior Logan Burton (Chesapeake, Va.-Hickory) paved the way for the Eagles, with a career-best 1:46.16 to take the top-ranked time into the championship heat. Freshman Alex Arrieta (Miami, Fla.-Doral Academy Center) and junior Hunter Cook (Hilliard, Ohio-Hilliard Darby) are set to join Burton after career-best performances of their own. Arrieta's time is slotted third, as the Miami, Fla. native clocked in with a career-best time of 1:48.16. Cook also notched a career-best (1:50.22) and edged out senior Marcin Rzyski (Olsztyn, Poland-Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace #4) for the final lane in the championship heat by four hundredths of a second. Rzyski will represent EMU in the consolation final after turning in a time of 1:50.26 in prelims.
The final session of the 2017 MAC Championships will officially begin at 8 p.m., while championship heats for the 1650 Freestyle will get underway slightly earlier.
EMU Individual Results
*Denotes season-best
#Denotes career-best
&Denotes EMU freshman record
%Denotes program record
200 Back
1. Matan Segal 1:44.80#&
2. Cole Bateman 1:45.05*
3. Tosh Kawaguchi 1:45.09#
7. Ricky Perez 1:47.08*
t-12. Chris Cutter 1:49.04*
100 Free
2. Jake Tyson 44.95
11. Mark Krusinski 46.20#
200 Breast
8. Aaron Hendry 2:00.98#
10. Lance Bergmann 2:01.32#
x. Matthew Tsenkov 2:01.52#
200 Fly
1. Logan Burton 1:46.16#
3. Alex Arrieta 1:48.16#
8. Hunter Cook 1:50.22#
9. Marcin Rzyski 1:50.26
18. Connor Johnson 1:52.38
x. Parker Saladin 1:47.82#
CARBONDALE, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's swimming and diving team turned in another fantastic preliminary performance at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Championships, Saturday, March 4, qualifying a total of 13 for championship heats.
The session began with the 200 Backstroke, an event the Eagles have seen tremendous success in over the course of the season, including a big point scoring performance in the 100 Back earlier this week. Eastern qualified a total of five for tonight's final heats, including four into the championship race. Freshman Matan Segal posted the top time in prelims, clocking in with a career-best time of 1:44.80. Segal's performance set the program record for fastest time by a freshman in program history. Not far behind Segal, senior Cole Bateman (Hutchinson, Minn.-Hutchinson) and sophomore Tosh Kawaguchi (Cary, N.C.-Cary) claimed second and third, respectively. The 2016 MAC Champion in the 200 Back, Bateman touched in with a time of 1:45.05, while Kawaguchi was just behind him finishing in a career-best 1:45.09. Sophomore Ricky Perez (Greenfield, Wis.-Greenfield) also made the cut for the championship heat, turning in the seventh-ranked prelims time.
As he has done consistently all week, sophomore Jake Tyson (Ipswich, England-Northgate) touched in with one of the top prelim times to earn a lane in the championship heat of the 100 Freestyle. Tyson clocked in with a time of 44.95, the second-fastest in prelims. Freshman Mark Krusinski (Brecksville, Ohio-Brecksville Broadview Heights) will also take part in the evening session after a career-best performance that qualified him for the consolation finals. Krusinski posted a career-best time of 46.20 and enters the race with the 11th-seeded time.
A trio of career performances saw the Eagles land two more in championship heats. Freshman Aaron Hendry (Evans, Ga.-Evans) made the cut for the finals heat with a time of 2:00.98, while redshirt sophomore Lance Bergmann (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) made the cut for the consolation finals with a career-best time 2:01.32.
The Green and White closed out the preliminary session with another outstanding display of depth in the 200 Butterfly. Junior Logan Burton (Chesapeake, Va.-Hickory) paved the way for the Eagles, with a career-best 1:46.16 to take the top-ranked time into the championship heat. Freshman Alex Arrieta (Miami, Fla.-Doral Academy Center) and junior Hunter Cook (Hilliard, Ohio-Hilliard Darby) are set to join Burton after career-best performances of their own. Arrieta's time is slotted third, as the Miami, Fla. native clocked in with a career-best time of 1:48.16. Cook also notched a career-best (1:50.22) and edged out senior Marcin Rzyski (Olsztyn, Poland-Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace #4) for the final lane in the championship heat by four hundredths of a second. Rzyski will represent EMU in the consolation final after turning in a time of 1:50.26 in prelims.
The final session of the 2017 MAC Championships will officially begin at 8 p.m., while championship heats for the 1650 Freestyle will get underway slightly earlier.
EMU Individual Results
*Denotes season-best
#Denotes career-best
&Denotes EMU freshman record
%Denotes program record
200 Back
1. Matan Segal 1:44.80#&
2. Cole Bateman 1:45.05*
3. Tosh Kawaguchi 1:45.09#
7. Ricky Perez 1:47.08*
t-12. Chris Cutter 1:49.04*
100 Free
2. Jake Tyson 44.95
11. Mark Krusinski 46.20#
200 Breast
8. Aaron Hendry 2:00.98#
10. Lance Bergmann 2:01.32#
x. Matthew Tsenkov 2:01.52#
200 Fly
1. Logan Burton 1:46.16#
3. Alex Arrieta 1:48.16#
8. Hunter Cook 1:50.22#
9. Marcin Rzyski 1:50.26
18. Connor Johnson 1:52.38
x. Parker Saladin 1:47.82#
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