Salisbury, N.C. — The 10th-ranked Catawba College men's swimming team earned one final dual meet victory on the season with a decisive 175-87 victory over 23rd-ranked Carson-Newman in two of the top three programs in the South Atlantic Conference at Johnson Pool on Friday for Senior Day.
HOW IT HAPPENED
200-Yard Medley Relay
- Catawba's team of
George Fykatas,
Maks Minichowski,
Ryan Case and
Matt Howard broke 90 seconds in the Men's 200 Medley Relay to best Carson-Newman's top relay team by less than a second
1000-Yard Freestyle
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Nazar Herashchenko paced the rest of the field by over 19 seconds in the Men's 1000 Free, touching the wall in 9:22.10 to clear the B-cut standard time
200-Yard Freestyle
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Jules Remy paced an all-Catawba 1-2-3 in the Men's 200 Free with a mark of 1:40.35
100-Yard Backstroke
- Fykatas earned another win in the Men's 100 Back with a time of 50.35, besting the nearest Eagles competitor by just over a tenth of a second
100-Yard Breaststroke
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Maks Minichowski returned to dual meet action for the Catawba Indians with a win in the Men's 100 Breaststroke, clearing the field by nearly four seconds with a B-cut-quality time of 54.15
50-Yard Freestyle
- Howard captured the 50 Free event win on his Senior Day, clocking a 20.44 mark
100-Yard Freestyle
- Minichowski added a third event win in the Men's 100 Free, clearing the B-cut time with a 44.36 mark in the Men's 100 Free
200-Yard Breaststroke
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Ryan Case nearly touched the wall five seconds faster than any other swimmer in the field in the Men's 200 Breast, posting a mark of 2:04.71
500-Yard Freestyle
- Herashchenko followed up with a win in the Men's 500 Free with a time worthy of an NCAA B-cut of 4:30.99, nearly 14 seconds faster than the next-closest competitor
200-Yard Individual Medley
- Remy punched in another winning time of 1:53.77, this time in the Men's 200 IM, over four seconds over the next swimmer
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
- Minichowski, Howard, Case and
Lassi Niemi punctuated the day with a narrow win in the Men's 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:21.19
UP NEXT
- Catawba turns to training for the South Atlantic Conference Championships, set for Feb. 4-7 in Kingsport, Tenn.
