Wednesday's Results
Thursday Preliminary Heat Sheets
Updated Records
CANTON, Ohio – Nine different event winners were crowned during the first of four days at the Great Midwest/Mountain East Conference Swimming & Diving Championships Wednesday at the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
Findlay is taking aim at its third consecutive team title and the Oilers are off to a good start following an individual win in the 50 freestyle and the 200 yard medley relay.
The Oilers have close to a 100-point lead on Tiffin as the Dragons stacked up 1-2 in the 200 yard IM and won the 1,000 freestyle.
Findlay freshman Tim Stollings clocked a new conference meet record in the 50 free, posting a 20.64 in the final and a 20.60 in the preliminaries. Stollings ranks second all-time in conference history only behind former UF All-American Janko Radmanovic.
The first-year standout also hit the NCAA “B” qualifying standard.
Tiffin’s Miguel Angel Garcia Arroyo edged out his own teammate Jonah Sumfleth in a dramatic finish to the 200 yard IM. Sumfleth’s prelim time was actually tops on the day, but Garcia Arroyo bested Sumfleth by five hundredths of a second in the final.
Garcia Arroyo captured both swimmer and freshman of the year awards during the 2019 combined conference championship meet.
TU’s Christoph Hohenfeld delivered the first individual win for the Great Midwest as he timed a 9:33.56 in the 1,000 freestyle. A strong top three in the event also included Malone’s Nick Wertz as runner-up and Tiffin’s Nick De Robles in third.
Two Findlay freshmen contributed to the winning 200 yard medley relay, specifically Jaegar Loran and Alex Wisler, blending with the returning experience of Trent Williams and Adam Stretch, who are both seniors.
Malone is currently in third place with 206 points and Fairmont State and Notre Dame (OH) round out the current top five in team scoring.
Thursday’s preliminary action will start at 10 AM ET from the C.T. Branin Natatorium.