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CANTON, Ohio – The term dynasty is applicable to the University of Findlay men's program as the Oilers officially captured their fourth consecutive title in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference/Mountain East Conference Championships on Friday.
The 3.5 day event officially closed out in the C.T. Branin Natatorium with the 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly and the 400 freestyle relay.
Findlay won by basically 500 points over runner-up Notre Dame (OH) as the Oilers continued to expand their lead each day of competition. The Oilers have worked hard for team championship victories in 2018, 2019, 2020 and now, 2021.
Appropriately, it was a sweep for the Oilers with multiple individual awards specifically tailored for the meet based on their respective performances.
Sophomore Tim Stollings was named the G-MAC/MEC Swimmer of the Meet, senior Dalton Shevlin was named G-MAC/MEC Diver of the Meet, Daniel Garcia was awarded G-MAC/MEC Freshman of the Meet and Andrew Makepeace was presented with G-MAC/MEC Coach of the Meet.
Since the event's inception with the collaborative effort from the Mountain East in 2018, Findlay has been on top. Stollings was responsible for a share of the meet-best 128 points including championship wins in the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 200 butterfly, while contributing to team victories in the 200/400 medley relays and the 400 freestyle relay to end Friday night.
It was a dominant display in the water for the 2021 NCAA Champion, who was billed both swimmer and freshman of the meet in 2020. He set a total of four different meet records in this year's championship format.
Garcia also accounted for 128 points, everything virtually touching for gold as he blazed his way to wins in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke. Garcia completely re-wrote the combined conference records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke races and 200 IM. He also helped win the 400 freestyle relay in another record-setting time of 3:01.00 to conclude tonight's session.
Shevlin was the conference champion in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events while accounting for 64 points. Both of his efforts resulted in top 10 placement in conference history from those distances. Makepeace saw his group set multiple overall and meet records in Canton. Paul Pavala won his third consecutive 200 backstroke title while he and Dags Bregis, Adam Hornak, Jared Toaz and Luca Chiandussi, virtually scored over 100 points each.
Meet host Malone would finish third in the team scoring behind Notre Dame (OH) by a very slight margin. The Pioneers collected 938.5 points and fended off Fairmont State, which had 926.
Malone's top scorer was Caleb Cosentino with 96 points. He was third in the 1,000 frestyle, fourth in the 200 butterfly, fourth in the 1,650 freestyle and top 10 in the 500 freestyle.
Each conference will announce seasonal awards in the same categories on varying timelines to celebrate the conclusion of the 2020-21 season. The NCAA Championships have already been conducted in Birmingham, Ala.