Buckeye Swimmers Return to Action – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swim & Dive
Oct. 21, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s swimming and diving team returned to action at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The men set nine meet records and one team record.
The Gray team opened the meet with a meet record in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:31.75. Swimming on the relay was R.J. Lemyre (Sr., Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington), Daniel Malnik (Fr., Rishon Le-zion, Israel/Gan Nahum), Joe Doyle (Sr., Centerburg, Ohio/Centerburg) and Alex Stuart (Fr., Mogaga, Ca/Campolindo). Mark Neiman (Fr., Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill), of the Gray side, followed suit breaking both a meet and a team record in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:14.72).
“It is unbelieveable that a freshman in his first race would break a record,” Bill Wadley, head swimming coach, said. “It is what I call a memorable lifetime moment. I hope he has many more to come.”
Matthias Sigrist (So., Schaffhausen, Switzerland/Schaffausen), Doyle and Lemyre continued the record-setting trend for the Gray in individual events. Sigrist posted a meet record in 200-yard freestyle (1:40.68). Doyle touched first in the 100-yard freestyle with the sixth meet record of the night (45.40). Lemyre clenched the 100-yard backstroke in 49.81.
On the Scarlet squad, Daniel Novak (Jr., Sao Paulo, Brazil/Foothill) won the 200-yard individual medley with a meet record of 1:53.32. George Markovic (Fr., Sydney, Australia/St. Ives) added a record to his resume with his winning time of 4:31.41. Fellipe Travesso (So., Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Lawrences North) recrorded another victory for the Scarlet when he touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.40), another meet record. The Scarlet team rounded out the night with a final meet record in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:24.33). “The men did a great job,” Wadley said. “It was unbelievable how many records we broke tonight. It was a great way to start out the year and was a lot of fun.”
The Buckeyes will return to action with a meet against Kenyon, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m., at the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
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