Ball State University Athletics
Men?s S&D Sixth After Day 1 of MAC Championships
March 02, 2012 | Men's Swimming and Diving
OXFORD, Ohio - The Ball State men's swimming and diving team ranks sixth among seven teams after the first day of the 2012 Mid-American Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by Miami at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center.
The Cardinals finished the opening day of the three-day meet with 72 points. Eastern Michigan is first with 236 points and is followed by Southern Illinois (216), Buffalo (171), host Miami (144.5), Missouri State (149), BSU and Evansville (26).
Senior Chris Krupa (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) and junior Michael Weber (Lorain, Ohio/Elyria Catholic) posted phenomenal performances in the 200 IM preliminaries as Weber finished in 14th-place (1:52.05), while Krupa tallied a 15th-place finish (1:52.15).
Krupa and Weber both returned in the finals to tally the second-best individual time in program history (1:50.95) and third-best individual time in program history (1:51.36), respectively.
In the relay events, Weber combined with sophomore Michael Oaks (Franklin, Ind./Franklin Community), sophomore Joseph Morris (South Bend, Ind./Clay) and senior Casey Schroeder (Williamsport, Ind./Seeger Memorial) on the seventh-place 200 freestyle relay (1:24.79).
On the record-setting fifth-place 400 medley relay, senior Gavin McNeeley (North Manchester, Ind./Manchester) joined Weber, Krupa and Schroeder, to clock in at 3:20.51.
On the 1-meter diving board, sophomore Jake Brehmer (Valparaiso, Ind./Chesterton) led the Cardinals with a 14th-place score of 267.90.
Ball State returns to action in the 2012 MAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championships Friday from Miami's at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center.
DAY ONE RESULTS
500 Free Prelims
16th
- Nicholas Stevens (4:36.37)
18th - Andrew Lamb (4:39.64)
26th - Andrew Hostetler (4:51.25)
28th - Cameron Watters (4:55.58)
500 Free
16th - Nicholas Stevens (4:37.20)
200 IM Prelims
14th - Michael Weber (1:52.05)
15th - Chris Krupa (1:52.15)
25th - Tony DeBrota (1:55.09)
29th - Conner Snare (1:57.82)
200 IM
10th - Chris Krupa (1:50.95) - Second-Best Individual Time in Program History
13th - Michael Weber (1:51.36) - Third-Best Individual Time in Program History
50 Free Prelims
11th - Casey Schroeder (20.61)
26th - Joseph Morris (21.48)
27th - Michael Oaks (21.52)
29th - Gavin McNeeley (21.64)
32nd - Drew Tharp (22.05)
33rd - Tucker Hale (22.06)
34th - Neal Fennig (22.35)
35th - Ben Fredrickson (22.49)
38th - David Wood (23.09)
50 Free
12th - Casey Schroeder (20.58)
1-Meter Diving Prelims
14th - Jake Brehmer (242.25)
1-Meter Diving
14th – Jake Brehmer (267.90)
200 Freestyle Relay
7th – Michael Weber, Michael Oaks, Joseph Morris, Casey Schroeder (1:24.79)
400 Medley Relay
5th – Michael Weber, Gavin McNeeley, Chris Krupa, Casey Schroeder (3:20.51) - Best Time in Program History
