Men’s Swimming Scores Nine Event Wins; Tops Bellarmine 162-100

Friday, January 28

Louisville, KY (Mary T. Aquatic Center)

12 p.m.

Ball State University

162

100

Bellarmine University (Swimming Only)

Men’s Swimming Scores Nine Event Wins; Tops Bellarmine 162-100

January 28, 2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - - The Ball State men's swimming program did not miss a beat in its first competition in over two months, tallying nine event wins on the way to a 162-100 victory at Bellarmine Friday afternoon.

The Cardinals (2-1) won four of the meet's first five events at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center, starting with a dominating swim of 3:30.37 in the 400 medley relay by freshman Ethan Pheifer, sophomore Joey Garberick, junior Bryce Handshoe, and junior Owen Chaye.

It was the first of a team-leading four event wins for Garberick, who would go on to sweep the breaststrokes with a time of 57.97 in the 100 and 2:07.98 in the 200.

Garberick would also combine with Chaye, junior Jack Wolfred and senior Duncan McLarty for a winning time of 1:25.15 in the 200 freestyle relay.

In addition to factoring in both relay wins, Chaye would take home top honors in the 50 freestyle (21.65) to finish the day with three top finishes.

Three other Cardinals would add individual wins to go with their relay victories to finish the meet with a pair of first-place efforts. Pheifer was the first, clocking in at 52.91 in the 100 backstroke.

Handshoe followed with BSU's final individual victory, clocking in at 50.96 in the 100 butterfly. The final two-event winner was Wolfred who took first in the 100 freestyle at 47.69, before combining for the win in the 200 freestyle relay to cap the meet.

Rounding out Ball State's event winners was junior Landyn Riester who touched the wall in 1:44.22 in the 200 freestyle to top teammate senior Ryan Short by 0.01 of a second in the closest race of the day.

The Ball State men's swimming & diving team returns to action Sunday at the Butler Invitational. Action is scheduled to begin at Noon at the pool in Fishers High School.

Ball State Men's Swimming Individual Results at Bellarmine
400 Medley Relay
1st - Ethan Pheifer, Joey Garberick, Bryce Handshoe, Owen Chaye - 3:30.37
3rd - Reece Manning, Noah Berryman, Duncan McLarty, Jack Wolfred - 3:36.93
6th - Erkan Ozgen, Dillon Freiberger, Bryan Lower, Patrick White - 3:40.56

1000 Freestyle
2nd - Zach Zishka - 10:04.81
3rd - Alexander Eddy - 10:08.57
4th - Zachary Moody - 10:22.23
5th - Sam Jennings - 10:26.94

200 Freestyle
1st - Landyn Riester - 1:44.22
2nd - Ryan Short - 1:44.23
4th - Aiden Maurer - 1:46.15

100 Backstroke
1st - Ethan Pheifer - 52.91
2nd - Max Kruglov - 53.78
5th - Philip Choroser - 56.23
6th - Reece Manning - 56.28
7th - Bryan Lower - 56.95

100 Breaststroke
1st - Joey Garberick - 57.97
4th - Jack Wolfred - 1:02.84
6th - Noah Berryman - 1:03.10
7th - Dillon Freiberger - 1:03.67

200 Butterfly
2nd - Bryce Handshoe - 1:55.70
3rd - Michael Mitsynskyy
4th - Eli Germain - 1:57.05
5th - Bennet Witteveen - 2:01.26
7th - Jackson Ketcham - 2:02.76

50 Freestyle
1st - Owen Chaye -21.65
2nd - Duncan McLarty - 21.96
7th - Patrick White - 22.42
10th - Erkan Ozgen - 22.98

100 Freestyle
1st - Jack Wolfred - 47.69
2nd - Owen Chaye - 47.85
3rd - Duncan McLarty - 48.12
4th - Ethan Pheifer - 48.76
7th - Patrick White - 49.73

200 Backstroke
2nd - Sam Jennings - 1:58.24
3rd - Max Kruglov - 1:58.34
5th - Aiden Maurer - 2:00.44

200 Breaststroke
1st - Joey Garberick - 2:07.98
3rd - Noah Berryman - 2:16.44
5th - Zachary Moody - 2:22.19

500 Freestyle
2nd - Ryan Short - 4:53.45
3rd - Landyn Riester - 4:57.71
4th - Alexander Eddy - 5:00.80
6th - Jackson Ketcham - 5:01.21
7th - Bennet Witteveen - 5:05.17

100 Butterfly
1st - Bryce Handshoe - 50.96
3rd - Michael Mitsynskyy - 53.61
5th - Eli Germain - 53.75
7th - Bryan Lower - 54.88
9th - Reece Manning - 57.20

400 IM
3rd - Max Kruglov - 4:15.75
5th - Zach Zishka - 4:18.10
6th - Dillon Freiberger - 4:27.90
8th - Zachary Moody - 4:32.65

200 Freestyle Relay
1st - Owen Chaye, Jack Wolfred, Joey Garberick, Duncan McLarty - 1:25.15
2nd - Bryce Handshoe, Ryan Short, Patrick White, Ethan Pheifer - 1:25.80
4th - Erkan Ozgen, Aiden Maurer, Michael Mitsynskyy, Landyn Riester - 1:28.74