Men’s Swim & Dive Tops Bellarmine On Senior Day

MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State men's swimming & diving team celebrated senior day by winning 10 events Saturday afternoon in a dual meet versus the Bellarmine Knights.

The Cardinals (2-3) defeated the visiting Knights (4-11) 144-111 at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.

In the last home meet of the season, a pair of Ball State's seniors, Bryce Handshoe and Owen Chaye, started the day off by swimming the anchor two legs of the first-place 200 medley relay win finished in 1:31.20. They were joined by sophomore Ethan Pheifer and junior Joey Garberick.

Garberick would add to his solid season later in the meet with victories in the 100 freestyle (47.26) and the 200 IM (1:55.77).

Chaye then tied his own pool record he set last weekend with his victory in the 50 freestyle, repeating his time of 20.72.

A few events later the Cardinals had a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 backstroke with Pheifer taking home the victory (53.31), sophomore Michael Burns finishing second (53.64), and junior Sam Jennings placing third (54.85).

Senior Landyn Riester ended his home career taking first in the 200 freestyle (1:45.02), and senior Jack Wolfred would not be denied a farewell victory taking first in the 100 breaststroke (59.78).

Sophomores Max Kruglov and Michael Mitsynskyy joined in on the winning effort with their first-place finishes in the 1000 freestyle (10:00.19) and 200 butterfly (1:55.59), respectively.

Freshman Logan Ayres kept the wins coming for the Cardinals taking home a victory in the 200 backstroke with his time of 1:55.19.

The Cardinals finished the meet sending off their seniors with the fastest time in the 400 freestyle relay made up of all upcoming graduates, Wolfred, Riester, Patrick White, and Chaye (3:07.31).

The Ball State men's swimming & diving program will be back in action tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 29) at noon when they travel to Fishers High School for the Butler Invite.

200 Medley Relay
1. Ethan Pheifer, Joey Garberick, Bryce Handshoe, Owen Chaye - 1:31.20
2. Erkan Ozgen, Kenny Reed, Michael Mitsynskyy, Benjamin Clarkston – 1:35.71
3. Aiden Maurer, Noah Berryman, Patrick White, Jack Wolfred – 1:36.84

1000 Freestyle
1. Max Kruglov – 10:00.09
3. Zach Zishka - 10:04.73
4. Alexander Eddy - 10:05.05

200 Freestyle
1. Landyn Riester - 1:45.02
3. Jacob Siewers - 1:45.24
5. Logan Ayres – 1:48.81

100 Backstroke
1. Ethan Pheifer – 53.31
2. Michael Burns – 53.64
3. Sam Jennings – 54.85

100 Breaststroke
1. Jack Wolfred – 59.78
5. Bryce Handshoe – 1:04.17
6. Patrick White – 1:06.24
EXH. Noah Berryman – 59.98
EXH. Zachary Moody – 1:02.20

200 Butterfly
1. Michael Mitsynskyy - 1:55.59
3. Kenny Reed - 1:57.38
4. Bryan Lower – 2:06.75

50 Freestyle
1. Owen Chaye - 20.72
2. Benjamin Clarkston – 21.57
3. Erkan Ozgen – 22.25

100 Freestyle
1. Joey Garberick – 47.26
3. Mason Young – 48.13
4. Landyn Riester – 48.16
EXH. Michael Mitsynskyy – 48.05
EXH. Erkan Ozgen – 48.33

200 Backstroke
1. Logan Ayres - 1:55.19
2. Benjamin Clarkston – 1:55.32
5. Zachary Moody – 2:03.27

200 Breaststroke
2. Ethan Pheifer – 2:12.85
3. Kenny Reed – 2:14.32
4. Noah Berryman - 2:14.43

500 Freestyle
EXH. Alexander Eddy – 4:51.89
EXH. Aiden Maurer – 4:59.95
EXH. Jacob Siewers – 5:01.35

100 Butterfly
EXH. Bryce Handshoe – 50.43
EXH. Owen Chaye – 53.27
EXH. Jack Wolfred – 55.03
EXH. Reece Manning – 54.04

200 IM
1. Joey Garberick – 1:55.77
EXH. Max Kruglov – 1:59.12
EXH. Noah Berryman – 2:05.92

400 Freestyle Relay
EXH. Jack Wolfred, Landyn Riester, Patrick White, Owen Chaye – 3:00.96
EXH. Benjamin Clarkston, Kenny Reed, Mason Young, Jacob Siewers – 3:08.16
EXH. Alexander Eddy, Sam Jennings, Zachary Moody, Zach Zishka – 3:15.95

1M Diving
EXH. Isaac Hunter – 249.90
EXH. Wyatt Blake – 293.63

3M Diving
EXH. Isaac Hunter – 310.13
EXH. Wyatt Blake – 318.83

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Logan Ayres

Noah Berryman

Wyatt Blake

Michael Burns

Owen Chaye

Benjamin Clarkston

Alexander Eddy

Joey Garberick

Bryce Handshoe

Isaac Hunter

Sam Jennings

Max Kruglov

Bryan Lower

Reece Manning

Aiden Maurer

Michael Mitsynskyy

Zachary Moody

Erkan Ozgen

Ethan Pheifer

Kenny Reed

Landyn Riester

Jacob Siewers

Patrick White

Jack Wolfred

Mason Young

Zach Zishka