Men's S&D Drops Competitive Battle to the RedHawks - Ball State University Athletics

Friday, October 30

Muncie, IN

5:30 pm

Ball State University

125

175

Miami University (OH)

Results (PDF)

October 30, 2026 | Men's Swimming and Diving

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men's swimming & diving program opened its conference slate at home versus Miami (OH), turning in five event wins, but ultimately fell to the Redhawks 175-125 inside Lewellen Aquatic Center.

Two of those event wins Friday evening were credited to George Patterson, who stamped first place in the 200 (1:40.79) and 100 (45.78) freestyles. Patterson also had a second-place finish in the 200 individual medley (1:54.35).

Ball State's other individual event victories belonged to Aidan Biddle, who placed on top of the 100 breaststroke (56.90) and Zach Shaddy, who claimed his second win of the season on the 1-meter board (343.05). Shaddy also finished second on 3-meter (341.33).

To open competition, the 200 medley relay team of Kade Opsal, Biddle, AJ Friend and William Raches combined to take first with a time of 1:30.81

The Cardinals are back at home on Nov. 7 when it hosts UIC for Senior Day. Competition is scheduled for noon. Senior athletes from the men's and women's programs will be honored prior to the meet.

BALL STATE RESULTS VS. MIAMI (OH)
200 Medley Relay | Program Record - 1:26.35 by Pheifer, Garberick, Handshoe, Chaye in 2023
1st – Kade Opsal, Aidan Biddle, AJ Friend, William Raches – 1:30.81
3rd – Colin Walrond, Ike Ruszkowski, Zack Vervlied, Leo Gustavsson – 1:34.27
5th – Anthony Korchnak, Reeve Ferber, Henry Ko, Braden Fuller – 1:34.71

1000 Freestyle | Program Record - 9:24.01 by Malcolm Slater in 2025
2nd – Malcolm Slater – 9:40.29
3rd – Tommy Brunner – 9:46.26
4th – Seth Blossom – 9:49.99

200 Freestyle | Program Record - 1:34.79 by George Patterson in 2026
1st – George Patterson – 1:40.79
5th – Anthony Korchnak – 1:44.11
6th – Dominick Perkowski – 1:45.45

100 Backstroke | Program Record - 47.88 by William Raches in 2026
3rd – Kade Opsal – 52.28
4th – Colin Walrond – 53.04
5th – William Raches – 53.19

100 Breaststroke | Program Record - 51.93 by Joey Garberick in 2024
1st – Aidan Biddle – 56.90
3rd – Ike Ruszkowski – 58.55
5th – Brogan Wilson – 59.06

200 Butterfly | Program Record - 1:46.93 by Bryce Handshoe in 2024
2nd – Henry Ko – 1:51.45
4th – Luke Pryor – 1:54.70
6th – Reeve Ferber – 2:00.90

50 Freestyle | Program Record - 19.87 AJ Friend in 2026
2nd – AJ Friend – 21.18
4th – Leo Gustavsson – 21.38
6th – Braden Fuller – 22.23

100 Freestyle | Program Record - 43.58 by Owen Chaye in 2023
1st – George Patterson – 45.78
5th – William Raches – 46.89
6th – Zack Vervlied – 47.11

200 Backstroke | Program Record - 1:46.43 by Ike Ruszkowski in 2026
3rd – Anthony Korchnak – 1:52.94
4th – Nathan Harper – 1:53.36
5th – Ike Ruszkowski – 1:53.94

200 Breaststroke | Program Record - 1:54.78 by Joey Garberick in 2024
3rd – Aidan Biddle – 2:09.75
5th – Brogan Wilson – 2:13.05
6th – Jaron Schwartz –2:13.95

500 Freestyle | Program Record - 4:27.13 by George Patterson in 2025
4th – Malcolm Slater – 4:40.20
5th – Tommy Brunner – 4:55.55
6th – Seth Blossom – 5:00.05

100 Butterfly | Program Record - 47.11 by AJ Friend in 2026
2nd – AJ Friend – 49.10
3rd – Luke Pryor – 51.45
4th – Henry Ko – 51.67

200 IM | Program Record - 1:46.80 by George Patterson in 2026
2nd – George Patterson – 1:54.35
3rd – Nathan Harper – 1:56.45
6th – Ike Ruszkowski – 1:58.00

400 Freestyle Relay | Program Record - 2:53.93 by Friend, Patterson, Raches, Siewers in 2026
2nd – Leo Gustavsson, Dominick Perkowski, Lochlan Huerth, Diesel Molin – 3:04.52
3rd – AJ Friend, William Raches, Zack Vervlied, George Patterson – 3:08.88
4th – Henry Ko, Kade Opsal, Anthony Korchnak, Malcolm Slater – 3:10.54

1-Meter Diving | Program Record - 360.15 by Zach Shaddy in 2026
1st – Zach Shaddy – 343.05
5th – Emilio Perez – 278.40
6th – Ryan Farmer – 272.93
7th – Mitchell Mauck – 249.45

3-Meter Diving | Program Record - 365.70 by Zach Shaddy in 2026
2nd – Zach Shaddy – 341.33
3rd – Ryan Farmer – 321.33
7th – Emilio Perez – 267.90
8th – Mitchell Mauck – 265.80