Williamsburg, KY – The fourth-ranked UC men's swimming and diving team recorded 11 first-place finishes and nine second-place finishes as the Patriots defeated Cambellsville 150-34 in Mid-South Conference action Friday night at the Dinah Taylor Aquatic Center.  With the win the Patriots improve to 5-0 overall and 3-0 against the Mid-South Conference.

The Patriots opened the meet with the seniors relay of Seth Garner, Chase Simmons, Michael Monday, and Joey Sedacca edging out the freshmen relay of Blaise Snowberg, Hunter Eaton, Daric Sundeen, and Alan Senn to win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.69.

Individually, Cumberlands had nine different swimmers record a win on the night.  Leading the way for UC was Snowberg, who swam 4:51.81 to win the 500 free.  That time was the lone individual NAIA "A" standard. 

Viktor Lyson added to his win column as he touched the wall in 1:49.64 to win the 200 free. Simmons and Sundeen each won their respective events and hit a "B" cut in the process.  Simmons swam 1:01.06 in the 100 breast, while Sundeen won the 100 fly with a time of 53.91.

In the 50 free, Eaton outreached Sedacca by .04 seconds to claim victory. Seth Garner won the 100 free with a time of 51.14.   

Jacob Smith, Gustavs Baumanis, and Bryce Pierce each won their respective events.  Smith won the 200 IM (2:04.28), Baumanis took first in the 100 back (57.01), and Pierce finished first in the 1000 free (10:16.15).

In the final event of the meet, the 400 free relay, the sophomore team of Lyson, Michael Cain, Baumanis, and Joel Westerlind fended off a late charge by the junior relay of Thomas Crawford, Brian Gibbs, Pierce, and Smith to win the event with a time of 3:21.08.

The Patriots will return to the water Saturday, December 2, as they host seventh-ranked West Virginia Tech.  The meet is scheduled for 12 p.m. and live video is available here, while live results will be available here.

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