Posted: Nov 05, 2022

Oilers Wrap Tri-Meet with Wayne State and Northern Michigan

Detroit, Michigan - The University of Findlay men and women's swimming and diving teams wrapped their meet with Wayne State and Northern Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 5. The men succumbed to both #13 Northern Michigan and #20 Wayne State. The women also fell to both #11 Northern Michigan and #19 Wayne State.

Women

In the 400-yard medley relay Sasha Melnyk, Katie Susi, Macy May and Sydney Jones placed fourth with a final time of 4:02.43.

Sophomore Sasha Melnyk finished second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.59, finishing just 0.19 seconds behind Northern Michigan's Camilla Carbone.

Freshman Katie Susi claimed fourth place with a final time of 1:08.11 in the 100-yard breaststroke.

In the 200 yard butterfly sophomore Macy May took fourth place with a time of 2:19.56.

Freshman Ella Hochstetler took fourth place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.27 while sophomore Macy May took fifth place with a time of 1:00.36.

The day concluded with the 400-yard freestyle relay where Macee Rechard, Sydney Jones, Ella Hochstetler and Macy May took fourth place with a time of 3:42.70.

Men

Tim Stollings, Camilo Marrugo, Luca Chiandussi, and Dags Bregis took first place with a time of 3:23.92 in the 400-yard medley relay. Second place went to Randy Keener, Juan Ruiz, Aiden Shue and Angel Margaritov with a final time of 3:26.57.

Senior standout Tim Stollings had a good showing today as he took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.65. He recorded a second place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.40 finishing just behind teammate Camilo Marrugo who recorded a time of 50.9.

Junior Daniel Garcia took first place in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard breaststroke. He recorded times of 1:41.76 and 2:04.44 respectively. He also added another first place finish in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:02.33, finishing six seconds ahead of the next swimmer.

Sophomore Camilo Marrugo finished second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.86 before recording a first place finish in the 100-yard butterfly where he recorded a time of 50.19.

Freshman Bruce Keener II recorded two second place finishes. The first came in the 100-yard backstroke where he recorded a time of 51.74. The second came in the 200-yard backstroke where he recorded a time of 1:55.80 to finish just two seconds behind the first place finisher in Northern Michigan.

Junior Luca Chiandussi finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke. He beat Northern Michigan's Roberto Camera by over two seconds. He came in second in the 200-yard breaststroke falling to teammate Daniel Garcia. Chiandussi recorded a time of 2:10.37.

Junior Adam Hornak took second place with a time of 1:56.96 in the 200 yard butterfly.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the team of Tim Stollings, Camilo Marrugo, Dags Bregis and Angel Margaritov took second place with a time of 3:06.97. Aidan Shue, Bruce Keener II, Luca Chiandussi and Adam Hornak took fourth place with a time of 3:14.23.

Quotes from the Coach

"Last nights elimination was a blast, but we knew the relaxed nature of that event would turn into an intense and stressful meet today, said head swimming and diving coach Andrew Makepeace. "It's always exciting to compete with some of the top teams in the region and nation, especially if we get the chance to prove where we belong."

"However, we left Findlay on Friday being at a disadvantage heading to compete with our former GLIAC foes. We have had a recent string of fluky injury and illness luck, along with some other unforeseen issues that can plague any program. This left us short handed for this weekend, but undeterred nonetheless. Our staff is incredibly proud of the effort despite falling just short on the mens side and the women's side appearing to be lopsided. We have a top 20 women's team and top 5 men's team, only time will show that! We get another chance to face that NMU squad in less than a month at the Calvin Winter Invite and at full strength, we're dangerous. The squad is following a process that will result in impressive results when the bright lights are on us. In addition, next week will be a different story from many perspectives and I cannot wait to return to the Sink for another impressive showing. We have Lewis, a really strong team from the GLVC and the defending women's G-MAC champion in Hillsdale. Defending the Sink is our priority against the Flyer and Chargers, we plan to ensure that definitively next weekend."

The Oilers will be back in action again Nov. 12 as they will face Hillsdale College and Lewis University. It is scheduled to begin at 2pm.