Nicole Maier Logs Three Wins To Lead Redhawks At Miami Classic Invitational

2023 Miami Classic Invitational

• February 10-11, 2023
• Oxford, Ohio
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Miami Redhawks Athletics

The Miami University swimming and diving teams finished off their regular season with the Miami Classic Invitational, featuring competition against Bowling Green State University, Youngstown State University, University of Toledo and Ball State University across Friday, Feb. 10, and Saturday, Feb. 11. Both the RedHawks men’s and women’s team finished in first.

How It Happened:

• Friday’s events kicked off with the 200 freestyle relay. The Miami women’s A relay team of Avery Catalano, Rachel Botting, Camila Lins De Mello and Reese Dismukes came out on top, earning a combined time of 1:36.86. The men’s A relay team of Adrian Dulay, Owen Blazer, Danila Likitin and Ian Van Gorp also took first, earning a combined time of 1:24.24.
• Nicole Maier won the women’s 500 freestyle, picking up a time of 4:46.87. She was followed by Greta Kolbeck in second (4:49.79) and Erin Szczupakiewicz in third (4:57.33). The men’s team had Nick Barrows in first (4:33.59), Tommy Frye in second (4:33.74) and Scott Spear in third (4:37.49).
• The 200 IM had a first-place finish from Lins De Mello (2:04.64), with Maggie Stock finishing second (2:05.62) and McKenzie Reid finishing third (2:06.04). Henju Duvenhage (1:47.22), Allen Cotton (1:52.34) and Zach Bann (1:53.00) took the top three times in the men’s event.
• Uroš Djokovic pulled ahead in the men’s 50 freestyle (21.25), where Ian Arnold took third (21.37). The women’s team had Botting taking the win with a time of 23.96.
• Day one’s swimming events concluded with the 400 medley relay. The men’s A relay team of Bann, Trystan Lundgren, Frye and Kevin Donaldson placed first, earning a combined time of 3:24.37. Mercy Patterson, Catalano, Maggie Patterson and Rylie Kiefaber landed the women’s A relay team in second with a combined time of 3:57.15.
• In diving events for the first day, John Dymond earned the highest score in the men’s 1 meter dive (329.90 points), followed by Victor Hearn in second (304.45). The women’s 3 meter dive saw a second-place finish from Sydney Rice, who scored 331.55 points.
• Saturday’s morning session started with the 200 medley relay. The RedHawks women’s A relay team of Angelina Cakuls, Emma Schueler, Reid and Jenna Halliday took first, earning a combined time of 1:42.46. The men’s A relay team also placed first, with Robert Luebke, Dulay, Duvenhage and Brady Miller earning a combined time of 1:31.28.
• Madeline Padavic won the women’s 100 butterfly (55.34), followed by Maddy Saldanha in second (57.29) and Taylor Connors in third (57.45). The men’s team landed Spear in second (50.43) and Arnold in third (50.49).
• The men’s 400 IM finished with Bann in first (3:59.35), Cotton in second (4:03.81) and Paul Brosky in third (4:03.96).
• Maier earned the top time in the women’s 200 freestyle (1:46.72), with Lins De Mello placing second (1:50.68) and Dismukes placing third (1:52.91). For the men’s team, Jack Herczeg (1:39.50), Djokovic (1:39.57) and Matt Fetterman (1:42.11) took the top three spots.
• In the men’s 100 breaststroke, Brady Miller finished in first (56.25), followed by Van Gorp in second (57.25) and Likitin in third (59.26). Madeleine Zehr placed second for the women’s team (1:04.90), while Jordyn Homoki took third (1:05.20).
• Blazer claimed victory in the men’s 100 backstroke (48.45), with Mason Miller taking second (49.43) and Luebke taking third (49.77). The women’s team landed Emily Rinker in first (57.21) and Alyssa Schroeder in second (57.98).
• The Saturday morning events concluded with the 800 freestyle relay. Miami’s women’s A relay team of Saldanha, Kolbeck, Szczupakiewicz and Stock finished with a combined time of 7:32.71, while the men’s A relay team of Maguire Sheppard, Yonatan Rosin, Evan Kindseth and Barrows earned a combined time of 6:50.03.
• Swimming events for the final session began with the 1650 freestyle. For the RedHawks men’s team, Rosin earned the top time (15:46.55), followed by Kindseth in second (16:07.90) and Barrows in third (16:19.13). Audrey Conley took first for the women’s team (16:53.38) and Katheryn Antonowich took second (17:13.16).
• Cakuls finished first in the women’s 200 backstroke (1:58.59), with Rinker finishing second (2:00.22) and Reid finishing third (2:04.18). In the men’s event, Luebke placed first (1:51.37), Mason Miller placed second (1:51.84) and Aaron Black placed third (1:52.63).
• In the women’s 100 freestyle, Brodie-Foy (50.31), Julia Waechter (50.62) and Kolbeck (51.24) earned the top three times. Donaldson landed in first for the men’s team (46.54), followed by Djokovic in second (46.58) and Arnold in third (46.80).
• Zehr placed first in the women’s 200 breaststroke (2:18.58), where Sara Lahrach-Sanchez placed second (2:20.66) and Homoki placed third (2:20.67). The men’s team had Dulay finishing first (2:00.08), Van Gorp finishing second (2:04.99) and Brosky finishing third (2:05.61).
• The women’s 200 butterfly had Maier earning the top placement (2:00.11), followed by Maggie Patterson in second (2:03.81) and Makayla Hoehn in third (2:13.05). Duvenhage earned the top time for the men’s team (1:47.63), while Cotton came in second (1:49.63) and Jack Clouatre came in third (1:51.48).
• The meet concluded with the 400 freestyle relay. The women’s A relay team of Homoki, Kiefaber, Rylie Turner and Rachel Botting placed first, earning a combined time of 3:37.65. The men’s A relay team also took the win, with Fetterman, Herczeg, Donaldson and Arnold earning a combined time of 3:04.56.
• In day two’s diving events, Lauren Melia came out on top in the women’s 1 meter dive (273 points), followed by Rice in second (272.10 points). Dymond placed second in the men’s 3 meter dive, earning a score of 338.40 points.

Up Next:
The Miami swimming & diving teams will take a week off, then return to host the 2023 Mid-American Conference Championships. The women’s championships will run from Wednesday, Feb. 22, to Saturday, Feb. 25. The men’s championships follow, with competition from Wednesday, March 1, to Saturday, March 5.