Bearcats Finish More Events at US Winter Nationals, Miami Invitational

    

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Bearcats Finish More Events at US Winter Nationals, Miami InvitationalBearcats Finish More Events at US Winter Nationals, Miami Invitational
University of Cincinnati swimming and diving completed another day of events at US Winter Nationals and the Miami Invitational on Friday.
 
// US WINTER NATIONALS
Lina Kutsko had a third place finish in the C final of the 100 fly
Din Selmanovic made the finals in the 200 free and finished fifth in the B final
Dominic Polling also made the finals in the 100 breast, placing seventh in the B final
Joey Puglessi made it three B final appearances for the Bearcats men as he tied for sixth in the 100 back
 
// MIAMI INVITATIONAL
• The second day of competition at the Miami Invitational began with Natalie Obando, Grace Seibert, Abby Johnston and Claire Farrell finishing fifth in the 200 medley relay
• On the men's side, Connor Blatt, Zach Baecker, Alberto Garcia and Ryan Hammond were second in the 200 medley relay
Dee Sopapong finished fourth in the 400 IM
Remington Oland and Toby Van Dyke were third and fourth, respectively, in the 400 IM
Camryn Streid was third in the 100 fly
Francisco Arevalo Rubio was one better, placing second in the 100 fly
Jordyn Ryan was third and Sydney St. Rose-Finear fourth in the 200 free
Hans Kabelka won the 200 free with teammate Justin Crew finishing just behind
Victoria Hunt followed up with another UC win in the 100 breast with Seibert tying for third. Hunt's time was the eighth-fastest in school history
• Baecker came to the wall fourth in the 100 breast
• Obando was third in the 100 back
• The Bearcats swam well in the men's 100 back with Blake Hanna, Oland and Blatt taking seond, third and fourth
• UC's women won the 800 free relay, thanks to swims by Caroline Sheehan, Ryan, St. Rose-Finear and Maddie Exton. They finished in 7:23.05, the eighth-fastest UC time in history
• The men also won the event, thanks to Arevalo Rubio, Crew, Kabelka and Van Dyke. The time of 6:32.44 ranks fourth in the UC record books
• Entering the final day of action, both Bearcats teams rank second in the event standings
 
// UP NEXT
• Both events wrap up action on Saturday
• Swimmers at US Winter Nationals will compete in 1500 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly
• The Miami Invitational ends with the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay and the 1650 free
• Finals in Oxford, Ohio, begin at 4:30 p.m.
 
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