Jan. 17, 2003
The Miami men's swimming and diving team gave the crowd at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center in Oxford, Ohio quite a show as they pulled off a dramatic victory on the last event to edge out Wright State by only one point.
A Miami victory looked to be secure with only two events remaining, but Wright State took the top three spots in the 200-yard breaststroke with one event left. The comeback by the Raiders meant that Miami must either place first or both second and third in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Miami's 'A' team placed second behind Wright State in the final race as the focus turned to freshman Pat Carroll (Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales) as he headed toward the final wall neck-and-neck with Wright State's Alex Dolgov. Carroll finished the relay with a time of 3:12.26 as the Miami crowd roared in approval just ahead of the Raider team, which came in fourth in a time of 3:12.34.
To start the night off for Miami, senior Andy Norr (Schoolcraft, Mich./Portage Central) became the first RedHawk winner by swimming the 1000-yard freestyle in 9:45.42, just ahead of teammate Jason Krasula (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) who finished in 9:45.52 for second place.
Junior Andrew Keefe (Cincinnati, OH/St. Xavier) won Miami's next event in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 0:21.97 to give Miami a distance and sprint victory on only the third event of the night.
Senior Kelly Ball (Granger, IN/Penn) did his part in contributing to the team win by coming from behind to win the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:52.42.
Norr and Ball showed their senior leadership by winning their second races of the evening. Norr took home the top spot in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:42.24 while Ball touched the wall in 1:41.38 for another come from behind victory, this time in the 200-yard freestyle.
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Krasula put together a strong race in the 200-yard backstroke to beat out two Raider swimmers for first place with a time of 1:55.02.
Mid-American Conference swimmer of the week, sophomore Peter Donohue (Cincinnati, OH/Turpin) kept his winning ways going by taking the crown in the one-meter diving event with a score of 351.37 to set up the dramatic ending.
Miami will not be able to rest on their victory, as they head up to Gambier, Ohio to challenge swimming power, Kenyon College at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
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