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Dec. 2, 2004
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL MIAMI INVITATIONAL COMES TO NIXON AQUATIC CENTER: Six teams, in addition to the host RedHawks, are headed to Oxford this weekend for the Miami Invitational. Preliminaries start each day, Friday-Sunday, at 9 a.m., with final races beginning at 6 p.m. The preliminaries should last approximately two hours, with the finals anticipated to last two-and-a-half hours. The teams competing and order of events are below:
Teams Competing:
Miami University
Cincinnati
Cleveland State
Johns Hopkins
Kenyon
Louisville
Wheeling Jesuit
Friday:
200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
Saturday:
200 Medley Relay
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving
800 Freestyle Relay
Sunday:
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform/Synchronized Diving
400 Freestyle Relay
STORYLINES:
1. While most of the team competes in Oxford, three RedHawks have qualified for competition at the U.S. Open Championships in San Antonio, Texas. The meet is held by USA Swimming. Two RedHawks are in the pool each day, as backstroker Jason Krasula competes Thursday and Friday, butterfly stroker Scott Robson competes on Friday and Saturday, and breaststroker and native Texan Griffin Marshall competes Thursday and Saturday.
2. Miami's swimmers compete this weekend against as many schools, six, as the team has faced all year when the Miami Invite opens Friday.
COACH'S CORNER: Pete Lindsay enters his 20th season at Miami having led Miami to 17 top-three finishes at the MAC Championships in his 19 previous seasons. In 1997 and 1999, Lindsay guided Miami to its last two conference titles, and the RedHawks have been the only team to knock Eastern Michigan off the top of the MAC podium since 1980. Last season, Lindsay helped Miami to a 4-1 record in the MAC and boasted a three-time gold medalist in Andrew Keefe, who won the 50, 100 and 200 Free races at the 2004 MAC meet. Lindsay has coached 74 Mid-American Conference individual champions, seven MAC Men's Swimmers of the Year and two of Miami's six MAC Championship teams. He has garnered four MAC Coach of the Year awards, earning the honor in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999. Lindsay, who teaches in the physical education department, is the only Miami head coach that is a full-time instructor at the university.
Kestutis Aukstuolis, Sr. - 1
100 Free vs. Buffalo (1st career win)
Peter Donohue, Sr. - 3
1m Diving vs. Buffalo, vs. Wright State and vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Jason Krasula, Sr. - 1
100 Back vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Theo Kuczek, Fr. - 2
100 Breast, 50 Free vs. Xavier/IUPUI (1st career wins)
Justin Marcy, So. - 2
50 Free vs. Buffalo, 100 Fly vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Griffin Marshall, Jr. - 1
200 Breast vs. Ball State
Ryan McHugh, Fr. - 1
100 Free vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Zach Niehaus, Jr. - 3
3m Diving vs. Buffalo, vs. Ball State and vs. Wright State
Blake Norman, Fr. - 1
200 IM vs. Buffalo (1st career win)
Andrew O'Neill, Jr. - 3
200 Breast vs. Buffalo, 200 Back vs. Ball State and vs. Wright State
Brian O'Rourke, Jr. - 2
200 Free, 500 Free vs. Buffalo
Scott Robson, Jr. - 7
200 Fly, 500 Free vs. Ohio State; 1000 Free vs. Buffalo; 200 Fly, 1000 Free vs. Ball State; 200 Fly vs. Wright State; 200 Free vs. Xavier/IUPUI
MAC Men's Swimmer of the Week, Nov. 9
Eric Teske, Jr. - 1
3m Diving vs. Xavier/IUPUI
Comparing the Competitors--Miami Invitational
Cincinnati
Dual Meet Record: 0-3
Head Coach: Monty Hopkins
Last Meet: Indiana Invite (4th of 4), Nov. 19-21
Swimmer to Watch: Carlo Piccio scored in three events (400 IM, 500 Free, 1650 Free) at the Indiana Invitational.
Cleveland State
Dual Meet Record: 4-2
Head Coach: Wally Morton
Last Meet: Defeated Gannon, Baldwin-Wallace and John Carroll, Nov. 15
Swimmer to Watch: Bjorn Schantz was CSU's lone individual event winner (500 Free) against E. Michigan on Nov. 12 and had a first (200 Free) and a second (1650 Free) in the quad meet on Nov. 15.
Johns Hopkins
Dual Meet Record: 6-2
Head Coach: George Kennedy
Last Meet: Def. Yale, Nov. 23
Swimmer to Watch: Sean Test won the 50 Free and 100 Free as JHU edged Yale, 136-126.
Kenyon
Dual Meet Record: 6-0
Head Coach: Jim Steen
Last Meet: Def. John Carroll, Nov. 20
Swimmer to Watch: Elliot Rushton won the 400 IM and 1650 Free at the Northwestern Invitational, defeating swimmers from Missouri, Southern Illinois, Pittsburgh and Northwestern.
Louisville
Dual Meet Record: 2-3
Head Coach: Arthur Albiero
Last Meet: Lost to Notre Dame, Nov. 20
Swimmer to Watch: Andrei Teudean won the 100 Back and 200 Back in the loss to Notre Dame. He was also on two victorious relay teams.
Wheeling Jesuit
Dual Meet Record: 0-1
Head Coach: Jeffrey Stewart
Last Meet: 3rd of 3 teams against Lewis and Carthage, Oct. 23-24
Swimmer to Watch: Patrick Snell recorded WJU's only individual win (400 Back) in the Lewis-Carthage meet.
Miami
Dual Meet Record: 4-2
Head Coach: Pete Lindsay
Last Meet: Defeated Xavier and IUPUI, Nov. 20
Swimmer to Watch: Scott Robson leads Miami with seven individual wins and was named the MAC Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 9
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