Nov. 7, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— The WKU men's swimming and diving team held its own against its second Big Ten opponent in a week, as the Hilltoppers fell in a close 165-132 contest at Purdue.
WKU put up solid performances for the night, including six individual winners. Tyler Groneck notched two of those first-place finishes, as he clocked in at 21.36 in the 50 free and 48.80 in the 100 fly.
Cody Reul took the top time in the 200 free with a time of 1:40.84. In the 200 back, Seth Musser hit the wall first in 1:50.10 while Aymeric Le Corno added first-place points after finishing the 500 free in 4:36.25. Fabian Schwingenschlogl closed out the individual wins, notching a time of 1:51.63 in the 200 IM.
The 200 medley relay of S. Musser, Schwingenschlogl, Groneck and John Myhre also tabbed a win, opening the competition with the fastest time of 1:30.87.
In the 1000 free, Le Corno and Russ Bryant went 2-3, as Le Corno finished in 9:29.36 and Bryant in 9:34.15. S. Musser took second in the 100 back, closing the event in 49.62, while Schwingenschlogl finished the 200 breast in a second-place time of 2:04.21. Myhre also had a second-place finish with a time of 46.51 in the 100 free.
The men will get a small break until the Louisville Invite on Nov. 21-23 while the women have a tri-meet against Vanderbilt and Tulane in Nashville on Saturday, Nov. 8 beginning at 11 a.m. CT.
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