Ponies Lead NIC Championship Heading Into Final Day
Feb 27 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Day three of the National Independent Conference Championship kicked off at Oakland University on Friday with a total of fifteen records - seven NIC, and eight pool - records broken. The SMU men's swimming & diving team continues to lead on the men's side with 617 points. Hawaii stands in second with 589 points.
The 100 fly event saw records crash as SMU's Camilo Becerra smashed a 15-year-old record. Becerra touched the pad in a time of 47.37 taking out the previous NIC record set by Wade King in 1989 of 47.39. Becerra also set a new pool record beating the old record of 47.74 set in 2001. Oakland?s Chris Sullivan (Rockford, Mich.) placed second in the race finishing with a time of 47.90.
On the men?s one-meter diving boards it was the Mustangs' Philip Griffin who finished first with a score of 322.50. Mike Gowdy of Hawaii was a close second with 320.75 points followed by teammate Jonathon Coyle with 301.10.
Concluding the night was the 400 medley relay event which saw Oakland capture the women?s race and Hawaii taking the men?s race. Oakland?s foursome of Renie Green (Dearborn, Mich.), Musialczyk, Korniyenko and Strelets set a new NIC and pool record hitting at 3:45.10 breaking Oakland?s 2001 NIC record of 3:46.00. Florida Atlantic finished a close second in the race with a time of 3:45.43. For the men it was Hawaii?s quad of Thew, Bloch, Nimrod Palma, and Kurt Boehm that touched the wall at 3:13.88 to finish first and nearly two seconds ahead of second place finisher SMU.
The NIC championships conclude on Saturday with prelims beginning at 11 a.m. and finals finishing at 6:30 p.m.
