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UB Men's Swimmers Conclude MAC Championships With Fifth-Place Finish

Luke Adams

Junior Luke Adams (Quinnesec, MI/Kingsford) posted a season-best time to reach the championship finals of the 200-yard backstroke. Adams finished fourth in Saturday afternoon's heats in 1:52.91, just shy of his lifetime-best by two-tenths of a second. In the championship race, Adams placed fifth overall in 1:53.72. Richard Shi (Ottawa, Ontario/Merivale) and Kurt Bessel (Mexico, NY/Mexico Academy) competed in the consolation race. Shi finished 12th overall, fourth in the consolation, in 1:56.84, while Bessel posted season-bests in the heats and finals. Bessel turned in a preliminary time of 1:57.75 and then lowered the mark to 1:57.28 to place 14th overall and sixth in the consolation.

UB had two consolation finalists in the 100-yard freestyle. Kevin Gatley (Charlton, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa) finished 14th overall, sixth in the consolation race, in a season-best 47.68. Kevin Schuster (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) took 15th overall, seventh in the consolation, in 48.03, after posting a lifetime-best 47.32 in the preliminaries.

Leandro Souza (Rio de Janiero, Brazil/Missouri State) finished 15th overall and seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke consolations in 2:16.79. He clocked a 2:16.45 in the preliminary round.

The Bulls posted three consolation finalists in the 200-yard butterfly. Aaron Moessinger (Elma, NY/Iroquois) posted a lifetime-best 1:55.54 in the preliminaries and finished third in the consolation final, 11th overall, in 1:56.54. Mike Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) placed sixth in the consolation and 14th overall in 1:57.88 while his brother Jeff Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) was seventh in the race and 15th overall in 1:58.50 after posting a lifetime-best 1:57.07 in Saturday's heats.

Diver Cassidy Lynch (Westminster, CO/Legacy) faltered in his attempt to take the three-meter diving title. Lynch, who scored the second-most points (310.90) in Friday's opening round, finished sixth in Saturday night's finals with a six-dive total of 277.40 points.

The Bulls also finished fifth in the meet's closing race, the 400-yard freestyle relay, but posted a season-best mark in the process. UB finished in 3:08.10, cutting two seconds off the previous-best time. The foursome included Schuster, Jeff Hurst, Adams and Gatley.

Team scores: Miami (Ohio) 888.5, Eastern Michigan 881, Ohio 572.5, Ball State 491, UB 259.