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Bulls Complete MAC Championships in Fifth Place

The Bulls finished the Mid-American Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in fifth place as the three-day meet concluded at the Ohio Aquatic Center. The Bulls posted 259 points while Miami (Ohio) broke Eastern Michigan's string of six consecutive team championships, scoring 888.5 points to hold off the Eagles' 881. Ohio (572.5), Ball State (491) and UB rounded out the field. The 259 points scored by the Bulls was four shy of last season’s total of 263. However, at this season’s meet, UB’s roster consisted of just 11 athletes while 15 scored for the Bulls in the 2005 meet.

Lynch Scores Championship Points on Both Boards

Cassidy Lynch

Freshman diver Cassidy Lynch (Westminster, CO/Legacy) placed fourth in the one-meter competition on Thursday night for UB's highest finish of the night. Lynch scored 287.50 points in the six-dive championship round after scoring a total of 281.60 in the afternoon's preliminary round. He just missed scoring a third-place finish by three-tenths of a point as Ball State's Zach Whitaker took the spot. Miami freshman Chris Heaton won the event with a total of 333.50 points. Lynch also reached the championship final in the three-meter event. Lynch scored the second-most points (310.90) in Friday's opening round and finished sixth in Saturday night's finals with a six-dive total of 277.40 points.

Adams Makes Both Backstroke Championship Races

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. He also reached the championship final of the 100-yard backstroke on Friday. Adams turned in a preliminary time of 52.90 to make the eight-man championship field. He lowered his preliminary time in the final round to 52.86, tying his season-best mark and finishing seventh overall. Adams opened the meet with a fifth-place finish in the consolation final of the 500-yard freestyle in 4:39.64.

Relayers Turn in Season-Best Marks

Kevin Schuster

The UB relayers had strong showings in their five races. On Friday, the Bulls posted a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. UB turned in a 1:38.37 clocking, bettering the 1:38.57 time that they posted at the previous weekend's ECAC Championships. UB's foursome included Kurt Bessel (Mexico, NY/Mexico Academy) in the backstroke, Leandro Souza (Rio de Janiero, Brazil/Missouri State) at breaststroke, Kevin Schuster (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) at butterfly and Kevin Gatley (Charlton, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Spa) as the freestyle anchor. The 200-yard freestyle relay posted a season-best clocking of 1:26.43. The UB foursome included Schuster, Jeff Hurst (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena), Gatley and Souza. The Bulls 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, Luke Adams and Gatley.

Fifty is Nifty

Aaron Moessinger

The Bulls posted nine lifetime-best times in the three-days of the Mid-American Conference Championships. They also had six at the ECAC Championships the previous week. For the season, the Bulls posted a grand total of 50 lifetime-bests. Among the lifetime-bests at the MAC meet were four in the 100-yard freestyle (Kevin Schuster, Jeff Hurst, Luke Adams and Kevin Gatley) and three by Aaron Moessinger (Elma, NY/Iroquois) in the butterfly events. Gatley (200-yard freestyle) and Jeff Hurst (200-yard butterfly) also posted additional lifetime marks.