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Hickey Becomes First UB MAC Champ

YPSILANTI, MI- Men's swimmer Dan Hickey (Brockport, NY) became the first MAC Champion for the University at Buffalo during this past weekends men's swimming MAC Championships. The Bulls as a team finished in sixth with 260.0 team points and Miami-OH took the team title.

Hickey captured first place in the 200-freestyle, finishing with a time of 1:39.76. With that win, he becomes the first UB representative, individual or team, to capture a Mid-American Conference title. His efforts also led him to be named to the MAC All-Conference first team.

In addition to his finish in the 200 freestyle, Hickey also placed sixth in the 100-freestyle and ninth in the 500-freestyle. He, along with teammates John Nilles (Staten Island, NY), Brian Bethelotte (Nashua, NY) and Josh Pun (Alberta, Canada) finished fourth with a time of 3:05.45 in the 400-freestyle relay team.

Other top finishers for the Bulls included Nilles, who placed sixth in the 50-freestyle and Eric Stimson (North Tonawanda,NY) who placed fifth in the 200 backstroke and six in the 100 backstroke.