Dalton Anderson (So. • Elkhorn) won both the 100-yard
butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle as UW-Oshkosh fell to the
UW-La Crosse men's swimming and diving team, 174-65, on
Saturday (Jan. 15) in Albee Hall.
The Eagles swept the top four places in two
different events to record the victory. In the 100-yard freestyle,
Joel Knuesel topped three teammates with his time of 49.72. Spencer
Loch took the 100-yard backstroke at 56.22, edging out Casey
Borden's mark of 56.40.
Anderson's two first-place finishes came by
comfortable margins. In the 200-yard freestyle, he notched a
1:46.87. Anderson then topped four consecutive UW-La Crosse
swimmers with his time of 52.79 in the 100-yard butterfly.
The Titans had two other event champions in Tim
Kuckuk (So. • Plymouth) and Brian Markovich (Jr. •
Colgate). The three-meter dive belonged to Kuckuk and his score of
271.87. Markovich touched the wall in 23.13 to capture the 50-yard
freestyle.
Kuckuk was the only Titan to earn a second-place
showing, which he accomplished with his 252.60 in one-meter diving.
Finishing in third place, Markovich performed well in the 100-yard
breaststroke (1:09.44) and Eddie Dominguez (So. • Greendale)
tallied a 23.98 in the 50-yard freestyle. The 200-yard freestyle
relay squad of Anderson, Dominguez, Matt Engelhardt (So. •
DeForest) and Jeremy Potter (Sr. • McFarland) also finished
third in 1:35.51.
UW-Oshkosh's fourth-place showings
consisted of Engelhardt's 24.09 in the 50-yard freestyle, Jon
Streich's (Jr. • Hubertus) 2:16.20 in the 200-yard
individual medley and Quin Lenz's (Fr. • Oshkosh)
5:35.97 in the 500-yard freestyle.
The Titans will compete in the UW-Stevens Point
Invitational on Friday and Saturday (Jan. 21-22).