Ryan Ronayne (Jr. • Fond du Lac) won
two events and swam on the triumphant 200-yard freestyle relay
squad during UW-Oshkosh's 139-80 victory over the Lawrence
University men's swimming and diving team on Friday (Dec. 9)
in Appleton.
Grouping with Zachary Hahn (Fr. • Hartford), Quin Lenz (So.
• Oshkosh) and Bobby Theer (Fr. • Green Oaks, Ill.),
Ronayne's quartet captured the 200-yard freestyle relay with
a time of 1:33.94. Ronayne added victories with times of 22.83 in
the 50-yard freestyle and 5:34.62 in the 500-yard freestyle.
Two other Titans, Dalton Anderson (Jr. • Elkhorn) and Phil
Devine (Sr. • Winnebago, Ill.), posted a pair of first-place
results. Anderson won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.41
and the 100-yard butterfly with a mark of 50.75. Devine counted his
wins in the one- and three-meter diving, with scores of 326.03 and
380.18, respectively.
UW-Oshkosh dominated the freestyle races with three additional
victories. Matt Engelhardt (Jr. • DeForest) earned the
100-yard title with a time of 52.21, while Hahn prevailed with a
figure of 11:08.16 at 1,000 yards and Lenz with a performance of
1:56.68 at 200 yards.
The 200-yard medley relay squad of Anderson, Engelhgardt, Eddie
Dominguez (Jr. • Greendale) and Evan DuVall (Fr. • Sussex
came in second place with its time of 1:47.40. DuVall took second
in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.02, as did Theer
in the 500-yard freestyle with an effort of 5:35.36.
Dominguez notched third-place results in both the 50- and 500-yard
freestyle with time of 23.97 and 5:36.85, respectively.
Other showings of third place came from
Elliott Bartheld (Fr. • Onalaska) in the 200-yard freestyle
with a time of 2:09.42, Josh Dean (Fr. • Fond du Lac) in the
100-yard breaststroke with a mark of 1:10.70 and Engelhardt in the
200-yard individual medley with a performance of
2:11.86.
The Titans will train in Florida from Dec.
15-23 before competing at UW-La Crosse on Jan. 14.