Phil Devine (Sr. • Winnebago, Ill.) accounted for two wins
with his diving as UW-Oshkosh came up short in its bid to defeat
the UW-La Crosse men's swimming and diving team on Saturday (Jan.
14) in La Crosse. The host Eagles won the dual meet by a 125-112
score.
Devine, a five-time NCAA Division III All-American, tallied 345.50
points to prevail in the three-meter diving and 328.60 to top the
one-meter field.
UW-Oshkosh's Dalton Anderson (Jr. • Elkhorn) took first place
in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.57 seconds. He also
swam with Matt Engelhardt (Jr. • DeForest), Ryan Ronayne (Jr.
• Fond du Lac) and Bobby Theer (Fr. • Green Oaks, Ill.)
to record a winning time of 1:31.85 in the 200-yard freestyle
relay.
UW-Oshkosh had eight second-place performances, including two by
both Engelhardt and Zachary Hahn (Fr. • Hartford). Engelhardt
posted times of 2:12.19 in the 200-yard individual medley and 52.24
in the 100-yard freestyle, while Hahn marked efforts of 23.63 in
the 50-yard freestyle and 1:00.20 in the 100-yard backstroke.
The Titans also received second-place times of 1:03.58 from
Anderson in the 100-yard breaststroke, 5:51.35 from Evan DuVall
(Fr. • Sussex) in the 500-yard freestyle and 2:01.50 from
Nelson Figueroa (Fr. • Pleasant Prairie) in the 200-yard
freestyle. Tim Kuckuk (Jr. • Plymouth) finished second in the
three-meter diving with a score of 271.05.
Eddie Dominguez (Jr. • Greendale) contributed to UW-Oshkosh's
point total by earning third place in both the 50- and 100-yard
freestyle events with times of 23.64 and 52.79, respectively. Other
third-place results went to the Titans' Elliott Bartheld (Fr.
• Onalaska) in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:03.65, Cole Becker
(Fr. • Menomonee Falls) in the 200-yard freestyle at 2:06.26,
Josh Dean (Fr. • Fond du Lac) in the 100-yard breaststroke at
1:10.76, Joe Infusino-Braun (So. • DeForest) in the 500-yard
freestyle at 6:17.43 and Quin Lenz (So. • Oshkosh) in the
200-yard individual medley at 2:18.05.
UW-Oshkosh's 200-yard medley relay team of Becker, Dominguez,
DuVall and Engelhardt took third place with a time of 1:46.65.
The Titans compete at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational on Friday
and Saturday (Jan. 20-21).
