OSHKOSH, Wis. – The UW-Oshkosh men's swimming and diving team lost its first dual meet of the season to the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds on Saturday (Oct. 10), falling 242-19.
Tyler Lambert (Palos Hills, Ill./),
Logan Krueger (Glendale/Nicolet Union) and
Orry Landolt (McFarland/McFarland) finished third, fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:54.95, 2:02.71, and 2:04.07.
The Titans also finished third, fifth and sixth in the 500-yard freestyle, with
Elisha Buikema (San Antonio, Texas/William Howard Taft) recording a time of 5:05.94,
Parker Rydelski (Union Grove/) finishing in 5:09.06 and Lambert clocking a 5:18.07.
Rydelski also took 3
rd place in the 50-yard backstroke (27.63) and 5
th in the 100-yard backstroke (59.44).
In the 50-yard freestyle the Titans took four of the top 8 spots with Lambert in 5
th (23.73),
Drew Crees (Manitowoc/Manitowoc Lincoln) in 6
th (23.84), Landolt in 7
th (24.87), and
Owen Thicksten (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West) in 8
th (27.49). Thicksten also swam the 50-yard breaststroke and took 8
th with a personal best of 34.34.
Buikema swam the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:25.85, securing 4
th place in the event.
Julian Koller (Hartland/Arrowhead Union) took 6
th in the 50-yard butterfly (26.02), 8
th in the 100-yard butterfly (56.77), and 8
th in the 100-yard freestyle (52.89).
Charlie Mason (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) placed 3
rd in the 100-yard individual medley and 5
th in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing with the respective times of 58.38 and 1:04.55.
For the relay events, both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay took 6
th. The medley relay, which consisted of Rydelski, Mason, Koller, and Crees, went a 1:44.11. The team of Lambert, Landolt, Crees, and Mason went 1:34.94 in the freestyle relay.
In the diving events,
Charley Cook (West St. Paul, Minn./Two Rivers) took 3
rd in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. He scored 175.50 on 3-meter and 165.10 on 1-meter.
The Titans will compete in the WIAC vs. MIAC Invitational next weekend (Oct. 17) at the Olmsted County Recreation Center Natatorium in Rochester, Minnesota.
