Orediggers Claim CC Classic Title

1/21/2018 9:23:00 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS - Colorado School of Mines won seven events on Sunday to claim the team title at the Colorado College Classic.

The Orediggers scored 460 points on Sunday to add to 350 from Saturday and win with 810, beating Colorado Mesa (658) and Colorado (406). 

Dominic Byrne won the 400-IM in a time of 4:31.06, ahead of teammate Dom Smith (4:39.65), and the Orediggers also went 1-2 in the 200-free as Loki Hondorf touched in 1:45.86 ahead of Jonathan Donehower (1:46.15) with five other Orediggers in the "A" final including Jerry Birnbaum in fourth and Sasha Moreland in fifth. Sam Knott scored a win in the 200-breaststroke "A" final in 2:12.14, a spot ahead of Ian Kingsolver (2:17.75), and Kevin Olson took the 100-back in a 1-2-3 finish with Ben Topper and Peyton Scherschel, hitting in 53.82.

Hondorf would later win the 100-free in 48.03 as Mines claimed the top four spots with Donehower, Cort Hanson, and Moreland behind, and Austin Rich was the fastest Oredigger in the 200-fly (2nd, 2:05.97

Mines won the 200-free relay in 1:24.10 with Knott, Kingsolver, Scherschel, and Hondorf, and also took home the 200-medley relay as Birnbaum, Knott, Scherschel, and Kingsolver finished in 1:36.96.

NEXT UP
Mines will train for the postseason, which starts Feb. 14-17 at the 2018 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships, taking place at the LISD Westside Aquatic Center in Lewisville, Texas. Visit rmacsports.org for more information and tickets.
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