Jerry Birnbaum

RMACs Day 2: Thursday Prelims Underway

2/18/2021 10:43:00 AM

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The second day of the 2021 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships is underway with preliminaries in the 100-fly, 400-IM, and 200-free.

Women's finals are at 4 p.m. and the men go at 7:30 p.m.

100-FLY
Freshman Annie Osmun led four Oredigger women in qualifying for the 100-fly finals, swimming 58.44 to make the A final in fourth position. Lauren Mayo (12th, 59.72), Jules Hays (13th, 59.94), and Kori Davis (15th, 1:00.41) will swim the B final. Kailey Said finished 25th in 1:02.23.

The Mines men dominated the 100-fly prelims with Jerry Birnbaum and Robert Clayton qualifying 1-2. Birnbaum broke teammate Charles Burroughs' program record of 48.83 with an NCAA B time of 48.52, while Clayon also got his NCAA cut with a 48.80. Seth Krause qualified fourth in 49.38 while Burroughs was fifth in 49.66. Sam LaPrade (12th, 50.80) and Gareth Svanda (13th, 50.82) will swim the B final.

400-IM
Erin Taggart qualified third for the 400-IM A final, swimming a great back half of her race to set a time of 4:38.36. Nadia Smith qualified ninth in 4:47.44, with Rachel Fontan 13th in 4:59.09 and Claire Lautman 15th in 5:01.36.

Joe Peak and Scott Reeder both made the A final for the men as Peak qualified third in 4:12.77 and Reeder fourth in 4:13.66.

200-FREE
Two Oredigger women made the A final in the 200-free as Olivia Lomax qualified fifth (1:55.62) and Meghan Slowey, fresh off her 1,000-free victory on Wednesday, was eighth (1:56.82). Lauren Mayo (10th, 1:57.83) and Maddie Finley (11th, 1:57.90) will be in the B final, with Sarah Bennett finishing 18th (2:00.75) and Hunter Stewart 27th (2:04.64). 

Cobi Wood and Ben Topper qualified for the men's final, with Wood touching fifth in 1:42.65 and Topper the eighth-best time of 1:43.58. Nick Delany (11th, 1:44.30), Braden Hunt (12th, 1:45:00), Burroughs (13th, 1:45.20), and Austin Rich (16th, 1:46.45) made the B final, with Henry Oberley finishing tied for 17th (1:47.03).
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