Full UAA Results

The University of Rochester men's swimming and diving team enjoyed a great weekend at the UAA Championships, setting numerous school records, earning multiple NCAA B Cuts and swimming many personal best times.

The conference compiled final results on Tuesday and the Yellowjacket men ended up in 7th place of 8 teams in one of the best swimming conferences in the country. UR scored a total of 618 team points in the event.

The massive winter storm that hit the southern region of the United States forced an adjustment in the UAA's annual Swimming and Diving Championships. All of the divers were able to reach Atlanta and Emory University conducted that championship. Five teams, Emory, Washington, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, and Brandeis were also able to get into town as well. Emory finished its hosting chores on Saturday evening. Three teams, Rochester, the University of Chicago, and Case Western Reserve University competed at Case in a UAA Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. After the conclusion of Sunday's events the results were forwarded to Emory and combined with the results there to form final standings.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay group 'A' swam a 1:23.51 and finished 5th overall. The team, made up of Chris Doser, Pat Davis, Brett Maus and Alex King, broke a school record with their time. Doser's leadoff time of 21.14 also tied the school record in 50-yard freestyle, matching Micklos Wenczl's time from 1988.

The 'A' relay in the 800-yard freestyle relay set a new school record with a time of 6:53.26, breaking the mark set in 2012 at UAA's. The group made up of Dylan Sharkey, Doser, James Frauen and Oliver Geiger finished 6th out of 15 overall. Sharkey's leadoff leg of 1:41.19 just missed the school record in the 200 free set by John-Eric Andersson in 1995 (1:41.13).

In Group 'A' of the 400-yard freestyle relay, a new school record was set by Doser, Sharkey, Frauen and AJ Brewer. They swam a 3:05.86 placing them 6th out of 15. That time broke a UR record that stood since 1987 when Scott Brennan, Chuck Mattson, Kevin Uy and Wenczl swam a 3:06.30.

In the 400-yard medley relay, James Frauen and Kasey Kwong joined Davis and Doser on squad 'A'. The group swam a 3:26.05 and finished 7th out of 16. In the 200-yard medley relay Frauen, Kwong, Davis, and Maus swam a 1:34.15 and finished 7th out of 16.

Along with the relays, Sharkey set a new school record and earned a provisional NCAA qualifying time in the 500-yard freestyle when he finished 10th out of 34 with a time of 4:36.09. In the 200 freestyle, he finished 4th of 37 with a time of 1:41.47. Joining him in the 200 free was Doser who finished 17th with a time of 1:42.90.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Pat Davis finished 8th overall. With his time of 57.71 he made an NCAA B cut. The prelims was where he set the school record, swimming a time of :57.20. Finishing 19th of 31, Kwong swam a 59.20 in the C final of the same event.

Frauen was a part of another school record and set a B cut qualifying time when he finished 4th of 28 with a time of 51.40 in the 100 yard backstroke. In the prelims he set the school mark with a :51.38. Cory Chan finished 18th in the race with a time of 53.34 and Brett Maus finished 20th with a time of 54.19. Frauen also set a new school record and had a b-cut qualifying time in the 200 yard backstroke. He placed 4th with a time of 1:50.98. His preliminary time of 1:50.29 is the new school record. Chan finished 20th place.

Rochester was also well represented in the 50-yard freestyle. Doser made the B final and finished 11th out of 24 with a 21.17. Along with him was Frauen who finished 16th with a time of 21.46. In the C final Maus swam a 21.33 finishing 18th. Alex King finished 21st when he swam a 21.59. Pat Davis swam a 21.76 and finished 24th in the race.

Doser set another new school record in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.11 when swimming in the C final. The mark just barely broke the time of Andersson from the NCAA's in the 1995 season. Brewer finished 22nd with a time of 47.36.

In other results, the 200 yard IM saw Kwong finish 23rd of 39 with a time of 1:56.13. He also place 22nd in the 200 breaststroke with his time of 2:09.77. Mitchell Gray finished 24th out of 29 in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:24.52. In the 100 yard butterfly, Pat Davis finished 24th of 32 with a time of 53.67. In the 1650 yard freestyle, Rochester was represented by 4 swimmers. Geiger was the only one to score as he finished 20th of 27 with a time of 16:49.76.

In the diving events at Emory, Daniel Kim scored a 275.40 and finished 7th on the 3 meter board. Kim also finished 7th on the 1 meter board with a final score of 309.20.

The overall team crown went to Emory University who topped the University of Chicago by just 3.5 points (1533-1529.5). Washington University in St. Louis ended third, Carnegie Mellon fourth, Case Western Reserve fifth and NYU sixth. After Rochester in seventh was Brandeis in 8th place.