ATLANTA – Six Rochester individual swimmers plus 12 relay competitors took part in the finals of the third day of the University Athletic Association swimming and diving championships at Emory University.
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Rochester qualified four finalists in the 100 backstroke:
Chris Bushnell (18
th, :52.45),
Jeremy Mah (19
th, :52.70),
Sidney Miller (23
rd, :54.43),
Brandon Kim (24
th, :54.70).
Alexander Cho qualified in the B final of the 100 breaststroke after getting to the wall in :57.16 (16
th) in Friday trials.
Trevor Hoch came within half a second of tying the school record in the 100 fly. He finished 23
rd overall in :51.09 and was 23
rd. He was a C finalist. The men's UR record for the 100 fly is :50.54.
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Twelve others took part in the two 200 Medley Relay teams and the 800 Freestyle Relay team. Thej 200 Medley A Relay was timed in 1:37.66 (
Brandon Kim,
Alexander Cho,
Edward Domanico,
Will Murray). The B relay was timed in 1:40.54, 15
th overall (
Kyle Sullivan, Arpeet Debhae,
Frank Li,
Bryce Berkhof). The 800 Free Relay did not have a preliminary swim.
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Finals Results:
200 Medley Relay: (A) – Finished eighth in 1:33.54, less than a second off the school record of 1:32.74 (
Chris Bushnell,
Alexander Cho,
Sidney Miller,
Trevor Hoch. (B) – Finished 15
th in 1:37.55 (
Jeremy Mah,
Arpeet Dabhade,
Edward Domanico,
Grant Yap).
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800 Free Relay: (B) – Finished 15
th in 7:14.04 (
Frank Li, Johnny Wu,
Sean Finnerty,
Edward Domanico).
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100 Fly: Trevor Hoch finished in 24
th place (:51.42).
100 Breaststroke: alexander Cho finished 13
th in :57.15, up three spots from his prelim time.
100 Backstroke: Chris Bushnell, 19
th (:52.64),
Jeremy Mah, 21
st (:52.99),
Brandon Kim, 23
rd (:54.07),
Sidney Miller, 24
th (:54.93).
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With 26 combined events complete, the Rochester women are in seventh place with 329 points and the men are in seventh place with 330 points
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