MARS HILL, N.C. – The King University men's swimming team closed the fall semester with a victory at Mars Hill University on Friday night. The Tornado swam well to take the 112-59 victory.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 112, Mars Hill 59
LOCATION: Harrell Pool; Mars Hill, N.C.
RECORDS: King 1-1; Mars Hill 0-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- King opened the meet with a win in the 200 yard medley relay as the group of Maximillian Thomas, Carson Eliasen, Dale Bruce and Gideon Bezuidenhout touched the wall in 1:42.62.
- In the same race, the quartet of Haakon Meyer, Michael Walker, Austin Bynum and Logan Dillow finished in 1:47.50.
- Jan Kuljak won the 200 yard freestyle by 10 seconds with a time of 1:48.69.
- In the 100 yard butterfly, Bruce finished first with a time of 53.86 while Radu Magdas touched the wall in 58.02 to take second.
- Thomas won the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 23.17 seconds while Eliasen finished third at 23.93 seconds. Ben Ramirez finished fifth with a time of 25.66 seconds.
- Kuljak came in with another win in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 49.32 seconds to edge teammate Meyer who finished in 50.13 seconds. Bezuidenhout finished third at 54.48 seconds.
- In the 100 yard backstroke, Thomas touched the wall in 59.20 seconds to take second while Magdas finished third at 1:02.27.
- Eliasen finished runner-up in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.14 while Bruce finished third at 1:03.40.
- Kuljak touched the wall in 5:03.39 to win the 500 yard freestyle.
- Bruce won the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:05.92.
- King closed the meet with a pair of teams in the 200 yard freestyle relay.
- The group of Magdas, Walker, Bezuidenhout and Thomas finished runner-up with a time of 1:34.70 while the team of Kuljak, Bynum, Eliasen and Meyer finished in 1:36.27.
QUOTABLE
"It was great to see the team compete tonight and put some decent swims together," head coach
James Graves said. "Mars Hill was a little shorthanded tonight, but we raced hard and got some much needed race experience in. This is a good way to end the competitions for fall semester as we go into break and take some solid momentum home to motivate us to train over the holidays. Special thanks to
Anna Calka for running the show and doing a great job in my absence."
UP NEXT
- King is scheduled to return to the pool on January 23 when they travel to Lees-McRae College to face the Bobcats and Mars Hill. The meet is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. at the Wautauga Swim Center in Boone, N.C.
