EMORY, Va. – The King University men's swimming team put together a solid performance on Friday night at Emory & Henry College. The Tornado came away with a 129-34 victory.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 129, Emory & Henry 34
LOCATION: Emory & Henry Aquatics Center; Emory, Va.
RECORDS: King 4-2; Emory & Henry 1-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Tornado 200 meter medley relay team of Maximillian Thomas, Carson Eliasen, Radu Magdas and Ben Ramirez started the meet with a time of 1:56.46.
- Gideon Bezuidenhout followed with an 800 meter freestyle time of 9:38.02.
- Jan Kuljak and Magdas finished first and second in the 200 meter freestyle with times of 2:04.93 and 2:12.91, respectively.
- The Tornado took the top three spots in the 50 meter freestyle with Thomas leading the way at 25.50 seconds.
- Dale Bruce and Haakon Meyer followed with times of 25.63 and 25.81 seconds, respectively.
- Bezuidenhout won the 200 meter individual medley with a time of 2:22.35 while Eliasen finished second at 2:33.17.
- Bruce touched the wall first in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 2:21.33.
- In the 100 meter freestyle, Meyer came in first with a time of 58.50 seconds, and Ramirez cane in third at 1:04.80.
- Thomas came in with another win in the 200 meter backstroke, touching the wall in 2:20.59.
- In the 400 meter freestyle, Kuljak finished in 4:26.99 to take the win.
- Eliasen touched the wall first in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:46.88.
- The Tornado 200 meter freestyle relay team of Bezuidenhout, Kuljak, Magdas and Bruce came in with a time of 1:44.93.
QUOTABLE
"We had a lot of fun racing tonight and we really enjoyed this meet. We are a little tired from a hard week of training, but are getting some much needed race experience. The team is really coming together right now, and I can't say enough good things about these young men and women. They have endured through an up and down year and have grown in their understanding of what it means to be a great team. Big thanks to Emory and Henry for hosting us tonight"
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Head Coach James Graves
UP NEXT
- King returns to the pool on February 13 at Chowan University. The meet from Murfreesboro, N.C. is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m.
- Emory & Henry takes on Roanoke College on February 13.
