Jan. 30, 2016
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Missouri State men's swimming closed out its final event of its regular season Saturday, Jan. 30, as the Bears earned three victories to conclude action at the Shamrock Invitational inside Rolfs Aquatic Center.
The Invitational served as duals between all four teams competing. The Bears fell to No. 25 Notre Dame 230-128, Iowa 243-121 and Grand Canyon 245-119.
MSU's Miguel Davila finished with two season-best times on Saturday. In the opening individual event of the day, the 400-yard IM, Davila touched the wall in a time of 3 minutes, 58.77 seconds for his first win of the day. Christopher Heye (4:02.08), Ethan Bresette (4:02.91), Bryce Blattner (4:03.60) and Canaan Campbell (4:04.69) all placed among the top eight swimmers in the event, while Nicholas Theunissen (4:08.29) finished in 11th.
Davila also wound up with the fastest time in the 1650 freestyle by coming in at 15:27.41, ahead of runner-up and fellow Bear Minki Kang (15:33.27). Bresette (16:07.44) also placed among the top eight in the 1650 free.
Freshman Artur Osvath completed Saturday's races for the Bears with top-eight showings in three events. Osvath won the 200 breaststroke in a time of 1:59.98, placed fourth in the 100 breast in 56.43 and also led the team in the 100 butterfly (49.71) with an eighth-place finish.
Other notable two-event top-10 performances for the Bears included Kacper Cwiek, Uldis Tazans, Isaac Springer and Bryce Blattner.
Cwiek had two top-five efforts for MSU by earning fourth in the 200 free (1:40.99) and fifth in the 200 fly (1:52.37). Tazans led the group of four with the highest finish of third in the 100 breast behind a time of 56.34, but also placed ninth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:06.19. Springer took fifth in the 100 breast (56.68) and seventh in the 200 breast (2:05.05), while Blattner got ninth and 10th in the 200 backstroke and 100 back, respectively.
Among MSU's highlights of the day included a top-five finish for Christopher Heye in the 200 breast, personal-best times for Brenden Bolman in the 200 free (1:42.58) and Theunissen in the 200 back (1:53.24), as well as a fourth-place finish - that was just .14 seconds behind Notre Dame - by the Bears' 'A' 800 free relay squad of Cwiek, Michael Mollak, Will Brand and Bolman.
The Missouri State men's swimming team now has a month off until the Mid-American Conference Championships which begin on March 2 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The Bears' women's team competes next at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship beginning on Feb. 17.
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