[Swimming & Diving] SAU men first, women third at Luther Invitational

The St. Ambrose men won the team title at the two-day Luther Invitational Saturday, defeating host Luther by 230 points. The SAU women finished third overall.

The men finished with 895 points while Luther was second with 665.5 points. Wis.-La Crosse (639.5), Iowa Lakes (254) and Saint Mary's (180) rounded out the field.

Nathan Kuszynski and Kevin Krupitzer each won three individual events for the Bee men.

Kuszynski won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:45.03 with teammate Sam Sutter finishing fourth. Kuszynski also took the 400-yard individual medley in a time of 4:17.53 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:00.58. Nolan Hare was fourth in the 200 back.

Krupitzer touched first in both the 100-yard (57.92 seconds) and 200-yard (2:11.37) breaststroke. Carmelo Patti was third in the 200 breast and fourth in the 100 breast, with Mitch Berendes taking fifth. Krupitzer (2:02.25) and Patti finished 1-2 in the 200-yard individual medley. Victor Del Rio Foces was third and Noah Hoogestraat finished fourth.

Del Rio Foces won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:48.20 with Reece Powell ending in fourth place.

Jonathan Whittle, Jason Schuler, Ryan Warrick and Powell won the 200-freestyle relay in 1:28.87.

St. Ambrose had three top-five finishes in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events. Powell was second, Warrick third and Berendes fifth in the 50 free, and Del Rio Foces was second, Whittle third and Warrick fifth in the 100 free.

Sutter was runner-up in the 1650-yard freestyle, Schuler took third in the 100-yard butterfly and Grant Hamilton was fifth in the 200-yard butterfly.

The Bees also finished second in four relays - 400-yard medley relay (Hoogestraat, Patti, Hamilton, Warrick); 200-yard medley relay (Del Rio Foces, Krupitzer, Schuler, Powell); 800-yard freestyle relay (Kuszynski, Del Rio Foces, Krupitzer, Patti); and 400-yard freestyle relay (Whittle, Warrick, Krupitzer, Del Rio Foces).