[Swimming & Diving] SAU defeats St. Mary on Senior Day

In its final home dual of the year, St. Ambrose defeated St. Mary (Kan.) Saturday. The men won 134-51 while the women were victorious 115-52.

On Senior Day, one of two Bee seniors, Mitch Berendes, won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.71 seconds. He edged teammate Carmelo Patti, who was second in 22.80 seconds. Berendes also finished second to Reece Powell (51.74 seconds) in the 100-yard freestyle.

The other SAU senior, Jason Schuler, teamed with Victor Del Rio Foces, Keagan Dolphin and Bryce Hoffer to take second in the 200-yard medley relay. Teammates Ryan Warrick, Kevin Krupitzer, Josh Fleming and Tyler Finney won the event in 1:44.05.

Del Rio Foces won the 100-yard backstroke in 59.01 seconds. Dolphin touched first in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:35.44. David Hall finished second in both events.

Noah Hoogestraat (2:01.22) and Diego Hernandez finished 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle, and Nathan Kuszynski (2:05.44) and Hoffer went 1-2 in the 200-yard individual medley.

Sam Sutter earned a pair of runner-up finishes, those coming in the 500- and 1650-yard freestyle swims. Kuszynski, Finney, Warrick and Nolan Hare placed second in the 400-yard freestyle relay.