ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Cleveland State University men's swimming & diving team won three of five events, one in school-record time, while the Viking women moved up two places as both programs competed in the second day of the Horizon League Championships Thursday inside the Oakland Aquatic Center.

Junior Timothy Kubacki and senior Dominic Poletta won individual titles while CSU's 200 freestyle relay squad won their event while posting a new school record.

The CSU men sit in second place with 241 points while the Viking women, who were in fourth after Wednesday's action, are now in second with 204 points.

Senior Dominic Poletta became the first male swimmer of the Championships to surpass an NCAA 'B' cut time with his victory in the 50 freestyle. He won the event in a personal-best 19.71 seconds, becoming the second-fastest performer in program history. In winning his second individual HL title, Poletta finished .20 seconds ahead of the runner-up, which was larger than the gap between second place and fifth place.

Four other Vikings scored in the event, three of whom reset personal bests on the day.

Senior Jack MacDonald was fifth in 20.10 seconds, well over a half-second ahead of his prior personal best. MacDonald moved into the all-time top-five in the event at CSU.

Junior Ryan Sedlak was seventh (20.42), senior DJ Arslanian was 11th (20.54) and senior Tyler Stevenson was 13th (20.73), with Sedlak and Stevenson tallying career bests on the day.

CSU's success in the 50 free foreshadowed what was to come in the 200 freestyle relay to close the evening.

Poletta, MacDonald, Arslanian and Sedlak brought home CSU's first league title in the event since 2013. The quartet finished in a school-record time of 1:19.32, surpassing the previous mark that had stood for nine years. MacDonald split 19.67 seconds to help CSU pull even at the halfway mark before Arslanian (19.84) and Sedlak (19.74) brought home the victory.

While the CSU sprint freestylers dominated the end of the night, junior Timothy Kubacki was the first Viking to win a title Thursday.

Kubacki claimed gold in the 200 IM in come-from-behind fashion. He won his first HL title by finishing in a personal-best 1:47.05. He trailed his Oakland counterpart with 50 yards to go, but split 25.96 on his freestyle leg to win the race in thrilling fashion by .06 seconds. In doing so, he became the first Viking to win a men's 200 IM league title in 10 years.

Sophomore Jack Krusinski and junior Josh Hodges also scored in the 200 IM for CSU. The former was 10th in 1:48.57, topping his prior personal best by over two seconds, while the latter took 16th in 1:55.29, after he he posted a new career best in prelims. Krusinski moved into the top-five fastest in the event at CSU.

Junior Matt Akers nearly gave the Viking men four titles on the day with his effort in 1-meter diving. He settled for runner-up honors as he finished with 327.00 points, easily surpassing the NCAA Zones standard. His highest scoring dive was his 3.5 somersault tuck that netted 60 points.

Senior Antony Styrt took fifth in the event with 283.05 points while junior Trevor Mahoney was 13th with 243.60 points.

Five Viking women scored in the 200 IM, with four of them posting a new personal best on the day.

Junior Alana Cartwright was the top finisher, taking seventh in 2:05.41. Sophomore Agnes Bahr won the consolation final in 2:04.24 while freshman Caroline Hughes (2:06.62) and juniors Shaw Barney (2:07.00) and Libby Smith (2:07.26) all were among the top 15.

All four Vikings in the consolation final reset their personal best, with Smith doing so by over two seconds. Hughes and Barney moved into the all-time 10 with their swims while Bahr edged up to fourth.

Two Viking women finished among the top six in the 500 freestyle.

Junior Lexie Kostelnik and freshman Rachel Contich finished fifth (4:56.57) and sixth (4:56.58), respectively, in the distance event. Contich broke her personal best entering the day by over four seconds and moved up to become the fourth-fastest performer in program history. Junior Sule van der Merwe also scored in the event for CSU, taking 13th in 5:03.96.

Junior Dominik Niedzialek joined his classmate Kostelnik in posting a fifth-place finish in the men's 500 free. He touched the wall in the distance event in 4:29.14.

Senior Madi Jaszcz led the way for CSU in the women's 50 free in 23.71 seconds. Junior Irena Weclawiak (23.77) and senior Lauren Frank (23.81) finished first and second in the consolation final to join Jaszcz in the top 10.

All three CSU women in the 50 free broke personal bests, with Weclawiak doing so by more than a half-second. Jaszcz and Weclawiak both moved into the all-time top-10 in the event.

For the second straight night, a CSU women's relay finished higher than their seed. Frank, freshman Abby Allison, Weclawiak and Jaszcz took third in the 200 free relay in 1:33.94.

The third day of the Championships will take place Friday as five individual swimming events and the 400 medley relay are contested for both genders along with women's 1-meter diving.