CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State men defeated Southern Indiana 204-82 in their Senior Day meet on Friday afternoon inside Busbey Natatorium. The Vikings honored their three seniors; Nathen Eberhardt, Spencer Tussing, and Griffin Manning.

Head Coach Hannah Burandt said, "I am so happy and proud to send our seniors off with a big win at home this afternoon. We allowed our seniors to pick their events this afternoon which made it even more special for them. For the rest of the team, it was a chance to swim their events as a tune-up for conference and the rest of the season.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Kenny Thomas, Tyler Schultze, Josh Merchbaker, and Paddy Johnston started the meet with a win, clocking a 1:32.73.

Jake Taulbee took the top spot in the 1000-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 9:43.23.

Eberhardt nabbed first place in the 200-yard freestyle after clocking a 1:42.29.

Kenny Thomas sprinted to a win in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in 51.25, and then Manning won the 100-yard breaststroke with a 57.34.

In the 200-yard butterfly, Johnston won with a 1:51.23 and in the 50-yard freestyle, Merchbaker sprinted to a first-place time of 21.91.

Following the diving break, Green sprinted to a win in the 100-yard freestyle with a 46.57, and then Jackson Nester won the 200-yard backstroke with a 1:50.54.

In the 200-yard breaststroke, Tyler Schultze claimed first place after touching the wall in 2:08.66. Tussing then touched the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:43.66.

Andrew Arslanian won the 100-yard butterfly after touching the wall in 54.16 and in the final individual race of the day, Nester won the 400-yard IM with a 4:04.04.

The Vikings made it a perfect day as the team of Quinn Degraaf, Thomas, Green, and Johnston won with a time of 1:24.90.

Up Next
Cleveland State will head to Canisius on Thursday, January 12 for a 1 p.m. dual meet and then get back into the next pool on the next day at Niagara.