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Cleveland State Men's Swimming & Diving Upends Canisius at Home

Cleveland State Men's Swimming & Diving Upends Canisius at Home

CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the second straight day, Cleveland State won a home dual meet as the Green and White upended Canisius, 205-75.

The Vikings opened the afternoon with a win in the 200-medley relay as Paddy Johnston, Tyler Schultze, Kenny Thomas, and Josh Merchbaker finished in 1:30.99.

Connor Green won the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.35) and 100-yard freestyle (46.86).

Paddy Johnston claimed the 50-yard freestyle (20.58) and 50-yard butterfly (22.48).

In the freestyle distance events, Jackson Nester won the 1000-yard freestyle with a 9:42.60 and Daniel Lyngaas won the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:45.28.

Josh Merchbaker won the 50-yard backstroke with a 23.32 and Tyler Schultze took home the 50-yard breaststroke with a 26.43.

Thomas Lundin claimed the 100-yard butterfly with a 50.65 and Blake Fry won the 100-yard breaststroke with a 58.72.

In the final individual race of the day, the 400-yard IM, Nester registered a winning time of 4:00.66.

In diving, James Wolf scored 299.03 in 1m and 302.25 in 3m.

The Green and White capped off the day by winning the 400-yard freestyle relay as Kenny Thomas, Josh Merchbaker, Connor Green, and Paddy Johnston finished in 3:06.74.

The Vikings conclude their busy week with a double dual tomorrow at Kenyon along with Oberlin. The meet starts at noon.