From University of Rochester Athletics
The first full day of competition at the University Athletic
Association swimming and diving championships was very fruitful for
the Rochester men. The Yellowjackets broke two school records and
posted two NCAA provisional qualifying times.
With five events complete, Rochester is sixth out of eight teams in
the standings. The Yellowjackets have 235 points. There's a jam at
the top with Emory, Chicago, and Washington all within 22 points of
each other. Host Emory leads the group.
Gunnar Zemering was part of both records. He finished third overall
in the 50 freestyle, covering the course in a provisional time of
:20.68. In the trials in the morning, he swam the 50 to a time of
:20.64. That broke the school record for the event and gave him the
second seed for the evening finals.
He swam as part of the 200 free relay. In the trials, the
Yellowjackets earned the number one finals seed with a clocking of
1:23.36. That broke the Yellowjacket school record for the event.
In the finals Thursday night, Rochester was timed in 1:23.40. The
relay swimmers were Zemering, James Frauen, Brett Maus, and Ryan
Berger.
Rochester's other provisional qualifying time came from Dylan
Sharkey. He finished 12th in the 500 freestyle,
getting to the wall in 4:35.62.
Thursday's swim finished with the 400 medley relay. Rochester
finished seventh in 3:26.18. The relay members were Frauen, Pat
Davis, Russell Rosenkranz, and Zemering.