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Men's Swimming and Diving

Brocious Leads Men's Swimming and Diving to Victory in Final OAC Meet

ALLIANCE, Ohio-- Junior Rob Brocious (Mentor/Mentor) led the men's swimming and diving team to a win in their final Ohio Athletic Conference meet, as they defeated Wilmington 110-79.

Brocious was the only Purple Raider to win multiple events. He managed to touch first in the 200-yard IM and the 500-yard freestyle, with times of 2:09.44 and 4:57.88, respectively.

Other individual winners for Mount Union were Austin Moreland (Dover/New Philadelphia) in the 200-yard free (1:53.77), Mike Greisl (South Euclid/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) in the 100-yard free (:48.80), and Hayden Birnbrich (Pataskala/Columbus St. Charles Prep) in the 200-ayrd backstroke (2:04.81).

In relays, the team of Brocious, Brian Ruhe (Versailles/Versailles), Mike Zappa (Shelby/Shelby), and Greisl won the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:40.56.

The Purple Raiders finished the OAC schedule with a record of 2-2, while improving to 5-4 overall. Mount Union returns to action January 28th, when they travel to Erie, Pa. to take on Penn State-Behrend. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.

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Players Mentioned

Hayden Birnbrich

Hayden Birnbrich

Freshman
Rob Brocious

Rob Brocious

Junior
Mike Greisl

Mike Greisl

Junior
Austin Moreland

Austin Moreland

Sophomore
Brian Ruhe

Brian Ruhe

Freshman
Mike Zappa

Mike Zappa

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Hayden Birnbrich

Hayden Birnbrich

Freshman
Rob Brocious

Rob Brocious

Junior
Mike Greisl

Mike Greisl

Junior
Austin Moreland

Austin Moreland

Sophomore
Brian Ruhe

Brian Ruhe

Freshman
Mike Zappa

Mike Zappa

Sophomore