SEWANEE, Tenn. – The UT Southern swimming teams returned to competition Saturday at the Sewanee Relay Meet, with the Firehawk men producing several standout performances and relay finishes against a competitive field at Fowler Athletic Center.
UT Southern's top performance of the day came in the 500-yard freestyle relay, where the quartet of Hamza Asif, Michael McDaniel, Rafael Gallegos, and Razvan Iurea finished third with a time of 4:22.30.
The Firehawks were consistently among the leaders throughout the meet. UT Southern's A team of Iurea, Drew Dickens, Nicholas Milani, and Janos Kadar placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke relay with a time of 1:45.45.
Another fourth-place finish came in the 200-yard breaststroke relay as Donovan Taylor, Cameron Holmes, Tyson Ries, and Asif touched the wall in 1:53.86.
The Firehawks also earned a fourth-place result in the 1,500-yard freestyle relay. The team of Asif, Kadar, and Gallegos combined for a time of 15:45.99 in one of the day's most demanding events.
UT Southern added another top-four finish in the 400-yard individual medley relay as Iurea, Taylor, Logan Jones, and Asif placed fourth with a time of 3:54.75.
Additional scoring performances included a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly relay from McDaniel, Jamie Allison, Milani, and Jones with a time of 1:41.98. The Firehawks also placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle relay as Jones, McDaniel, Iurea, and Asif combined for a time of 1:31.27.
On the women's side, the Firehawks were led by a fourth-place finish in the 1,500-yard freestyle relay. Morgan Brosch, Ronja Hegner, and Alexis Milani combined for a time of 17:39.25 to record UT Southern's highest women's finish of the meet.
The women's squad also posted a ninth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle relay and a pair of 14th-place finishes in the 200-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay events.
UT Southern will return home on Oct. 24 when the Firehawks host Lindsey Wilson College at Grissom Natatorium in Pulaski.
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