Hug tops pool mark in 200-free; Miners rout Statesmen

Matt Hug

Matt Hug broke a record that had stood since the 1980s, highlighting a dominant night for the Miner swimming team in its home opener as UMR routed Delta State by a count of 124-71 at the UMR Pool.

Hug topped the long-standing mark in the 200-yard freestyle, breaking a record that had stood for nearly two decades by three-tenths of a second with a time of 1:42.17. Hug later earned a second victory as he pulled away late in the race from Delta State's Fernando Reis in the 500-yard freestyle for a 14-second win in 4:38.77.

UMR swimmers had the best time in 10 of the 11 events Friday, with Reis being the only DSU swimmer to win a race as he took the 1,000-freestyle. The Miners started the night by winning the 400-yard medley relay as Kyle Kammer, David Calcara, Paul Reinisch and David Sanchez-Turner posted a time of 3:32.89, then Reinisch, Kyle Gordon, Sanchez-Turner and Matt Hug had the best time in the meet-closing 400-freestyle relay of 3:13.54.

Besides Hug's two wins, the Miners got individual victories from Mark Chamberlain in the 50-freestyle in 21.93 seconds, Jeff Enge in the 200-individual medley in 1:57.96, Zach Lemons in the 200-butterfly in 1:59.57, Gordon in the 100-free in 47.98 seconds and Kammer in the 200-backstroke in 1:55.27.

David Calcara also recorded the top time in the 200-breaststroke of 2:08.37.

Second place performances came from Andrew Trowbridge in the 1,000-freestyle in 9:59.06, Gordon in the 200-freestyle in 1:48, Reinisch in the 50-free in 22.44, Brian Howell in the 200-fly in 2:00.42, Chamberlain in the 100-freestyle in 48.72, Enge in the 200-backstroke in 1:56.08 and Zlatan Hamzic with the second-best mark in the 200-breaststroke of 2:11.67.

UMR also had third place showings from Danny Murphy in the 1,000 in 10:03.58 and 500-free in 4:53.06, Mitch Berggren in the 200-freestyle in 1:52.37 and 200-breaststroke in 2:16.45, Dustin Spieker in the 200-IM in 2:02.53, Sanchez-Turner in the 100-freestyle in 49.41 and Aaron Schmidt in the 200-backstroke in 2:00.91.

The Miners will be idle until Nov. 10 when it competes against defending NCAA Division II champion Drury in Springfield, Mo.