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Swimmers face Division I opponent in Hawaii

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HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Miner swimming team took part in a relay meet Tuesday with the University of the Pacific as part of their holiday break trip to Hawaii, dropping the six-event meet to the NCAA Division I school by the score of 33-21.

The Miners had a winning performance from their 200-yard freestyle relay team of Kyle Gordon, Mark Chamberlain, David Sanchez-Turner and Matt Hug with a time of 1:27.34, while finishing second in the other four relays that were contested.

S&T's top 200-medley relay team of Kyle Kammer, Zlatan Hamzic, Mark Chamberlain and Sanchez-Turner had a time of 1:38.06, while the 200-butterfly relay team of Brian Howell, Paul Reinisch, Chamberlain and Gordon posted a mark of 1:38.30, the 200-backstroke relay quartet of Aaron Schmidt, Kammer, Jeff Enge and Howell finished in 1:41.13 and the 200-breaststroke relay squad of Hamzic, David Calcara, Mitch Berggren and Sanchez-Turner had a mark of 1:54.48.

In the one individual event that was contested, the 100-yard individual medley, Enge finished second with a time of 56.50 seconds, while Zach Lemons was third in 56.70, Danny Murphy sixth in 59.01 and Matt Hug seventh in 59.10.

S&T returns to regular meet competition Jan. 18 and 19 at the Washington University Invitational in St. Louis.

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