Men's Swimming and Diving | February 19, 2016

GENEVA, Ohio-Eight Explorers qualified for the finals on Friday evening during the morning prelims during the third day of the Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships.
 
Three La Sale swimmers qualified for the evening finals in the 100 yard butterfly. Sophomore Jakub Bartosiewicz (48.64) and Junior Cameron Fadley (49.19) touched in third and sixth places in the prelims for spots in the Championship Finals. Junior Strahinja Stankovic (50.18) qualified in 14^th place for a spot in the consolation finals just .65 seconds off a spot in the Championships Finals.
 
Freshmen Josh Williams (51.97, 30^th place) and Yashua Lockhart-Derry (56.80, 35^th place) also swam in the 100 butterfly prelims.  
 
Senior Johan Roth (54.86) and sophomore Dimitrije Mladenovic (55.41) finished in second and fourth place respectively in the prelims of the 100 yard breaststroke for spots in the Championship Finals. Roth's time was an NCAA "B" Qualifying time. Freshman Josh Williams (58.04) and senior Jonathan Cabral (58.19) touched in 17^th and 18^th places. Williams was just .03 seconds off 16^th place and a spot in the Consolation finals.
 
Senior Cameron Edling (59.21, 21^st place) and freshman Alexander Holland (1:00.65, 25^th place) also swam in the 100 breaststroke prelims.
 
Sophomore Fabian Bergman reached the finals in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 49.43 seconds for sixth place. Junior Jerry Gravel touched in 13^th place with a time of 50.71 for a spot in the consolation finals. Senior Mike Stein touched in 22^nd place with a time of 53.16.
 
Senior Justin Hughes reached the consolation finals in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:14.44 for 13^th place in the prelims. Hughes was just 1.2 seconds out of the Championship Finals. Freshman Jeff Pfannenstein touched in 18^th place with a time of 1:42.22. He was just .21 seconds out of a spot in the consolation finals. Junior Mattias Glenesk (1:45.60, 34^th place) and sophomore Robert Wilson (1:51.13, 40^th place) also swam in the event.