Brunner Leads Men's S&D in Friday Meet

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - - Sophomore Tommy Brunner turned in the second-fastest 1000 freestyle time in the Ball State record book, clocking in at 9:25.77, to earn the event win and lead the squad in its first stop of a busy weekend at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.

It was Brunner's first event win of the season and the Cardinals best event finish in losses to the University of Indianapolis and Southern Illinois in a meet hosted by Indiana State.

To go along with a victory in the 1000, sophomore Malcolm Slater clocked in a second-place finish for Ball State in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:36.47.

On the 3M board, freshman Mitchell Mauck placed second with a season-best six-dive score of 268.40. It was over 34 points better than his previous season-best effort.

Taking third place in the 100 breaststroke was sophomore Aidan Biddle (56.99), while freshman Luke Pryor followed suit with a third-place finish of his own in the 200 butterfly (1:52.63).

Due to travel concerns caused by current Winter Storm Cora, Saturday's Ball State swimming & diving home meet versus Evansville has been canceled. However, the Cardinals will still celebrate its 12-member senior class Saturday with a 2 p.m. intrasquad scrimmage at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.

Senior festivities are set to start at 1:45 p.m., prior to the start of the scrimmage. As always, admission to Ball State swimming & diving home meets are free.

Ball State Results

200 Medley Relay | Program Record - 1:26.35 by Pheifer, Garberick, Handshoe, Chaye in 2023
4th – Ethan Pheifer, Aidan Biddle, AJ Friend, Jacob Siewers - 1:30.22
7th – Logan Ayres, Michael Burns, Mason Young, Dominick Perkowski - 1:34.54
10th - Reece Manning, Reeve Ferber, Luke Pryor, Auston Shafer - 1:36.55

1000 Freestyle | Program Record - 9:25.50 by Magnus Ohlson in 1995
1st - Tommy Brunner – 9:25.77 - (2^nd in program history)
4th – Malcolm Slater – 9:37.55
5th – Seth Blossom – 9:43.79

200 Freestyle | Program Record - 1:37.05 by Jacob Siewers in 2024
4th - Jacob Siewers – 1:41.49
6th – Dominick Perkowski – 1:43.68
8th – Nathan Harper – 1:44.26
14th – Zach Zishka – 1:50.58

100 Backstroke | Program Record - 48.32 by Jared Holder in 2021
5th – Michael Burns – 50.90
13th – Logan Ayres – 54.35
15th – Reece Manning – 1:00.00

100 Breaststroke | Program Record - 51.93 by Joey Garberick in 2024
3rd – Aidan Biddle – 56.99
10th – Reeve Ferber – 1:00.44

200 Butterfly | Program Record - 1:46.93 by Bryce Handshoe in 2024
3rd – Luke Pryor – 1:52.63
6th – Kenny Reed – 1:59.64

50 Freestyle | Program Record - 19.89 by Owen Chaye on Two Occasions
4th – Ethan Pheifer – 20.96
7th – AJ Friend – 21.25
11th – Mason Young – 21.60
14th – Erkan Ozgen – 22.26
15th – Auston Shafer – 22.32

3M Diving | Program Record - 359.25 by Wyatt Blake in 2023
2nd – Mitchell Mauck – 268.40

100 Freestyle | Program Record - 43.58 by Owen Chaye in 2023
4th – Jacob Siewers – 46.37
5th - AJ Friend – 46.53
9th – Mason Young – 47.29
14th – Dominick Perkowski – 48.36
15th – Erkan Ozgen – 49.80

200 Backstroke | Program Record - 1:48.22 by Logan Ackley in 2020
13th – Nathan Harper – 1:57.90
14th – Logan Ayres – 1:57.97

200 Breaststroke | Program Record - 1:54.78 by Joey Garberick in 2024
4th – Michael Burns – 2:07.13
5th – Aidan Biddle – 2:07.46

500 Freestyle | Program Record - 4:28.38 by Malcolm Slater in 2024
2nd – Malcolm Slater – 4:36.47
5th – Tommy Brunner – 4:39.64
6th – Seth Blossom – 4:43.17
8th – Zach Zishka – 4:50.63

100 Butterfly | Program Record - 47.84 by Bryce Handshoe in 2024
8th – Luke Pryor – 51.41
12th – Auston Shafer – 52.54
13th – Kenny Reed – 52.72
16th – Reeve Ferber – 53.31
18th – Reece Manning – 55.69

1-Meter Diving | Program Record - 344.25 by Dave Keener in 1991
5th – Mitchell Mauck – 184.95

200 IM | Program Record - 1:49.31 by Joe Morris in 2015
5th – Ethan Pheifer – 1:53.91
10th – Aidan Biddle – 1:59.15

400 Freestyle Relay | Program Record - 2:57.16 by Chaye, Siewers, Garberick, Pheifer in 2024
4th – AJ Friend, Dominick Perkowski, Mason Young, Jacob Siewers – 3:06.39
8th – Malcolm Slater, Auston Shafer, Luke Pryor, Nathan Harper – 3:13.53
10th – Reeve Ferber, Kenny Reed, Michael Burns, Erkan Ozgen – 3:15.98

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Logan Ayres

Aidan Biddle

Wyatt Blake

Seth Blossom

Tommy Brunner

Michael Burns

Owen Chaye

Reeve Ferber

AJ Friend

Joey Garberick

Bryce Handshoe

Nathan Harper

Reece Manning

Mitchell Mauck

Erkan Ozgen

Dominick Perkowski

Ethan Pheifer

Luke Pryor

Kenny Reed

Auston Shafer

Jacob Siewers

Malcolm Slater

Mason Young

Zach Zishka