COLUMBUS, Ga. – The SCAD men's swimming team finished second at the 2022 NAIA Men's Swimming National Championship on Saturday.
TEAM SCORE: The Bees finished in second with 427 points. Keiser University won the title with 742 points.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Joel Thatcher won the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:27.79.
Miles Kredich won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:48.96.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team of
Samuel Page,
Kristof Monori,
Miles Kredich and
Joel Thatcher won the National Title with a time of 3:01.17.
DID YOU KNOW? Thatcher won every individual event in which he competed to be named an Individual National Champion three times in 2022.
ALL-AMERICAN FINISHES: Individual finishes in the top-eight earn NAIA All-American status.
Kristof Monori finished seventh in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:03.66.
In the 100-yard freestyle,
Miles Kredich finished in fourth with a time of 45.15 while
Samuel Page finished in seventh with a time of 45.72.
Dan Chevere took seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:03.82.
Brandon Vives finished in second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:50.13.
INDIVIDUAL FINISHES:
Dan Chevere (Toa Alta, Puerto Rico / Interactive Design/Game Development)
7
th/16 – 200-yard breaststroke (2:03.82)
Kenny Chism (Jacksonville, Fla. / Illustration)
11
th/16 - 100-yard breaststroke (56.55)
9
th/16 – 200-yard breaststroke (2:03.50)
Dillon Hall (Brunswick, Ga. / Industrial Design)
15
th/16 – 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.91)
Miles Kredich (Knoxville, Tenn. / Sound Design)
5
th/16 - 100-yard butterfly (49.33)
1
st/16 – 200-yard butterfly (1:48.96) –
Individual National Champion
Kristof Monori (Budapest, Hungary / Visual Effects)
6
th/16 - 500-yard freestyle (4:37.59)
4
th/16 - 200-yard freestyle (1:40.51)
7
th/19 – 1650-yard freestyle (16:03.66)
Samuel Page (Lancaster, S.C. / Architecture)
5
th/16 - 50-yard freestyle (20.47)
5
th/16 - 100-yard backstroke (50.55)
Maik Rieffenstahl (Berlin, Germany / User Experience (UX) Design)
9
th/16 - 400-yard IM (4:06.89)
10
th/16 – 200-yard butterfly (1:54.09)
Joel Thatcher (Mason, Ohio / Writing)
1
st/16 - 500-yard freestyle (4:21.68) -
Individual National Champion
1
st/16 - 200-yard freestyle (1:36.09) -
Individual National Champion
1
st/19 – 1650-yard freestyle (15:27.79) –
Individual National Champion
Brandon Vives (Miami, Fla. / Advertising and Branding)
7
th/16 - 200-yard IM (1:51.99)
7
th/16 - 400-yard IM (4:08.87)
2
nd/16 – 200-yard butterfly (1:50.13)