Championship Swimming Starts Thursday

At the Big East Met last month UC's Josh Schneier was named the conferences most outstanding men's swimmer.    The junior from Taylor High School won three individual events at the conference meet, the 100 meter freestyle, the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter butterfly.   This weekend Schneider will be representing UC in those three events at the NCAA championship meet in College Station, Texas.   

According to collegeswimming.com Schneider has one of the top 10 times in the country for the 50 meter free style:

#6.  Josh Schneider    Cincinnati    19.17

Click here to see how Schneider's best times in the other events he will be competing in:  CLICK HERE.

Check back here for updates on how UC's top swimmer does in college swimming's top event.

Last summer Schneider finished 16th in the Olympic Trials for the 50 meter freestyle.

Schneider Wins Big East

Junior Josh Schneider had high expectations for his team going into the Big East meet this week in Indianapolis.  He thought they could finish third, and he felt good about his own chances.  He was right on both.  The team is sitting in fourth place with two days of competition left and Schneider himself won the men's 50 meter free style event Thursday night.  In the preliminaries earlier in the day he set a school record, then backed it up that evening by just edging out the second place swimmer from Louisville by four tenths of a second.  The junior from Taylor High School won the same event last year.  This qualifies him for the NCAA meet, and his time of 19.38 is the third fastest in college swimming this year.   The men are currently 4th and the women sit in 8th.  Both have a great opportunity to improve on those places.  Bearcat Sports Page.com has a crew at the meet and will have video early next week.

Boy Cats out Swim Boy Birds

It may have been freezing outside but Friday night the Keating Aquatic Center on UC's campus was heating up as the Bearcats hosted Miami in a dual meet.  This was a break from Big East competition as they continue to prepare for the conference meet in February.  The men were able to post a win against their arch rival 189-110, but the women weren't as lucky loosing 112.5-181.5   Highlights for the men included Nathan Williams breaking two of his own Keating Pool records in the 500 and 1,650 meeter free style races.  Two of UC's more dominant swimmers also posted victories, here is Senior Jakub Carda winning the men's 200 meter free style event.

Junior Josh Schneider posted a victory here in the 50 meter free style race.

For a list of all winners and full results click here to visit gobearcats.com.

The Cats have two weeks off before they are back in the water on the road against Wright State January 30.