2016 Men’s Mid-American Conference Post-Meet Awards and Video Recaps

2016 MEN’S MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, March 2- Saturday, March 5, 2016
• Jones Natatorium, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan (Central Time Zone)
• Wednesday Timed Finals 7PM, Prelims 11AM / Finals 7PM (Thurs-Sat.)
• Defending Champion: Eastern Michigan (2015 results and recap here.)
• Live Results.  PDF of full results.
• MAC Record Book
• Championship Central
• MVC Teams: Missouri State Bears, Eastern Michigan Eagles, Buffalo Bulls, Southern Illinois Salukis, Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, Ball State Cardinals, Evansville Purple Aces.

The Mid-American Conference is a gem among NCAA Division 1 mid-majors.  Fans of the MAC saw an extraordinarily deep contest this year that featured 6 MAC Conference Records, 7 MAC Championship Meet Records and 13 Jones Natatorium Pool Records.  Eastern Michigan, who claimed the title in two relays and six individual events, captured their 33rd MAC crown with 846 points.  This title is their second in a row and is the 23rd over the career of EMU Head Coach Peter Linn.  

Check out SwimSwam’s recaps of the meet here:

• Day one
• Day two
• Day three
• Day four

Post -Meet Awards:

Most Outstanding Swimmer: Andrew Henry, Eastern Michigan

Swimming Coach of the Year: Peter Linn, Eastern Michigan

Most Outstanding Diver: Alex Chan, Eastern Michigan

Diving Coach of the Year: Buck Smith, Eastern Michigan

Most Outstanding Senior: Uvis Kalnins, Missouri State

All-MAC First Team:

Buffalo: Mason Miller, Itai De La Vega

Eastern Michigan: Cole Bateman, Logan Burton, Alex Chan, Erik Gissen, Andrew Henry

Miami:  Jake Prodoehl

Missouri State:  Miguel Davila, Uvis Kalnins, Artur Osvath

Southern Illinois:  Andre Luiz Brilhante, Filippo Dell’Olio, Joao Facciotti, Till Pallmann

All-MAC Second Team:

Buffalo:  Charles Barry, ​Scott Huang, Antonio Lanzi, ​Reid Zyniecki, 

Eastern Michigan:  Kyle Aerne, Tosh Kawaguchi, Kyle Lichtenberg, ​Peter Rusenas, ​Jake Tyson

Miami:  Lucas Brock

Missouri State:  Ethan Bresette, ​Kacper Cwiek, Chris Heye, ​Uldis Tazans

Southern Illinois:  Michael Wolfe 

The Mid-American Conference also created video recaps of the action for fans:

2016 Men’s MAC Hype video:

2016 Men’s MAC Preview:

2016 Men’s MAC Day One Recap:

2016 Men’s MAC Day Two Recap:

2016 Men’s MAC Day Three Recap:

2016 Men’s Final Recap: