The Valpo men's swimming team closed day two of the MVC Championships in Oxford, Ohio in style Thursday evening, smashing the program record in the 400 medley relay while Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) lowered his own record in the 100 back as well.
 
How It Happened

• The final race of the night, the 400 medley relay quartet of Oostman, Luke Snider (Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School), Tim Mai (St. Johns, Fla./Creekside) and Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) topped the previous program record in the event by over two full seconds, as they came home in 3:21.28. It is the first program record time in a relay since the 2021-22 squad broke four of the five relay records at the MAC Championships.
• Oostman led off the record-setting 400 medley relay with the first sub-50 swim in a 100 back in program history, as the junior touched the wall for his 100 leg in 49.93, shaving nearly a half-second off his program record in the event.
• Oostman nearly lowered another of his school records earlier in the day during the prelim session, as he posted a time of 1:52.48 in the 200 IM — just two-hundredths of a second off his PR. In the same event, Andrew Berzai (South Bend, Ind./Mishawaka Marian) covered the 200 in 1:54.81, improving upon his PR — which ranks fourth in program history — by 12-hundredths of a second.
• Nate Bolinger (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) led the Valpo contingent in the 500 free with a prelim time of 4:42.10, fifth-fastest in program history.
• Snider paced the Beacons in the 50 free prelims with a time of 21.05, moving into fifth in program history in the event. Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley) swam a 21.44 as well, a time which would have cracked the top-10 in program history had Snider's time not bumped him off.
• Valpo closed the day with 74 points, ahead of Evansville in the team standings.

 
Next Up
Valpo continues competition at the MVC Championships on Friday with the third of four days of action. Prelims begin at 9:30 a.m. CT, with finals starting at 5 p.m. CT.