ST. PAUL, Minn. – First year
Charles Batsaikhan (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia/East Chapel Hill) was among swimmers and divers recognized as All-MIAC by the conference following this past weekend's MIAC Championships. The top three finishers in each event at the MIAC Championships earn All-MIAC honors, while places 4-6 in the individual events and the fourth-place relay teams receive All-MIAC honorable mention.
Batsaikhan placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke on Saturday with a time of 2:09.14, breaking the old school record of 2:12.78, set by
Sjon Swanson '06 in 2006. Batsaikhan also broke Swanson's 100-yard breaststroke record on Friday with a time of 58.84 in the preliminaries. He eventually placed eighth in the finals.
The Scots' 200-yard freestyle relay team of Batsaikhan, seniors
Benjamin Blomquist (Las Vegas, Nev./Ed W. Clark) and
Aidan Williams (Chicago, Ill./Walter Payton College Prep), and first year
Isaac Kisker (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) finished in fourth place on Friday to receive All-MIAC honorable mention. Their time of 1:27.46 broke a 33-year-old record of 1:28.28, set in 1989. As a team, Macalester finished fifth with 220 points at the conference meet.
Gustavus' Matt Strom was named the MIAC Swimmer of the Year, Eli Grabinski of Saint John's was chosen the Diver of the Year, and Gustavus' Jon Carlson was selected Coach of the Year.
Click here to view the MIAC All-Conference release.