2019 WIAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championship Preview University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will aim for a 20th consecutive first-place finish at the 2019 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship (presented by Culver’s) that will be held at Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, Wis., Feb. 14-16. UW-Eau Claire is serving as the host institution for the 57th men’s championship that will be held concurrently with the 48th women’s meet. The Pointers captured the 22nd league title in program history a year ago with 905 points. UW-Eau Claire finished second with 711 points, UW-La Crosse third with 635.50, UW-Whitewater fourth with 583.50 and UW-Oshkosh fifth with 245. Preliminaries will begin at 10:00 a.m. all three days with the finals commencing at 6:30 p.m. the first two evenings and 6:00 p.m. the final night. Medals will be awarded to the top eight finishers in each of the individual events and to the individuals comprising the top three relay teams. UW-Stevens Point’s 22 first-place finishes rank second behind UW-Eau Claire’s 25 titles, while UW-La Crosse has collected four team championships. Former programs to win titles include: UW-Platteville (4) and UW-Milwaukee (1). This year’s championship features nine student-athletes that have combined to win 12 individual and 20 relay first-place medals at previous league meets. UW-Stevens Point’s Reilly Donnellan is the most decorated returnee with eight relay titles. He has been a member of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay teams three consecutive seasons. Donnellan added the 400-yard medley relay crown at last year’s meet and a first-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 2016. The Pointers’ Grant Moser has won three straight titles in the 800-yard freestyle relay and back-to-back championships in the 400-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay. Jacob Aegerter contributed to the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay and 800-yard freestyle relay teams in 2017 and 2018, while adding 200-yard butterfly titles both years. Payton Kilian joined Moser and Aegerter on the 800-yard freestyle relay squad a season ago. UW-Eau Claire’s Dylan Glumac-Berberich is the two-time defending champion in one-meter diving and secured Diver of the Meet honors at last year’s championship. The Blugolds’ Collin Miller was named the Swimmer of the Meet at the 2017 championship and has posted back-to-back first-place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley. He also won the 100-yard freestyle in 2017. UW-La Crosse’s Jacob Burchfield was chosen the Swimmer of the Meet a season ago and was victorious in the 200-yard freestyle, while Hans Hover posted a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. UW-Whitewater’s Zach Noll is the defending champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Matt Wilke owns the top diving performances for UW-Oshkosh in 2018-19, while Jarrett Lieder has produced the team’s leading swimming times. # # # # #