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Menkhaus, Santos Lopez Tie 50 Free Record At MAC Championships

Day Two Results

CARBONDALE, Ill.—University of Evansville senior Oskar Menkhaus (Davidson, N.C./William A. Hough) and freshman Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain) each tied the school record in the 50-yard Freestyle event on Thursday, with Santos Lopez reaching the mark twice, at the 2022 Mid-American Conference Championships in Carbondale, Illinois.

Menkhaus tied Dave Nel's 2001 school record in the 50 Free with time of 20.51 in the preliminary round on Thursday afternoon. Santos Lopez tied the mark himself in a swim-off for place at the end of the prelim swims. Santos Lopez then came back to tie the 50 Free mark again as the lead leg of the 200-yard Freestyle Relay.