Men's Swimming & Diving: Big Red in third after first day of Miami Invitational
| Date | December 4, 2008 |
| Location | OXFORD, Ohio |
The Big Red men's swimming and diving team sits in third place after two events at the three-day Miami Invitational. Denison totaled 123 points and trails first-place Wright State University by 18-points. Miami sits in second with 132 points.
Denison's defending national champion 800 free relay team placed second with a time of 6:41.91. The relay team was comprised of veterans David Curtis (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and John Geissinger (Darien, Conn./Lawrenceville School) along with newcomers Mike Barczak (Beverly Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) and Dan Thurston (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron).
In Thursday's other event, the 1650 freestyle, first-year Austin Vierra (Placerville, Calif./Ponderosa) placed seventh with a time of 16:15.67 which was an NCAA provisional qualifying performance. Casey Browning (Grosse Pointe, Mich./South) followed in 10th place with a time of 16:31.35 and Kevin Jones (Lewisville, S.C./West Forsyth) took 12th in 16:42.04.
DU will return for Friday morning preliminaries at 9 a.m. Finals will take place at 6 p.m.