LEWISVILLE, Texas (Feb.15, 2019) – Noah Woollweever and the 800-yard freestyle relay team brought home silver medals for Oklahoma Christian and five more school records fell on the third day of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships at the Lewisville Westside Aquatic Center.

Woollweever, a sophomore from Beckley, W.Va., led a strong OC showing in the 100-yard backstroke, making the A final for a second straight year and placing second in 48.81 seconds, behind only Robinson Molina of Oklahoma Baptist (47.71 seconds).

OC freshman Bergen Davis of Juneau, Alaska, also made the A final and was fourth in 50.01 seconds. Qualifying for the B final were freshman David Logan of Norman (12th in 53.12 seconds) and sophomore Carter Shelton of Jackson, Tenn. (15th in 54.18 seconds).

The Eagles' quartet of Brandon Heredia, Derek Duckworth, Gavin Lane and Zac Hawes nearly sprung what would have been a monumental upset in the 800 freestyle relay. Heredia, a freshman from Maryville, Mo., started in sizzling fashion, swimming the opening leg in 1:39.13 – setting an OC school record for 200 yards and meeting the NCAA Division II B time standard.

That put the Eagles ahead and Duckworth, a sophomore from New Braunfels, Texas, kept them there. Colorado Mesa caught the Eagles on the third leg, though, and held off OC on the final leg to win in 6:40.09. The Eagles finished ahead of Colorado Mines and perennial power Oklahoma Baptist, though, with a time of 6:48.33. That shattered OC's former record of 7:17.12, set by Caleb Brown, Micah Young, Jimmy Burke and Daniel Rutledge at last year's RMAC meet.

Hawes, a sophomore from Houston, made the A final in the 100 breaststroke and finished fifth in 56.05 seconds. In the preliminary round, he swam a time of 55.86 seconds to break his own OC mark of 57.89 seconds, set earlier this season at the Tiger Invitational in San Antonio. Also in the 100 breaststroke, sophomore Andrew Assaleh of Oklahoma City reached the B final and placed 14th overall in 1:00.11.

OC had three finalists in the 500 freestyle. Freshman Andrew Ehler of Oak Point, Texas, made the A final and finished eighth in 4:41.93, after setting a school record in the prelims with a time of 4:39.61. The program's former mark was 4:49.22, set by Davis at the Tiger Invitational.

Making the 500 freestyle B final were sophomore Caleb Brown of New Braunfels, Texas (13th in 4:47.26) and sophomore Jimmy Burke of Deer Park, Texas (15th in 4:49.96).

In the 200 butterfly, OC's two B finalists were freshman Jackson Kaye of Cypress, Texas (12th in 1:55.47) and sophomore Ryan Jennings of Keller, Texas (13th in 1:56.46).

Sophomore Griffen Cornell of San Antonio swam the 100 individual medley – an exhibition race – in the prelims and won in 53.38 seconds, but did not race in the final.

OC was fourth in the four-team event with 439.5 points, trailing Colorado Mesa (1,000.5), Oklahoma Baptist (730) and Colorado Mines (569).

On Saturday, the meet's final day, swimmers will compete in the 1,650 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke and 400 freestyle relay.