University of Hawaii sophomore Metin Aydin broke the school record in the 200-yard individual medley on his way to placing 15th in the event at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships on Thursday at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind.

Aydin entered the meet seeded 38th in the 200 IM with a then-UH-record time of 1 minute, 44.66 seconds. In his debut in the NCAA Division I meet, he lowered the program mark to 1:43.32 and placed 16th in preliminaries to advance to the final.

He posted a time of 1:43.48 in his second swim and his 15th-place finish marks UH’s highest in a swimming event at the NCAA championships since 2004, when Kurt Boehm (13th in the 200 butterfly), Peter Thew (13th, 200 freestyle) and Cheyne Bloch (15th, 200 breaststroke) qualified for the finals.

Aydin’s two points left UH in 30th place in the team standings after two days. He will swim the 100 backstroke today and the 200 backstroke, his strongest event, on Saturday. Aydin is seeded 30th in the 100 back (46.50 seconds) and 21st in the 200 back (1:41.03).

UH sophomore Johan Sandell placed 37th in 1-meter diving on Thursday with a score of 274.40. Sandell will complete in the 3-meter event today and closes on the platform on Saturday.

Maeda, Hennessy fall short at Pipeline

Hawaii’s Mahina Maeda and Brisa Hennessy fell short in the final of the Wahine Pipe Pro on Thursday at Banzai Pipeline.

California’s Frankie Harrer won the Women’s Qualifying Series 1,000 event with a 9.0. Tahiti’s Vahine Fierro scored a 7.5, Maeda posted a 4.75 and Hennessy recorded a 3.0.