Cleveland State vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, October 25. THE Cleveland State men's and women's swimming and diving teams traveled to Green Bay Saturday, splitting their meets with Wisconsin-Green Bay. The men left Green Bay with a 145.5 to 95.5 win, taking all but one event on the day and moving one athlete into the school's all-time Top-10 list, while the women won two events en route to a 158-72 loss.

"It was our first meet of the year for the men and we won every event except the 200 freestyle," head coach Wally Morton said. "The men performed well and raced a very good Green Bay team. But the story of the meet was freshman Mark deSwardt who won three individual events, just missed a Green Bay pool record and on only 15 minutes rest out-sprinted the defending conference champion in the 500 freestyle."

The individual events opened with deSwardt's win in the 1,000 freestyle. His time of 9:27.23 is the fourth-fastest time in CSU history and just off Green Bay pool record pace. Teammate Pieter Ritz finished second in 10:11.32. Later in the day, deSwardt swam a 1:55.35 to beat teammate Zvonimir Androic and win the 200 butterfly. Less than 15 minutes later, he got back in the pool to swim the 500 freestyle, out-sprinting the league's defending champion in the final moment to win in 4:36.78.

Stephen Grove held off teammate Mike Marsico to win the 50 freestyle (21.43) and two-time NCAA qualifier Jakub Dobies won the 200 IM in 1:57.87. A 2008 Summer Olympian, Nedim Nisic won the 100 freestyle in 47.53, the Vikings also picked up a win in the 200 backstroke by Androic (1:56.99).

CSU finished 1-2-3 in the 200 breastroke with Marko Milenkovic (2:07.58) edging out Dobies and Deni Gasparin, respectively. Todd Winchell earned a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle (1:45.03).

In the relays, CSU opened the meet in the 400 medley relay, winning by five seconds (3:30.19), and also won the day's final event, the 400 freestyle relay, by more than two seconds (3:09.04).

In the first diving events of his career, Matt DiMasso took fourth in the 1-meter event (210.08) and third in the 3-meter event (190.95).

The Viking men return to action on Friday, Oct. 31 when they host Butler and Canisius. The meet begins at 5 p.m. in the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium.

Meanwhile, the Viking women picked up two wins and another all-time Top-10 finish on the day, but lost their meet 158-72.

"The women did their best to swim fast after a long bus trip and I was very proud of their effort, their focus and their will to win," head coach Wally Morton said. "There are a lot of reasons to feel good about their efforts and their performances."

Carys Behn picked up both of the Vikings' wins on the day in the 100 freestyle (53.79) and 200 freestyle (1:55.12) events. It was the first time this season that she swam the 100 freestyle for CSU.

Behn also swam the seventh-fastest 100 freestyle time in school history (53.52) in the leadoff leg of the 400 freestyle relay and is now listed among CSU's all-time Top-10 in four different events.

Runner-up finishes went to Emily Splain in the 50 freestyle (25.92), Katie Bellew in the 200 butterfly (2:14.39), Whitney Hickey in the 200 backstroke (2:14.19) and Frances Carrion in the 500 freestyle (5:27.46).

In the first diving events of her career, Kacey Cummings took second in both the 1-meter (220.12) and 3-meter events (224.48).

"We are very pleased with Kacey's performance in the dives," Morton said. "She's making terrific strides in her diving as she progresses."

The Viking women return to action on Friday, Oct. 31 when they host Butler and Canisius. The meet begins at 5 p.m. in the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium.

Special thanks to Cleveland State for contributing this report.

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