Calvin, Denison vs. Wayne State

DETROIT, Michigan, November 15. THE Wayne State University men's and women's swimming and diving teams each picked up wins over Calvin College and Denison Saturday in a tri-meet at the Matthaei Aquatic Center. In their first home meets of the season, the women's team earned a 99-point win over Calvin College (170-71) and narrowly edged Denison University (122.50-118.50), while the men upended Calvin 173-58, and Denison 125-113.

The first-place 400 medley relay (3:58.58) of Sara Franklin (Caro, Mich.), Courtney Roberts (Milan, Mich.), Elaina Hogle (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood), and Julie Danaher (Allen Park, Mich.) set the tone early for the Warriors, who won a total of six events on the afternoon.

Hogle finished in first place and earned an NCAA "A" qualifier in the 200 butterfly (2:06.79), and went one-two with Abbey Green (Dearborn, Mich.) in the 200 freestyle (1:59.19, 1:58.43).

Roberts notched a "B" cut in her first-place 200 breaststroke swim (2:26.43), and Green took first in the 100 free (54.94).

In diving, Meghan Jaworski (Dundee, Mich.) placed first on the three-meter board (246.45) and finished second in the one-meter competition (222.60).

Other second-place finishers included Haintso Rakouth (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) in the 50 free (25.33), Laura Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern) in the 400 individual medley (4:51.56), Franklin in the 200 backstroke (2:15.66), and Natalia Buso (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in the 500 (5:13.26) and 1000 freestyle events, improving her national cut in the latter by nearly 13 seconds (10:28.46).

The Warriors wrapped up the meet with a second-place finish in the 400 free relay (3:41.58) by Green, Ashley St. Andrew (Grand Rapids, Mich./Jenison), Catherine Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern), and Agata Zalewska (Swietochlowice, Poland).

The Warrior men won nine events Saturday, including the 400 medley relay. Sean Smith (Auburn, Mich./Bay City Western), Matthew Laschuk (Tecumseh, Ont./Academie Ste. Cecile), Jimmy Lee (Windsor, Ont./Riverside), and Cauli Bedran (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) turned in a time of 3:31.24. Smith's leadoff time of 50.79 also broke a Matthaei pool record for the 100 backstroke.

Fernando Costa (Porto, Portugal) won two events, the 1000 freestyle (9:45.08) and the 500 freestyle (4:46.18), while his second-place time of 4:10.69 in the 400 individual medley was good for an NCAA "B" national qualifier.

Smith (1:52.91) and Laschuk (1:59.50) finished one-two in the 200 butterfly, as did Smith (1:52.65) and Lee (1:54.91) in the 200 backstroke as well as Jesper Akesson (Malmo, Sweden) and Bedran in the 50 free, posting respective times of 21.06 and 21.96. Akesson also won the 100 freestyle (47.59).

In diving, Cayce Bolt (Sterling Hts., Mich./Warren Mott) led the field on both the one-meter (276.75) and three-meter (298.60) boards, earning a national cut in the latter.

Wayne State's next competition will be Dec. 5-6 at the Eastern Michigan Invitational.

Special thanks to Wayne State for contributing this report.

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