ALLENDALE, Michigan, January 12. THE Wayne State women's swimming and diving team earned a 146-97 victory at Grand Valley State on Friday evening. In its first competition of 2007, the Wayne State men's swimming and diving squad also defeated Grand Valley State, 156-89. <\/p>\n
The Warrior foursome of Katie Harrigan, Amber Staudacher, Laura Leix, and Julie Danaher won the 400 medley relay with a time of 4:02.90. The team of Erin Hill, Jodi Scott, Elena Crowley, and Mandy Burton placed third (4:13.13).<\/p>\n
Melissa Duff (10:44.78) and Maggie Young (10:51.83) went one-two in the 1000 free, and Ashley St. Andrew won the 200 free (1:57.10) while Burton placed third (2:01.01).<\/p>\n
Danaher and Haintso Rakouth took first (25.56) and third (26.04), respectively, in the 50 free, as did Elaina Hogle (2:09.86) and Harrigan (2:16.23) in the 200 individual medley.<\/p>\n
In the one-meter diving competition, Erika Barczak placed second (209.17), Venessa Torres third (201.67), and Katie Rence fourth (196.87). Barczak also finished third in the three-meter diving (209.32).<\/p>\n
Hogle (59.83), Leix (1:00.15), and Crowley (1:02.77) took second through fourth in the 100 butterfly, and Rakouth finished in first place in the 100 free (55.71).<\/p>\n
Harrigan (1:00.59) and Hill (1:03.18) nabbed the top two finishes in the 100 back, and Wayne State swept the top three spots in the 500 free with St. Andrew (5:09.43), Duff (5:16.69), and Young (5:22.85).<\/p>\n
Scott (1:10.76) and Staudacher (1:11.08) finished second and third, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke, and Wayne State capped off the dual meet with a victory in the 400 free relay, as the combination of Danaher, Rakouth, St. Andrew, and Hogle turned in a first-place time of 3:38.97.<\/p>\n
The Warriors took second and third in the 400 medley relay, as the combination of Luiz Pacheco, A.J. Erard, Jared Troyer, and Justin Shields finished second with a time of 3:37.49, while the foursome of Cauli Bedran, Christer Tour, Bruno Blanco, and Per Bergstrom turned in a third-place time of 3:38.28.<\/p>\n
Matt Leix (10:01.24) and Troyer (10:01.33) went one-two in the 1000 free, while James Ekleberry finished fourth (10:10.53).<\/p>\n
Guilherme Veiga was victorious in the 200 free (1:46.56), and three Warriors – Bedran (22.10), Tiago Oliveira (22.17), and Blanco (22.84) – swept the top three finishes in the 50 free.<\/p>\n
A.J. Erard finished in first place in the 200 individual medley (1:58.64), as did Blanco in the 100 butterfly (52.56).<\/p>\n
Oliveira (48.75) and Bergstrom (49.32) finished first and second, respectively, in the 100 free, and Wayne State swept the first three places in the 100 backstroke with Bedran (53.36), Pacheco (54.05), and Leix (55.80).<\/p>\n
Veiga topped the field in the 500 free (4:42.97), followed by Troyer in second (4:52.18) and Ekleberry in fourth (4:59.59).<\/p>\n
In the diving competitions, Chris Totten won the one-meter and placed second in the three-meter, while Dan Fleming took second on the one-meter board.<\/p>\n
Tour won the 100 breaststroke (59.07), and the Warriors finished off the victory with a first-place swim in the 400 free relay (Bergstrom, Oliveira, Alex Davidson, Sebastian Rzepa – 3:13.62).<\/p>\n
Wayne State will compete at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow at Calvin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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