GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, January 14. THE Wayne State men's swimming and diving team earned its second dual meet victory of the weekend, defeating Calvin College, 143-90, in Grand Rapids on Saturday afternoon. The women suffered a narrow defeat to Calvin, losing 124-119. <\/p>\n
Wayne State won nine of the first 11 events, including a one-two finish in the 200 medley relay.<\/p>\n
The quartet of Cauli Bedran, Christer Tour, Bruno Blanco, and Tiago Oliveira won in a time of 1:33.49, followed by the combination of Luiz Pacheco, A.J. Erard, Alex Davidson, and Sebastian Rzepa in second (1:41.10).<\/p>\n
Guilherme Veiga (16:16.61) and James Ekleberry (17:10.37) finished first and second, respectively, in the 1650 free, and Matt Leix won the 200 free in a time of 1:47.22.<\/p>\n
Pacheco (22.36), Blanco (22.60), and Justin Shields (23.25) took second through fourth in the 50 free, while Erard (4:16.61) and Veiga (4:21.26) swam to finishes of first and second in the 400 individual medley.<\/p>\n
Blanco (2:00.75), Jared Troyer (2:00.93), and Davidson (2:04.02) swept the top three spots in the 200 fly, as Leix (2:00.72) and Pacheco (2:02.69) went one-two in the 200 backstroke.<\/p>\n
Cayce Bolt was victorious in both the one-meter (249.40) and three-meter (263.15) diving competitions.<\/p>\n
Shields and Rzepa clinched the dual meet victory for Wayne State, finishing first (5:03.90) and third (5:06.19), respectively, in the 500 free.<\/p>\n
Wayne State won five events in the meet, including Melissa Duff's first-place time of 18:13.20 in the 1650 free. Maggie Young finished second (18:37.44) and Whitney Baker third (19:09.76).<\/p>\n
Ashley St. Andrew finished second in the 200 free (1:57.57, as did Julie Danaher in the 50 free (25.56).<\/p>\n
In the 400 IM, Elaina Hogle turned in a first-place time of 4:36.63, while Laura Leix won the 200 fly in a time of 2:12.05 ahead of second-place Elena Crowley (2:18.08).<\/p>\n
Hogle and Danaher took second (55.12) and third (55.49), respectively, in the 100 free, and Katie Harrigan won the 200 backstroke (2:13.46).<\/p>\n
St. Andrew (5:12.14) and Duff (5:18.81) went one-two in the 500 free, and Jodi Scott finished second in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.83).<\/p>\n
In diving, Katie Rence finished second on both the one-meter (223.10) and three-meter (227.95) boards.<\/p>\n
The meet came down to the 200 free relay, with the Warriors just coming up short in second place. The foursome of Danaher, Haintso Rakouth, St. Andrew, and Hogle posted a time of 1:41.22.<\/p>\n
Wayne State will compete at Eastern Michigan on Friday at 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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