DETROIT, Michigan, January 19. THE Wayne State men's swimming squad defeated Calvin College, 135-86, at the Matthaei Aquatic Center, marking the third straight dual meet triumph for the Warriors.<\/p>\n
WSU won nine straight swims to clinch the victory, highlighted by Sean Smith's (Auburn, Mich.\/Bay City Western) victory in the 100 backstroke, which eclipsed the NCAA "B" qualifying standard and missed setting a pool record by .05 seconds.<\/p>\n
The 400 medley relay combination of Cauli Bedran (Rio de Janiero, Brazil), Matt Victor (Chesterfield, Mich.\/Anchor Bay), Brett Salogar (Bay City, Mich.\/Western), and Tim Giblin (Midland, Mich.\/Midland Dow) came in first place (3:37.93), followed by the foursome of Alex Guymer (Rochester Hills, Mich.\/Rochester), Jay Koehler (St. Clair Shores, Mich.\/Lake Shore), Alex Davidson (Napoleon, Mich.\/Jackson), and Sebastian Rzepa (Clinton Twp., Mich.\/Chippewa Valley) in second (3:42.49).<\/p>\n
In 1650 free, James Ekleberry (Rochester Hills, Mich.\/Avondale) finished first (16:59.65), Jeff Marshall (Berkley, Mich.) placed third (18:16.84), and David Fontecchio (Rochester Hills, Mich.\/Rochester Adams) touched fourth (18:39.89).<\/p>\n
Matt Leix (Flint, Mich.\/Southwestern) won the 200 free (1:48.23), followed by A.J. Erard (Troy, Mich.\/Royal Oak Shrine) in second (1:51.11) and Brad Irwin (Sterling Hts., Mich.) in third (1:52.24).<\/p>\n
In the 50 free, Giblin led the pack (22.10) with Tiago Oliveira (Raul Soares, Brazil) in third (22.37) and Jamal Roberts (Detroit, Mich.\/Cass Tech) in fourth (24.09).<\/p>\n
Wayne State swept the top three spots in the next three events – the 400 individual medley, the 100 butterfly, and the 100 free.<\/p>\n
Matt Carlson (Plymouth, Mich.\/Canton) won the 400 IM (4:18.58) with Davidson (4:30.26) and Marshall (4:36.30) in tow. Bedran (52.74), Oliveira 53.89, and Ben Dueweke (Macomb, Mich.\/Dakota) (55.02) swept the 100 fly, and the trio of Per Bergstrom (Fagersta, Sweden) (48.91), Salogar (50.86), and Giblin (51.32) took the 100 free.<\/p>\n
After Smith won the 100 back and earned his "B" cut with Guymer finishing second (57.96), the Warriors secured the victory with a one-two-three finish in the 500 free. Ekleberry led the way (4:59.24) with Rzepa second (5:04.33) and Shields third (5:09.28). <\/p>\n
The Wayne State women's swimming and diving team earned a 132-103 dual meet victory over Calvin College.<\/p>\n
Sophomores Elaina Hogle (Kentwood, Mich.\/East Kentwood) and Ashley St. Andrew (Grand Rapids, Mich.\/Jenison) each garnered an NCAA "B" qualifying standard, as the Warriors won nine of the first 10 events to clinch the overall victory.<\/p>\n
The 400 medley relay of Sara Franklin (Caro, Mich.), Hogle, Agata Zalewska (Swietochlowice, Poland), and Julie Danaher (Allen Park, Mich.) took first place with a time of 4:05.59.<\/p>\n
After Catherine Leix (Flint, Mich.\/Southwestern) won the 1650 freestyle (17:55.20), Hogle earned her "B" cut in the 200 free, winning in a time of 1:57.32. Abbey Green (Dearborn, Mich.) came in second (2:00.42).<\/p>\n
Wayne State took the top three spots in in 50 free, with Nicole Knoblock (Macomb, Mich.\/Eisenhower) placing first (25.75), Haintso Rakouth (Saginaw, Mich.\/Heritage) second (26.10), and Zalewska third (26.25).<\/p>\n
The Warriors also swept the top three finishes in the 400 individual medley. St. Andrew made her "B" cut with a first-place time of 4:40.25, followed by Laura Leix (Flint, Mich.\/Southwestern) in second (4:48.44) and Whitney Baker (Trenton, Mich.) in third (4:54.07).<\/p>\n
Erika Barczak (Williamston, Mich.) and Cassie Chetosky (Shelby Twp., Mich.\/Utica) placed first (264.30) and second (241.50), respectively, in the one-meter diving event. WSU also went one-two in the 100 fly, as Zalewska touched first (1:01.53) followed by Laura Leix (1:01.75).<\/p>\n
In the 100 free, Rakouth came in second (56.20) and Danaher placed third (56.39).<\/p>\n
Franklin won the 100 back (1:01.21), and WSU secured the win with three of the top four spots in the 500 free. St. Andrew won the swim (5:10.69), Green took second (5:26.86) and Baker finished fourth (5:33.59). <\/p>\n
Special thanks to Wayne State for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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