ROCHESTER, Michigan, October 26. THE University of Cincinnati swimming and diving team found success at the Golden Grizzley Quadrangular, Saturday in Rochester, Mich., the Bearcats first meet of the 2008-09 campaign.<\/p>\n
The women defeated Wayne State 200-100, but fell to Oakland (176-124), and Western Kentucky (218-82).<\/p>\n
The men's team narrowly missed knocking off Wayne State (155-141) and also lost to Oakland (189-110) and Western Kentucky (199-100).<\/p>\n
The Bearcats took first, third, and fifth in the women's 400-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n
Liz Hansson, Amy Billow, Elinore de Jong, and Lange Gilby touched in first with a 3:33.36 clocking followed by Bree Rossi, Anna Bersana, Laurie Caudy and Karli Kentner in third (3:43.44). The quartet of Melody Smith, Tammy Smith, Emma Misanik and Natalie Plunkett took fifth in 3:51.66.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Peter and Josh Schneider each won individual events for the men's team.<\/p>\n
Peter won the 200-yard backstroke event, besting the field with a 2:07.36 clocking and also won the 200 IM in 1:53.19. Peter was also third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.61.<\/p>\n
Schneider won the men's 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.40. He was also second in the 100 freestyle, clocking in at 45.98. He also placed second in the 100 butterfly (50.74).<\/p>\n
The women's 200-yard medley relay squad of Kentner, Stephanie Conklin, de Jong, and Hansson placed fourth with a time of 1:48.10.<\/p>\n
de Jong also was third in the 50-yard freestyle with a 24.37, and third in the 100-yard butterfly (57.72).<\/p>\n
Hansson had a pair of third-place finishes individually, in the 100 backstroke (58.84), and 100 freestyle (53.49), while Gilby took fifth in the 100 free with a time of 54.13.<\/p>\n
Kentner had a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly with times of 1:07.16 and 58.79, respectively.<\/p>\n
The men's 200-medley relay squad of Nick Saul, Peter, Schneider, and Issac Hays clocked in fourth with a time of 1:35.56<\/p>\n
Nathan Williams and Stephen Cunningham took third and fourth in the both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle with clockings of 4:41.79 and 4:42.49 in the 500, and times of 9:37.06 and 9:39.10 in the 1,000, respectively.<\/p>\n
Nate Kramer placed third in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:44.21.<\/p>\n
Jakub Carda was fifth in the 200 IM in 1:56.47.<\/p>\n
Lindsay Bakan was fifth in both the women's 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, tallying 214.85 and 190.85 points, respectively.<\/p>\n
Shannon McCarthy was fifth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:12.37.<\/p>\n
Erin Mullins, Conklin, and Emma Misanik were fifth, sixth, and seventh in the 200 breaststroke with times of 2:27.52, 2:28.04, and 2:28.46, respectively.<\/p>\n
Melody Smith was third in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in 5:13.29.<\/p>\n
UC is back in the pool on Nov. 7, heading to Columbus to take on Ohio State in a dual meet. The meet is scheduled for a 5 p.m. start at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.<\/p>\n
The Bearcats will open up the home portion of the schedule on Sat., Nov. 8, taking on BIG EAST rival West Virginia at noon at the Keating Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Cincinnati for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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