CLEMSON, South Carolina, January 30. THE Clemson men and women's swimming and diving finished up the dual meet season at McHugh Natatorium with Clemson's men winning 182-116 while Duke's women took the win 158-142. Clemson's men now improve to 6-4 overall and 1-4 in the ACC, while the women fall to 8-5 overall and 2-4 in the conference.<\/p>\n
"This was a nice win for the men," said Head Coach Christopher Ip.
\n"It is always a good thing to finish the regular season on a win. I
\nthought we had great leadership from our seniors today and the
\nunderclassmen were a great supporting class. This is the way we want
\nto honor our seniors. On the women's side, it was a great meet.
\nThese meets have been very close and we just have to win more races.
\nWe have been in the right position but just need to get more wins.
\nThis was another good meet and hopefully our women can get hungry by
\nthe ACC Championships. I also want to say congratulations to our
\nseniors."<\/p>\n
The Tigers started the day strong by winning the 200 medley relay on
\nboth the men's and women's side. The women's group of Kelli Kyle,
\nKatrina Obas, Maddie Tarantolo and Meg Anderson won in a time of
\n1:44.06, while the men's group of Jason Chatlosh, Kyle Shoemaker, Seth
\nBroster and Eric Bruck won in a time of 1:32.00.<\/p>\n
The men also finished strong in the 1000 free as they took first and
\nsecond with sophomore Alex Carr taking the win with a 9:30.77 and
\nfellow sophomore Will Clark coming in second.<\/p>\n
Freshman Kristen Redmond took second in the 200 free with seniors
\nJoanna Rakoczy and Rachel Hesler taking third and fourth for the
\nwomen. On the men's side, sophomore Lee Groseclose won the 200 free
\nwith a 1:41.37, just out-touching junior David Gordon who took second
\nwith a 1:41.38.<\/p>\n
The women then got another win with sophomore Kelli Kyle finishing
\nfirst in the 100 back. Seniors Thomas Recko and Jason Chatlosh made
\nit a one-two finish on the men's side. Recko also had a win in the
\n200 back and freshman Sarah Andrews won for the women.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Chris Dart won the 100 breast for the men and senior Katrina
\nObas took second in the event on the women's side. Senior Matt
\nAngelini then had a second place finish in the 200 fly for the men
\nwith a time of 1:54.16.<\/p>\n
Freshmen Meg Anderson and Eric Bruck continued their strong
\nperformances in the sprint freestyle events as Anderson won the 50
\nfree and the 100 free for the Tigers and Bruck won the 50 free for the
\nmen.<\/p>\n
In the 100 free, Seth Broster, Chris Dart and Lee Groseclose made it a
\none-two-three sweep for the Tigers and then David Gordon and Chris
\nDart then had a one-two finish for the Tigers in the 500 free.<\/p>\n
The 400 IM was a strong event for the Tigers, as freshman Tori Cervone
\ntook first for the women and Matt Anglini, Alex Carr and Andrew
\nAbeysinghe finished first, second and third respectively for the men.
\nThe Tigers then took first in the 400 free relay on both the men's and
\nwomen's side.<\/p>\n
In diving, Senior David Giambra took second on the three-meter with a
\n327.00 and third on the one-meter with a school record 357.75. On the
\nwomen's side, freshman Elizabeth Tatum finished third on the one-meter
\nwith a 259.95 and third on the three-meter with a 285.75, with both
\nscores being zone qualifying scores.<\/p>\n
The Tigers will now prepare for the ACC Championships that will take
\nplace in Chapel Hill, NC. The women and all of the divers will
\ncompete on February 17-20, while the men's meet will take place
\nFebruary 24-27.<\/p>\n
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