Michigan State University
M&W - Oakland
Women's Swimming And Diving Concludes Regular Season With Win
1/19/2007 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Jan. 19, 2007
ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Michigan State women closed out the regular season with a victory over host Oakland on Friday night, 170-128, while the men dropped their final dual, 164-136.
Junior Adam Schmitt turned out three first-place finishes, topping the competition in the 50 (20.77) and 100 freestyles, and adding a third win in the 200 IM, with a time of 1:53.35.
Megan Reponen led the way for the women claiming victory in the 100 (58.70) and 200 (2:09.43) butterfly.
Kryzstof Olszewski also had two wins, leading the way in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:39.57 and in the 500 freestyle (4:35.29). In addition, Olszewski placed second in the 200 butterfly (1:56.57).
Julie Kahn, Sarah Biasello and Betsy DeJonge each turned in two top-three finishes for the women. Kahn touched the wall in 53.22 to claim first in the 100 freestyle, and then turned in a second-place effort in the 200 freestyle (1:56.04). Biasello finished the 100 breastroke in third place (1:07.13), and then ended the day with a win in the 200 breastroke (2:24.11). Mara Loniewski out touched the competition winning the 200 freestyle (1:54.61). Loniewski also claimed second in the 500 freestyle in 5:07.80. DeJonge ended the season in second in the 50 freestyle (24.63) and third in the 100 freestyle (54.01)
For the men, Sho Koba had a first and second-place finish. Winning the 200 freestyle in 1:39.69, and coming in second in the 100 freestyle (46.70).
Other top finishers were Sasha Lewerenz who won the 100 backstroke (57.42), Matt McNichols who took second 200 freestyle (1:43.37), and Emma Schaefer who placed second in the 200 IM (2:10.25).
On the boards, the women had another successful day sweeping both the one- and three-meter boards. Katie Edwards grabbed first on the three meter with a score of 288.75, she was followed by teammates Alycia Mokedanz (264.07), and Allie Sayers (256.05). On the one-meter, Schmidt claimed top honors with a 256.15, Sayers came in second (251.92), and Edwards rounded out the top three (249.75)
For the men, Ivan Zalessov finished the day in second on both boards, posting a score of 310.72 on the three meter, and 289.27 on the one-meter. David Garry took third (263.40) on the three meter, and Matt Akerley placed third (269.85) on the one meter.
Michigan State had 12 other swimmers turn in a total of 17 third-place finishes. The Michigan State women closed out the season with a record of 3-5-1, while the men end the dual season 1-6-0. The Spartans will have a break in action, before heading to the Big Ten Championship meet. The women will compete at the Big Ten Meet from Feb. 8-11 in Minneapolis, Minn., while the men will head to Ohio State to compete Feb. 16-19.
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