Spartans Split On The Road

Oct. 12, 2018

Men's Results | Women's Results

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State swimming and diving split on the road on Friday. The men defeated Illinois-Chicago, 176-124, and the women fell short at Illinois, 168-132.

The men came home with 10 first-place finishes against the Flames.

"We started the meet really slowly. I thought Weston Youngblood had a great meet. He won the 1000 in one of his better times. Our whole sophomore class really did a great job. Jon Lee won both the breaststrokes which is really exciting. I'm pretty happy with the win, but we've got a long way to go, a lot of work ahead of us, but happy that the guys raced really hard," said head coach Matt Gianiodis.

The men started things off with three first-place finishes in the first five events. In the 100 freestyle, Weston Youngblood clocked a time of 9:36.10. Aidan Farley followed with a 1:40.42 time in the 200 freestyle. Jonathan Lee rounded the first five events out with a 57:80 time in the 100 breaststroke.

Farley picked up another first-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:36.37. Farley, along with Kevin Mill, Payton Woods, and Nehemiah Mork claimed first with a time of 1:24.64 in the 200-freestyle relay.

Jakob Heberling placed in second for the Spartans in the 3-meter dive with a score of 273.50. He later took fourth in the 1-meter with a score of 227.70.

The women battled a tough Illini team that resulted in a 36-point defeat.

"It was quite a battle. For a young team we swam really well, but we just fell a bit short. We had some great swimming out of a lot of people, but in particular freshman Sam Villani who won the 100 back. On the boards, Amanda Ling had a great day. I think we had a really good experience for everybody and we know what we need to work on to get better," said Associate Head Coach Kathleen Milloy.

Villani captured the first win for the Spartans in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.51.

Two Spartans ended in a tie for first place in the 100 breaststroke. Seniors, Ellie Roche and Ana Sortland, both finished with a time of 1:04.86.

Michigan State dominated the 1-meter dive as Amanda Ling placed first with a score of 288.05 and Morgan Wellenzohn placed second with a score of 271.72.

The women are back in action on Oct. 26 as they host Rutgers at 5 p.m. at McCaffree Pool.

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Players Mentioned

Aidan Farley

Jakob Heberling

Jonathan Lee

Amanda Ling

Nehemiah Mork

Ellie Roche

Ana Sortland

Sam Villani

Morgan Wellenzohn

Payton Woods

Weston Youngblood