Michigan State University
University of Notre Dame
Spartans Defeat BSU, ISU In Final Road Meet
2/1/2020 5:21:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State swimming & diving teams defeated Ball State University and Indiana State University, and fell to Notre Dame in Saturday's meet held in South Bend, Ind.
The men defeated Ball State, 228-70, and fell to Notre Dame 181-115. The women defeated Ball State (215-83) and Indiana State (209-88), and fell to the Fighting Irish, 194-101.
"We did well today and did a better job overall than last night," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "Our relay team did really well at the end and that was great to see. I think overall we had a pretty good meet and our men did a good job on the diving boards."
Five Spartans took first-place finishes in today's meet. In the 100 breaststroke, junior Erin Szara finished with a time of 1:02.60 and sophomore Jonathan Lee clocked a time of 55.89. Payton Woods captured a victory in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.27. With a time of 2:06.54, junior Abbey Neveling took the win in the 200 IM. Finally in the 200 IM, junior Lucas Smiarowski won, touching the pad at 1:54.67.
Junior Aidan Farley took home two second-place finishes in both the 100 freestyle, (45.28), and the 200 freestyle, (1:38.26).
The women's 200 medley relay took second place, clocking a time of 1:42.99, swam by Sam Villani, Szara, Kasey Venn and Allie Heineman.
In the 100 freestyle, the Spartan men and women both took third place. Freshman Emma Inch clocked a time of 10:13.29 and junior Guy Moskovich touched the pad at 9:46.07.
The Spartan women picked up a pair of second-place finishes. Junior Marie Dickson took second in the 200 butterfly, (2:03.42), while Villani finished second in the 100 backstroke (56.78).
The men picked up another second-place finish from freshman Brad Sanford in the 100 butterfly (48.76).
In the 200 breaststroke, for the women Kasey Venn claimed second, (2:19.05), and for the men Jonathan Lee also took second place (2:03.87)
Closing out the day, both the men's and women's 200 freestyle relay teams took first place. The women's team of Kennedy Truex, Heineman, Chloe Reed and Olivia Chick touched the pad at 1:36.16. The men's team clocked a time of 1:20.05 swam by Farley, Woods, Nehemiah Mork and Kevin Mills.
On the diving boards, sophomore Jakob Heberling took second in both the 1-meter and 3-meter with scores of 283.45 and 296.15, respectively. Sophomore Ari Wolfson also finished in third on the 3-meter board (281.15).
With the conclusion of the regular season, the Spartans are now preparing for the Big Ten Championships. The women's take place Feb.19-22 in Iowa City, Iowa and the men compete on Feb. 26-29 in Bloomington, Ind.
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