Saturday, January 23
Ann Arbor, Mich.
11 am
Michigan State University
at
at Michigan with Rutgers (WOMEN)
Spartan Women Beat Rutgers, Fall to Michigan
1/23/2021 1:16:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
East Lansing, Mich. -- Michigan State's dual meet against Michigan concluded on Saturday, as the Rutgers women also competed. The Spartan women earned a 185.0-48.0 win over Rutgers, but fell to the host Wolverines, 146.0-107.
The men's portion of the swimming events were held on Friday evening, and Michigan took a 137-77 lead. With only diving contested on Saturday (and no male MSU divers competing), the final score finished at 159.0-77.0 in favor of the Wolverines.
Saturday Results Friday Results
"As I said last night after our men competed, I'm just really proud of our athletes," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "There's been a lot of starts and stops and practice interruptions, and through all of that I think our athletes have done a great job of staying focused on their process. We now have a couple of weeks to get better before we race at Penn State, and hopefully the road is a little smoother and we can focus on progress."
Two seniors led the way – diver Amanda Ling made the "A" cut on the 1m board, scoring a 308.0 and taking second place. Meanwhile, Erin Szara posted a commanding victory in the 100 breast, clocked in a time of 1:01.67; she was nearly four seconds faster than the second-place finisher which was also a provisional cut for the NCAA Championship meet. She also placed second in the 200 breast (2:20.63).
Some talented freshman were making their collegiate debuts. Allison Haak finished second in the 100 back (59.13), and classmate Julia Coffman was third in 59.81. Coffman was second later in the meet in the 200 back, clocked in a time of 2:11.39. Sheridan Phalen led the MSU pack in the 50 free with a second-place finish (23.99), and then took fourth in the 100 free (54.57).
Behind Erin Szara in the 100 breast, three MSU freshmen went 3-4-5, (Olivia Starzomski (1:07.98), Lindsey Witte (1:08.76) and Riley Szara (1:09.07) . Starzomski was also fourth in the 200 breast and Riley Szara fifth. Witte took third in the 400 IM (4:36.31) behind sophomore Sydney Kelly (4:30.72)
Abbey Neveling was third in the 50 free (24.04) and 200 breast (2:20.96)
Olivia Chick was second in the 100 free (53:01) and then took third in the 200 free (1:56.39) in addition to her second-place finish in the 400 medley relay. Sophia Balow was in fourth in that event with a time of 1:58.91, and was also third in the 500 free (5:15.14).
In the 200 fly, MSU took spots 2-4. Rachel Aycock was MSU's top finisher (1:06.15), followed by Marie Dickson, and Ava Boutrous. Aycock also took second in the 500 free (5:12.14)
In the relay events, MSU took second in the 400 medley relay, touching the pad in 3:51.04. (Coffman, Erin Szara, Boutrous, and Chick.) In the 200 free relay, the Spartan "A" (Phelan, Chick, Neveling, and Haak) and "B" (Taylor Arnold, Aycock, Taylor Contino, and Erin Szara) entries took second and third. The A relay touched the pad in 1:36.04, and the B in 1:39.07.
Both the men's and women's teams will be in action the weekend of Feb. 5-6, when MSU travels to State College for a meet with Penn State.
The men's portion of the swimming events were held on Friday evening, and Michigan took a 137-77 lead. With only diving contested on Saturday (and no male MSU divers competing), the final score finished at 159.0-77.0 in favor of the Wolverines.
Saturday Results Friday Results
"As I said last night after our men competed, I'm just really proud of our athletes," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "There's been a lot of starts and stops and practice interruptions, and through all of that I think our athletes have done a great job of staying focused on their process. We now have a couple of weeks to get better before we race at Penn State, and hopefully the road is a little smoother and we can focus on progress."
Two seniors led the way – diver Amanda Ling made the "A" cut on the 1m board, scoring a 308.0 and taking second place. Meanwhile, Erin Szara posted a commanding victory in the 100 breast, clocked in a time of 1:01.67; she was nearly four seconds faster than the second-place finisher which was also a provisional cut for the NCAA Championship meet. She also placed second in the 200 breast (2:20.63).
Some talented freshman were making their collegiate debuts. Allison Haak finished second in the 100 back (59.13), and classmate Julia Coffman was third in 59.81. Coffman was second later in the meet in the 200 back, clocked in a time of 2:11.39. Sheridan Phalen led the MSU pack in the 50 free with a second-place finish (23.99), and then took fourth in the 100 free (54.57).
Behind Erin Szara in the 100 breast, three MSU freshmen went 3-4-5, (Olivia Starzomski (1:07.98), Lindsey Witte (1:08.76) and Riley Szara (1:09.07) . Starzomski was also fourth in the 200 breast and Riley Szara fifth. Witte took third in the 400 IM (4:36.31) behind sophomore Sydney Kelly (4:30.72)
Abbey Neveling was third in the 50 free (24.04) and 200 breast (2:20.96)
Olivia Chick was second in the 100 free (53:01) and then took third in the 200 free (1:56.39) in addition to her second-place finish in the 400 medley relay. Sophia Balow was in fourth in that event with a time of 1:58.91, and was also third in the 500 free (5:15.14).
In the 200 fly, MSU took spots 2-4. Rachel Aycock was MSU's top finisher (1:06.15), followed by Marie Dickson, and Ava Boutrous. Aycock also took second in the 500 free (5:12.14)
In the relay events, MSU took second in the 400 medley relay, touching the pad in 3:51.04. (Coffman, Erin Szara, Boutrous, and Chick.) In the 200 free relay, the Spartan "A" (Phelan, Chick, Neveling, and Haak) and "B" (Taylor Arnold, Aycock, Taylor Contino, and Erin Szara) entries took second and third. The A relay touched the pad in 1:36.04, and the B in 1:39.07.
Both the men's and women's teams will be in action the weekend of Feb. 5-6, when MSU travels to State College for a meet with Penn State.
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