Women's Score - WSU 173, SVSU 127
Men's Score - WSU 168, SVSU 119
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University swimming & diving team hosted the Wayne State University Warriors on Friday (Jan. 20) afternoon in the Gerstacker Regional Aquatic Center.
The Cardinals swam well against one of the stronger teams in the GLIAC, but were unable to win against the Warriors.
Below are some of the top times posted by the Cardinals, who grabbed several wins over the course of the meet:
Women
200 Yard Medley Relay | 1st | 1:47.13 | Amanda Thielen, Lydia Mattar, Alexa Bloom, Melanie Soenksen
200 Yard Individual Medley | 1st | 2:09.36 | Rebeca Martinez
50 Yard Freestyle | 1st | 23.76 | Melanie Soenksen
100 Yard Freestyle | 2nd | 53.54 | Melanie Soenksen - third win of the meet against the Warriors
200 Yard Freestyle | 3rd | 2:01.05 | Taylor Grashuis
1650 Yard Freestyle | 3rd | 18: 38.32 | Alexandra Davis
100 Breaststroke | 1st | 1:05.43 | Lydia Mattar
100 Yard Butterfly | 1st | 58.47 | Alexa Bloom
200 Yard Butterfly | 1st | 2:10.63 | Rebeca Martinez
100 Yard Backstroke | 2nd | 59.11 | Amanda Thielen
200 Yard Backstroke | 1st | 2:07.23 | Amanda Thielen - third win of the meet
Men
200 Yard Freestyle Relay | 1st | 1:26.34 | Michael Spears, Shijie Ng, Christopher Allen, Shaun Yap
50 Yard Freestyle | 2nd | 21.59 | Shijie Ng
100 Yard Freestyle | 3rd | 48.15 | Shijie Ng
200 Yard Freestyle | 1st | 1:43.02 | Peter Lin
100 Yard Breaststroke | 1st | 55.23 | Shaun Yap- third overall win of the meet
200 Yard Breaststroke | 1st | 2:02.45 | Shaun Yap - second consecutive meet with a win in the event
100 Yard Butterfly | 2nd | 51.03 | Dalton Pokley
200 Yard Individual Medley | 1st | 2:04.81 | Tyler Miller
200 Yard Individual Medley | 1st | 2:06.70 | David Alday
From Head Coach Bruce Zimmerman...
"Our meet this afternoon against a very strong Wayne State team was a very successful meet for both the Cardinal women and men. Wayne State is consistently one of the top swimming and diving programs in the GLIAC and we were very competitive against them today. This team has come a long way this season and we are primed to have a great conference championship right here in our home pool, beginning February 8th."
Up Next...
The Saginaw Valley State Cardinals Swimming & Diving will now prepare for the GLIAC Championships taking place from Feb. 8 to Feb. 11. The four-day conference meet will take place at Gerstacker Regional Aquatic Center with events running throughout the course of the day.
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