Michigan State University
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Swim and Dive Fall at Purdue in Dual Meet
1/13/2017 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State swimming and diving team dropped its contest to Purdue at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center pool on Friday, Jan. 13. The men fell by a score of 179-111, while the women dropped their contest 203-92.
Results
"I would be a little disappointed, not in the effort, I thought the effort was good, but in terms of how sharp we were," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "We did well, we were just a step behind when it all comes down to it."
The relay team of sophomore Cathryn Armstrong, senior Kennedy Cutler, junior Racheal Bukowski, and senior Sarah Love took second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.94. Junior Madison Nowak took second in the 100-yard backstroke with a finishing time of 57.09.
Bukowski recorded the lone first-place finish of the night in the 50-yard freestyle touching the pad at 23.49. In long distance, junior Haley Kornburger finished second in the 500-yard freestyle for a time of 5:05.63
On the women's diving side, sophomores Morgan Wellenzohn and Heidi Surdyk took second and third place with score of 257.20 and 221.50, respectively.
"I felt we could have raced a little bit better, but it was nice to see Racheal win the 50. I thought Haley (Kornburger) had a pretty good meet overall," said Gianiodis.
For the men, junior Joe Szczupakiewic started the night with a second-place finish in the 1000 free. Junior Nick Leshok followed up with another second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle on a time of 1:41.38. In the 10th event of the night, the 100-yard breastkstroke, senior Alec Kandt placed second, touching the pad at 56.04.
Freshman Michael Schwers finished second in the 200-yard butterfly for a finishing time of 1:51.48. Schwers also took second in the 100-yard butterfly finishing with a time of 50.14. Freshman Phillip Meffert rounded out the night with a second-place finish in the 100-yard IM.
"On the guys side, our distance guys swam pretty good. Joe (Szczupakiewic) and John (Burke) swam well and I thought Nick (Leshok) had a pretty good meet as well," said Gianiodis.
Michigan State returns to action on Friday, Jan. 20 for a dual meet at home against Ohio State. The meet is set to begin at 5 p.m.
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