Michigan State University
University of Cincinnati
Spartans Spilt On The Road In Ohio
10/12/2019 5:23:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 12, 2019
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State swimming & diving teams defeated Miami (Ohio), and fell to Cincinnati in Saturday's meet held in Oxford.
The men defeated Miami, 197-97, and fell to Cincinnati 191-109. The women defeated Miami (151.5-148.5) and fell to the Bearcats, 180-120.
"It was a good, tough day for swimming," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "Our divers on the men's side took first and second in the 3-meter so that was pretty exciting for Ari Wolfson and Jakob Heberling. Michael Schwers has a great meet and really swam well. We'll take the spilt and look forward to being back home next week."
The men were led by junior Aidan Farley who took three top-three finishes. He finished second in the 200 freestyle, clocking a time of 1:39.24. He also took third in both the 100 and 500 freestyle with times of 45.94 and 4:38.11, respectively.
Two Spartans took home first-place finishes. Senior Payton Woods won 50 freestyle with a time of 20.55, while senior Michael Schwers finished first in the 100 butterfly (48.60).
Junior Charlie Ryan also took home multiple top-three finishes. He finished second in the 200 backstroke (1:50.83) and third in the 100 backstroke (50.54).
In men's diving, sophomore Ari Wolfson took first-place in the 3-meter with a score of 313.75, while Jakob Heberling took second, (308.90).
"Our women were pretty solid," said Gianiodis. "Sam Villani did a nice job in the backstrokes. Erin Szara won the breaststroke, she's been pretty consistent with that."
On the women's side, MSU started the meet with a first-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay swam by Sam Villani, Erin Szara, Kasey Venn and Kennedy Truex with a time of 1:44.56.
The Spartan women took back-to-back first-place finishes, with Villani winning the 100 backstroke (56.95), then junior Erin Szara in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.98).
Both Villani and Szara took home second-place finishes as well. Villani in the 200 backstroke and Szara in the 200 breaststroke with times of 2:04.34 and 2:22.63, respectively.
Building off a great performance from last week, freshman Emma Inch had two second-place finishes. Her first came in the 1000 freestyle (10:18.95) and the second came in the 500 freestyle (5:02.01).
In women's diving, junior Amanda Ling took first in the 1-meter (297.70) and junior Erin Neely took second in the 3-meter (251.65).
The Spartans return home on Friday, Oct. 18 as they host the University of Pittsburgh at 4 p.m. in the McCaffree Pool.
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