Michigan State University
University of Pittsburgh
Spartans Fall To Pittsburgh In Home Opener
10/18/2019 9:33:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Results | Scores
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan State swimming and diving teams fell to Pittsburgh on Friday night, the men 172-126, and the women by a 186-114 score.
"I thought we swam well and had some really good racing. They've got a good team. This is the first half of our weekend so we'll see how we respond tomorrow with a Big Ten meet," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "I thought Michael Schwers had a good win in the fly. Our divers dove pretty well against a good team. Our medley relay on the women's side was really kind of shocking and exciting. All around we had a good racing and hopefully can do it again tomorrow."
Two Spartans claimed their third consecutive first-place finishes in their respective events. In the 100 butterfly was senior Michael Schwers with a time of 49.38 and in the 100 breaststroke was junior Erin Szara (1:02.86).
Capturing a first-place finish for the men was junior Charlie Ryan, touching the pad at 1:51.37 in the 200 backstroke and sophomore Aidan Farley in the 500 freestyle, (4:34.14).
Three Spartans claimed second-place finishes starting with Ryan in the 100 backstroke, 51.00, sophomore Jonathan Lee in the 100 breaststroke (57.27), and Schwers in the 200 butterfly, 1:50.07.
In the final event of the evening, the men's 400 Free Relay, swam by Farley, Schwers, Payton Woods and Nehemiah Mork, finished first (3:02.78).
In men's diving, sophomore Jakob Heberling took first place in the 3-meter with a score of 311.92.
For their second consecutive meet, the women's 200 Medley Relay took first. Clocking a time of 1:43.33 was Sam Villani, Erin Szara, Kasey Venn and Allie Heineman.
In the 200 breaststroke, Venn claimed her first event victory of her Spartan career, clocking a time of 2:18.05. She also came in second in the 100 breaststroke, 1:03.71.
In women's diving, with a score of 295.95, junior Amanda Ling finished first in the 1-meter.
The Spartan women are back home tomorrow to compete against Illinois at 12 p.m., and to celebrate the 50 years of women's swimming and diving.
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