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Spartans Fall On The Road To Michigan
1/31/2020 7:51:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan State men's and women's swimming and diving teams fell to the Michigan Wolverines on Friday night in Ann Arbor. The men were defeated 195-76, while the women came up short 181-83.
"We have been better for sure, but I was really impressed by Erin Szara. She had a really good meet," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "The women swam well, but both teams struggled a bit. We will get back up tomorrow and see what we can do in South Bend."
The Spartans were led by the victory in the 100 breaststroke from Szara with a time of 1:02.58.
Sophomore Kelley Heron captured a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke, (57.28), and a third-place finish in the 200 backstroke, (2:03.09), on the night. Sophomore Sam Villani also took third in the 100 backstroke, 57.65.
The women's 400 medley relay opened the night with a third-place finish by Villani, Szara, Kasey Venn and Allie Heineman who clocked a time of 3:49.55.
The women took back-to-back finishes in both the 100 IM and 100 butterfly. In the 100 IM, junior Abbey Neveling took third, (58.21), and freshman Venn finished fourth (59.43). In the 100 fly, sophomores Ava Boutrous and Ryan Barlow took third and fourth with times of 58.53 and 58.62, respectively.
For the senior, Nehemiah Mork finished in third place, with a time of 46.46, in the men's 100 freestyle.
Both the men's and women's 200 freestyle relay teams took second place. The men clocked a time of 1:26.45 swam by Josh Lantow, Brad Sandford, Tim Schoof and Charlie Ryan. The women, swam by Heineman, Abbey Neveling, Venn and Kennedy Truex, finished with a time of 1:35.80.
The Spartans are back in action tomorrow as they head down to South Bend, Ind. for a quad meet against host school Notre Dame, Ball State and Indiana State beginning at 12 p.m.
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