Spartans Kick Off The New Year At Purdue

Jan. 8, 2020

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State swimming and diving teams will open up the new year on Friday, Jan. 10 at 4 p.m. as they host Purdue University. The meet will take place at the McCaffree Pool in IM West

"Purdue is one of my favorite places to go. I have immense amount of respect for Dan Ross and John Klinge, the head coaches down there and their assistant coaches are great as well," said head coach Matt Gianiodis. "They've got a great team, they always do. It's super competitive most of the time, so I'm looking forward to going down there."

The Spartans had a record-breaking fall semester with five Spartans setting new lifetime personal bests at the Toyota US Open in December.

Michigan State also broke four varsity records in a roughly two-week span.

At the House of Champions, freshman Kasey Venn set the varsity record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.82, while the 200 free relay team of Payton Woods, Michael Schwers, Aidan Farley and Kevin Mills also established a new record, clocking a time of 1:18.77.

Freshman Emma Inch broke two varsity records at the Toyota US Open: in the 400 freestyle, (4:22.41), and also in the 1500 freestyle with a time of 17:18.24.

The Spartans last competed in the House of Champions meet on Nov. 22-24 in Indianapolis, Ind. The men and women both claimed second-place finishes with scores of 1537 and 1426.5, respectively.

Live stats from the meet can be found on MeetMoblie and fans can also follow along on Twitter, @MSUswim&dive. Results can be found at the conclusion of the meet at msuspartans.com

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Players Mentioned

Aidan Farley

Emma Inch

Kevin Mills

Michael Schwers

Kasey Venn

Payton Woods