Milwaukee vs Green Bay
- January 27, 2024
- Green Bay, Wisc.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Milwaukee Athletics
GREEN BAY – Milwaukee’s women’s swimming & diving team got back into the action after winter break with a convincing 222-78 win over conference foe Green Bay.
Panthers littered their names across the podiums of every event, winning multiple on the day.
Milwaukee’s diving squad turned in an impressive performance on the boards, with senior diver Julie Rebek winning both the 1 meter and 3 meter heights. In the 1 meter event, Rebek scored 263.63 and was joined on the podium by Therese Missiaen in third with 218.85. From the 3 meter board Rebek scored 262.58, just ahead of teammate Kristina Wittman with 258.83 in second.
Of the swimmers, Janelle Schulz was one of two Panthers to finish in the top two of four different events. Schulz contributed to relay wins in both the 200 medley and 800 yard freestyle relays, grabbed an individual win in the 100 fly with a time of 58.77 seconds, and placed second in the 50 free.
Erica Thomas also secured four finishes in the top two. Two wins on the relay teams with Schulz, an individual win in the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.50, and a second place finish in the 100 fly. Noelle Bryan joined both Schulz and Thomas on the 200 medley relay team while also earning three other podium finishes. The first year Panther added a win in the 50 free, touching the wall in 24.56 seconds, to go along with a third place finish in the 100 free. Bryan also contributed to a second place finish in the 800 freestyle relay.
Carly Plate was the final member of the first place 800 freestyle medley team and earned two individual podiums for herself as well. Plate finished in the top spot in the 100 free with a time of 53.35, which she supplemented with a second place performance in the 100 back.
Grace Hudson earned three first place finishes in the meet, topping the field in the 200 free (1:57.35) and the 500 free (5:14.75) while contributing to an 800 freestyle relay win.
Antoni Haupt topped the field in the 1000 free with a time of 10:52.71. The senior distance swimmer then later added a third place finish in the 500 free.
Mara Freeman won the 100 back with a time of 58.25, following that up with a second place finish in the 200 back and a contribution to a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. Skylar Ruggles earned the top spot in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:07.71 seconds and just missed the podium in both the 100 back and the 200 medley relay.
Hanna Degrace took first in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:27.71 to go along with a second place finish in the 100 breaststroke and a second place relay finish in the 200 medley. Lilly Nesson finished just behind Haupt in the 1000 free, finishing second.
Grace Mayes finished second to Hudson in the 200 free while later contributing to a second place finish in the 800 free relay. Brielle Laube earned an individual podium in the 50 free, taking third, while also contributing to a second place 200 medley relay team.
Kate Hackett took second in the 200 yard IM and took fourth in the 200 back. Lucy Borlase placed third in the 200 breaststroke and just missed the podium in the 100 breaststroke. Ava Schlageter finished third in the 100 breaststroke and finished fourth in the 200.
Johanna Edgren joined Degrace, Laube, and Freeman on the second place 200 medley relay team while also contributing to the second place 800 free relay team. Audrey Dixon contributed to the first place 800 free relay team and just missed podiums in the 200 and 500 free.
“It was good to get out and race,” head coach Kyle Clements said. “For the last two months we have been shut off to the outside swimming world. Everyday we’ve been putting in the hard work that is needed to give ourselves a chance to be at our best at the right time. Today we finally got to get up on the blocks/boards and race someone other than ourselves. We were happy to come away with some good times and a couple of wins. The heavy lifting is over and now we just need to fine tune over the next couple of weeks. We are looking forward to next weekend when our championship season gets underway, and we start to get to see our teammates swim fast.”
Milwaukee has just two more dual meets before the Horizon League Championships. The Panthers host St. Thomas and Stevens Point on February 2nd and 3rd in the Klotsche Natatorium.
GREEN BAY – Milwaukee’s men’s swimming & diving team defeated conference foe Green Bay by a score of 172-125 in their first meet back after the winter break.
Adam St. John led a dominant Milwaukee diving performance by winning both the 1- and 3-meter events. The senior diver scored 283.43 in the 1 meter dive, where he was joined on the podium by Ben Stitgen in third. St. John scored 286.95 to win the 3 meter dive, where Stitgen placed second.
Jay Jensen found himself atop three podiums on the day, winning the 1000 free (9:53.72), 500 free (4:43.71), and 800 free relay. The senior Panther also placed third in the 50 free.
Charlie House also won three events throughout the day. The freshman took the top spot in the 200 free (1:44.10) and 100 free (46.52), while joining Jensen on the 800 free relay team. Nik Wheeler won the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.16 and took second in the 100 fly and the 200 medley relay.
Ben Lorenz won the 50 free, touching the wall in 20.81 seconds. Lorenz also joined Wheeler on the 200 medley relay team. Jackson Ahrens joined House, Jensen, and Zach McClellan on the first place 800 free relay team while also finished second in the 100 free and third in the 200 free.
In addition to the 800 free relay win, McClellan also finished third in both the 100 and 200 fly. Jared Bruce joined Wheeler, Lorenz, and Andrew Jones on the second-place 200 medley relay team. Jones had two individual podiums of his own, finishing second in the 200 breaststroke and third in the 100 breaststroke.
Vince Chiappetta followed Jensen in the 1000 free, taking second, and placed third in the 500 free. Konnor Pilger finished in between Jensen and Chiappetta to take second in the 500 free.
Victor Kostov placed second in the 100 back to go along with third-place finishes in the 200 IM and the 200 back. Hayden Christiansen finished third in the 100 back, while Nicholas Klenner took second in the 200 back ahead of Kostov. Yassion Dwidar grabbed Milwaukee’s final podium of the day with a third place finish in the 200 breaststroke.
“It was good to get out and race,” head coach Kyle Clements said. “For the last two months we have been shut off to the outside swimming world. Everyday we’ve been putting in the hard work that is needed to give ourselves a chance to be at our best at the right time. Today we finally got to get up on the blocks/boards and race someone other than ourselves. We were happy to come away with some good times and a couple of wins. The heavy lifting is over and now we just need to fine tune over the next couple of weeks. We are looking forward to next weekend when our championship season gets underway, and we start to get to see our teammates swim fast.”
Milwaukee has just two more dual meets before the Horizon League Championships. The Panthers host St. Thomas and Stevens Point on February 2nd and 3rd in the Klotsche Natatorium.
Courtesy: Green Bay Athletics
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay swim and dive teams competed against Horizon League foe Milwaukee yesterday afternoon at the Peter F. Dorschel Natatorium. GB also celebrated senior day, with 10 student-athletes nearing graduation.
MEN
Green Bay took two of the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay, including first place, led by Calvin Kremer, Alex Smolecki, Nathan Halbach, and Max Kasal. GB defeated Milwaukee by less than two seconds. Kremer was atop the leaderboard again later on in the 100-yard backstroke, placing first with a time of 52.28. He bested the Panthers’ Victor Kostov by .05 seconds. John Burnard was solid in the 1,000-yard freestyle, taking third with a time of 10:03.93. He was within four seconds of second place and 10 seconds of the top spot. Alex Smolecki notched a first-place completion of the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 57.39, with teammate Eli Zimmerman behind him to place second. Smolecki’s brother, Sebby, took second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.01, less than one second behind MKE’s Charlie House.
WOMEN
Grace Morgan began the afternoon with a third-place completion of the 1,000-yard freestyle, placing within five seconds of second place and eight seconds of first place. In the 200-yard freestyle, Alexa Kelly, one of the seniors, boasted GB’s best time of 2:00.06, good for third place. Esther Oswald had a good day, taking third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.75 before finishing third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:11.14. Ella Anderson was among the highlights of the day, completing the 200-yard breaststroke in second place with a time of 2:28.79.
DIVING
In the men’s one-meter dive, Andy Groebner took second with a score of 246.83, just a few points ahead of the third-place finisher. Annie Frederickson also placed second in the women’s one-meter dive with a score of 240.53.
ON THE HORIZON
Green Bay has a dive-only meet this Saturday, February 3 at UIC. The start time is to be determined. After that, the Horizon League Championships take place February 14-17 in Indianapolis.
