Oakland Closes Out Regular Season With Horizon League Sweep of Cleveland State

Oakland vs Cleveland State

  • January 26, 2024
  • Rochester, Mich.
  • SCY (25 yards)
  • Results

Courtesy: Oakland Athletics

ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Golden Grizzlies closed out the regular season with a Horizon League sweep resulting in a women’s team win with 193 points and a men’s team win with 195 points. 

Detailed results:
200 Yard Medley Relay
Women: Oakland B relay, first place, 1:44.28
Men: Oakland B relay, first place, 1:27.73

1000 Yard Freestyle
Women: Jillian Rice, first place, 10:22.46
Men: Sean Diffenderfer, first place, 9:31.25

200 Yard Freestyle
Women: Mia Englender, first place, 1:50.94
Men: Jonas Cantrell, first place, 1:38.26

100 Yard Backstroke
Women: Clarissa Bezuidenhout, second place, 57.38
Men: Harry Nicholson, first place, 47.85

100 Yard Breaststroke 
Women: Maya Lewis, second place, 1:05.35
Men: Christian Bart, first place, 53.18

200 Yard Butterfly
Women: Jordyn Shipps, first place, 1:59.85
Men: James Hart, second place, 1:50.50

50 Yard Freestyle
Women: Ronja Riihinen, second place, 23.64
Men: Jack Wike, first place 20.25

1 Meter Diving
Women: Ellie Chalifoux, first place, 262.35 
Men: Liam James, third place, 252.00

100 Yard Freestyle
Women: Ronja Riihinen, first place, 51.28
Men: Christian Bart, first place, 44.65

200 Yard Backstroke
Women: Clarissa Bezuidenhout, first place, 2:02.04
Men: Harry Nicholson, first place, 1:46.01

200 Yard Breaststroke
Women: Jordyn Shipps, first place 2:20.74
Men: Christopher Palvadre, first place, 1:56.95

500 Yard Freestyle
Women: Lola Laenen, first place, 5:04.44
Men: Jonas Cantrell, first place, 4:30.50

100 Yard Butterfly
Women: Ava McNamara, first place, 56.21
Men: Sofus Balladone, first place, 47.83

3 Meter Diving: 
Women: Ellie Chalifoux, first place, 292.28
Men: Liam James, third place, 239.70

200 Yard IM
Women: Mia Englender, first place, 2:05.22
Men: Jack Wike, first place, 1:48.59

400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Women: Oakland B Relay, second place, 3:28.14
Men: Oakland A relay, first place, 2:57.57



Oakland’s Individual Event Winner Leaders in 2023-24 (through 01/26/24)
Men:

Christian Bart – 19 wins
Harry Nicholson – 12 wins
Jack Wike – 10 wins
Jonas Cantrell – 9 wins
Micah Scheffer – 7 wins
Colin Martin – 5 wins
Christopher Palvadre – 4 wins
Charles Brown – 2 wins
Sofus Balladone – 2 wins
Sean Diffenderfer – 2 wins
Ian Allen – 1 win
Joseph Countryman – 1 win
Dane Charleston – 1 win
Max Haney – 1 win
Andrew Gelston – 1 win 
Carson Ricker – 1 win 

Women:
Jordyn Shipps – 16 wins
Mia Englender – 8 wins
Sam Thiessen – 5 wins
Clarissa Bezuidenhout – 4 wins
Ronja Riihinen – 4 wins
Nora Molnar – 3 wins
Ajete Eggers – 3 wins
Isabella Gary – 3 wins
Ava McNamara – 2 wins
Erika Pietras – 2 wins
Barbara Bart – 2 wins
Lola Laenen– 2 wins
Jillian Rice – 2 wins
Reagan Reetz – 1 win
Casey Sanders – 1 win
Sophia Davis – 1 win
Maya Lewis – 1 win

Courtesy: CSU Athletics

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State swimming and diving teams put up a strong performance against Oakland on Senior Day Friday afternoon. The women fell 193-105 and the men lost 195-99.

The Vikings honored six on the men’s side; Quinn DeGraafBlake FryReno JamesThomas LundinJake Taulbee, and Kenny Thomas.

“Tonight was a special way to say thank you to our seniors,” said coach Burandt. “They have truly made this program better and the success we had tonight is because of the work they’ve put in the past four years. I truly feel like we won tonight: we competed with heart, we executed at a high level, and we performed in ways that gave us great confidence and excitement for the Horizon League championship!”

Today’s meet was the final tune-up for the 2024 Horizon League Championships which are from Feb. 14 through Feb. 17 in Indianapolis at IUPUI.

Men’s Victories
James Wolf won 3m diving with 314.93 points and Xander Austin was second with 297.15 points. The duo flipped spots in 1m with Austin (304.80 points) and Wolf (284.55 points).

Thomas Lundin won the 200-yard butterfly after finishing in 1:49.91.

Men’s Runner-up Performances
Jackson Nester – 200 freestyle – 1:39.34 | 200 back – 1:46.64 | 200 IM – 1:51.23
Paddy Johnston – 100 back – 48.05 | 100 freestyle – 44.81 | 100 butterfly – 48.22
Tyler Schultze – 200 breast – 2:01.88
Daniel LyngaasKenny ThomasConnor GreenPaddy Johnston – 400 freestyle relay – 2:59.05

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