Valparaiso v. Saginaw Valley State
- Saturday, November 16, 2019
- Valparaiso, Indiana
- Results
Courtesy: Valparaiso Athletics
The Valpo men’s and women’s swimming teams hosted their second home meet of the season Saturday afternoon against Saginaw Valley State University at the ARC pool. Two individual event wins apiece from freshman Mikayla DePover (Rock Island, Ill./Rock Island) and senior Paige Wright (Surprise, Ariz./Paradise Honors) led the Valpo women as the Brown and Gold defeated the Cardinals.
How It Happened
- Valpo’s first win of the day came in the women’s 400 medley relay, with the team of Sophie Morelock (Milan, Mich/Milan), DePover, Erica Martins (Hartland, Wis./Lake County Lutheran), and Morgan Markley (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell). The team clocked a final time of 4:04.06, just .25 away from cracking Valpo’s all-time top-10 in the event.
- Wright grabbed the second victory for the women in the 200 free, clocking a time of 1:56.90. She would win her second individual event in the 500 free with a time of 5:17.21.
- DePover’s first individual win came in the 200 fly, recording a season-best time of 2:18.06. She would grab her second win in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.36).
- Markley picked up an individual event win as well in the 50 free, as she touched the wall at 25.47.
- The Valpo women would win one more team event in the 400 relay as the team of Martins, Markley, Chiara Robinson (Castle Pines, Colo./Rock Canyon), and Wright posted a time of 3:43.00 to end the impressive day on the women’s side.
- Brendon Johnson (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) picked up the first victory for the Valpo men in the 400 IM, touching the wall first at 4:22.88.
- Freshman Ethan Johnson (Ames, Iowa/Ames) added nine points to the men’s score as well, winning the 200 backstroke (2:04.06).
- Freshman Brian Daniels (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield East) placed second in the 1650 free (17:01.28), moving into ninth in program history in the event.
- The team of E. Johnson, Gus Rytting (Houston, Texas/Lamar), Brett Strongman (Wolverine Lake, Mich/Walled Lake Central) and Adam Chwieros (Lake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North) notched a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay, stopping the clock at 3:44.62.
- The Valpo women won the scoring over SVSU 118-116, as the men fell by a score of 140-65.
Up Next
Valpo will travel to Chicago, Ill. for the Phoenix Fall Classic to close out their fall semester competition schedule. The three-day event begins on Friday, Nov. 22.
Courtesy: Saginaw Valley State Athletics
VALPARAISO, Ind. — The SVSU Swimming & Diving teams split on the road at Valparaiso on Saturday (Nov. 16) afternoon, with the men’s side claiming a 140-65 victory while the women fell by a 118-84 margin.
Men
- The 400 Medley Relay team claimed 1st place with a final time of 3:38.19. Teaming-up for that effort was Tyler Overmyer, Juan-Luke Hamilton, Evan Lindquist and Kyle Amick.
- Pedro Rezende was 1st in the 1,650 Freestyle, as he finished that event with a mark of 16:41.75. He added a top showing in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:58.02, edging-out Isaac Inman (4:58.64).
- Inman took 1st in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:48.73, just ahead of teammate Zachary Rychel, who had a 1:51.10.
- Amick led a trio of top-three finishers in the 50 Freestyle, finishing with a 21.51. He was just ahead of Hamilton (22.13) and Cameron Whitfield (22.68).
- Lindquist and Ryan Langdon finished 1-2 in the 200 Butterfly, finishing with times of 2:03.70 and 2:05.22, respectively.
- In the 100 Freestyle, Rychel was 1st (49.48), Whitfield 2nd (49.89) and Stephen Sterlitz 3rd (50.38).
- Tyler Overmyer finished 2nd in the 200 Backstroke with his time of 2:06.93.
- Hamilton finished 1st in the 200 Breaststroke with his mark of 2:13.55, narrowly ahead of Jared Caudill (2:13.80).
- The 400 Freestyle Relay team of Rychel, Inman, Whitfield and Amick finished 1st with their time of 3:17.80.
Women
- Sydney Shipps was victorious in the 1,650 Freestyle, touching the board in a time of 18:16.50. She was runner-up in the 500 Freestyle as well with a mark of 5:33.14.
- In the 50 Freestyle, Erin McDowell was third with her time of 26.38 seconds.
- Kimble Darbee claimed the top spot in the 400 IM, registering a mark of 4:54.48. She finished runner-up in the 200 Butterfly as well with her time of 2:25.24.
- In the 100 Freestyle, Natasha Girgen claimed the first-place spot with a time of 54.80 seconds.
- McDowell took the first-place spot in the 200 Backstroke, turning in a time of 2:12.31.
- Lisette Fenneuff was 2nd in the 200 Breaststroke with her time of 2:34.51.
- Sarah Thompson, Kelsie Thomas, Grace Cherryhomes and Hailey Stewart finished 2nd in the 400 Freestyle Relay, turning-in a time of 3:53.23.
Divers Compete at Hope College
The Cardinal divers also competed on Saturday, facing Hope College and Olivet.
Elizabeth Caird won both the one and three meter dive events with scores of 260.60 and 267.40, respectively. She qualified to participate in the NCAA Dive-in meet with her performance on Saturday. Megan Lafollette and Adelaide Spencer were second and third behind Caird in both events.
Up Next…
The Cardinals head to their mid-season invitational, which will be the Wabash Invitational this upcoming weekend. The action begins on Friday (Nov. 22) in Indiana.
