Feb. 21, 2007

Results

ASHLAND, Ohio - The Wayne State men's swimming and diving team is in first place through the first day of competition at the GLIAC Championship, hosted by Ashland University.

The Warriors totaled 151 points on Wednesday, 49 points ahead of Grand Valley State. The host Eagles are in third place (76), followed by Lewis (59), Gannon (56), and Indianapolis (50).

Wayne State successfully defended its conference title in the 200 medley relay, as the foursome of Luiz Pacheco (Curitiba, Brazil), Christer Tour (Farsta, Sweden), Bruno Blanco (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Tiago Oliveira (Raul Soares, Brazil) turned in a time of 1:32.00, setting WSU, GLIAC, and pool records.

Guilherme Veiga (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) won the 1650 freestyle for the second straight year, setting a pool record and narrowly missing a GLIAC record with a time of 15:49.99. Jared Troyer (Portage, Mich./Central), James Ekleberry (Rochester Hills, Mich./Avondale), and Matt Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern) finished fourth (16:06.65), fifth (16:14.31), and sixth (16:18.15), respectively, while David Fontecchio (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams) came in 16th place (17:53.94).

In the three-meter diving competition, freshman Cayce Bolt (Royal Oak, Mich./Warren Mott) won with a pool-record score of 449.77. Chris Totten (Garden City, Mich.) came in third (419.90), and Dan Fleming (Portage, Mich./Northern) finished seventh (357.30).

Preliminary rounds for Thursday's events will begin at 10:30 a.m.