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 Tiago Oliveira led the 200 free relay and finished second in the 50 free. |
Feb. 22, 2007
ASHLAND, Ohio - The Wayne State men's swimming and diving team (367 points) has a 149 point lead over host Ashland University (218) at the GLIAC Championship through Thursday's finals.
Twelve points separates second place from fifth, as the Eagles are just five ahead of third-place Indianapolis (213). Grand Valley State (206)and Lewis (206) are in a tie for fourth, followed by Gannon (125) and Findlay (52).
In the first event of the day, the 200 freestyle relay, the combination of Tiago Oliveira (Raul Soares, Brazil), Cauli Bedran (Rio de Janiero, Brazil), Bruno Blanco (Rio de Janiero, Brazil), and Luiz Pacheco (Curitiba, Brazil) turned in a third-place time of 1:25.01.
Guilherme Veiga (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) won the 500 free in a time of 4:36.64, while Matt Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern) came in fourth (4:41.95). James Ekleberry (Rochester Hills, Mich./Avondale) and Sebastian Rzepa (Clinton Twp., Mich./Chippewa Valley) rounded out the "A" final in seventh (4:45.82) and eighth (4:46.30), respectively. Justin Shields (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay) finished 11th (4:48.64) in the "B" final.
A.J. Erard (Troy, Mich./Royal Oak Shrine) led the pack (ninth overall) in the "B" final of the 200 individual medley (1:57.46), and Alex Davidson (Napoleon, Mich./Jackson) came in 12th (1:58.78).
In the 50 free, its second "A" final with four representatives, the Warriors were led by Oliveira who finished second in 21.33. Bedran came in fourth (21.73), followed by Blanco in seventh (21.91) and Pacheco in eighth (21.93). Swimming in the "B" final, Christer Tour (Farsta, Sweden) came in ninth (21.90) and Per Bergstrom (Fagersta, Sweden) came in 15th (22.36).
To close out Thursday's events, Wayne State set GLIAC and school records and made an NCAA "A" cut with its first-place time of 3:24.08 in the 400 medley relay with the combination of Pacheco, Tour, Blanco, and Bedran.
Friday's preliminary swims will begin at 10:30 a.m.
