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 Bruno Blanco set a new GLIAC record in the 100 fly on Friday. |
Feb. 23, 2007
ASHLAND, Ohio - The Wayne State men's swimming and diving team built upon an already-impressive lead on Friday at the GLIAC Championship, setting two conference records and two school records along the way.
The Warriors (614) lead second-place Grand Valley State (429.5) by a 184.5 point margin heading into the final day of competition at Ashland University. Indianapolis is in third place (407.5), followed by the host Eagles (398), Lewis (326), Gannon (230), and Findlay (113).
Jared Troyer (Portage, Mich./Central), who entered the conference meet with five NCAA "B" qualifiers, earned a long-awaited "A" cut in the 400 individual medley, winning the event in 4:03.94. A.J. Erard (Troy, Mich./Royal Oak Shrine) came in third (4:09.90), while David Fontecchio (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams) and Greg Scully (Livonia, Mich./Churchill) placed 12th (4:40.16) and 14th (4:56.47), respectively, in the "B" final.
Bruno Blanco (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) successfully defended his conference title in the 100 butterfly, setting a GLIAC record and earning an NCAA "A" cut with a time of 49.65.
In the 200 freestyle, Sebastian Rzepa (Clinton Twp., Mich./Chippewa Valley) finished third (1:42.65) and made an NCAA "B" cut while Justin Shields (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay) and Tiago Oliveira (Raul Soares, Brazil) rounded out the "A" final in seventh (1:46.61) and eighth (1:57.69). Alex Davidson (Napoleon, Mich./Jackson) won the "B" final (ninth overall) in 1:45.51.
Setting new school and GLIAC records, Christer Tour (Farsta, Sweden) won the 100 breaststroke in 56.69, also earning a national "A" qualifier. Per Bergstrom's (Fagersta, Sweden) time of 59.66 was good for sixth place.
Luiz Pacheco's (Curitiba, Brazil) second-place time of 51.47 earned him an NCAA "B" cut in the 100 backstroke. Cauli Bedran (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) turned in a fourth-place time of 52.21, and Scully rounded out the "B" final with a time of 58.98.
The second-place 800 freestyle relay team of Troyer, Rsepa, Matt Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern), and Oliveira qualified for nationals and set a new WSU record of 6:50.82.
In the final event of the evening, Chris Totten (Garden City, Mich.) won the one-meter diving competition (390.60), and Cayce Bolt (Royal Oak, Mich./Warren Mott) finished fourth (367.55).
The GLIAC Championship will conclude tomorrow, Feb. 24, beginning with the preliminary events at 10:30 a.m. and culminating with the finals at 6:00 p.m.
