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Midwest Invite - Day 2

Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Milwaukee swimming and diving teams dominated over the weekend, racking up 15 wins despite limited action at the Midwest Invitational hosted by the University of Chicago.

The Panthers posted 19 season-best times at the two-day meet.

In all, the UWM women came in second out of five teams with 418 points, while the Milwaukee men were fifth with 171 points. Host Chicago won on both sides with over 500 points each.

UWM kicked things off with a win in the women's 200 free relay. Sarah Grieve, Maggie LaMere, Leah Winckler and Emma Roche combined to post a time of 1:40.61.

Milwaukee swept the 500 freestyle. Emma Helgeson was first on the women's side in 5:14.11, with Grieve right behind in 5:17.86 for second. Meanwhile, Adriel Huerta took first on the men's side in 4:43.44.

It was another 1-2 finish in the women's 50 free. Roche brought home the win in 24.73, with Gabby Sanchez right behind in 24.82 for second.

Milwaukee did one better in the 200 free, dominating the field and taking the top three spots. Helgeson claimed the win on the day in 1:55.30, with Grieve (1:58.27) and LaMere (1:59.58) close behind.

On the men's side, it was freshman Eli Hoenshel with the win in 1:43.60, just touching out the next finisher in a great race.

It was another Panther sweep in the 100 back. Mathew Jansen came in first in 51.55 – nearly three full seconds off his previous best time. On the women's side it was Sanchez touching the wall first in 58.77 – also a season-best time.

The duo also swept the 200 backstroke with Sanchez (2:08.58) and Jansen (1:53.90) once again posting season-best times for the convincing wins.

Hoenshel claimed another win in the 100 free in 47.06, while it was yet another convincing showing for the Black & Gold on the women's side with Helgeson posting a winning time of 52.88, with Grieve (54.30), Roche (54.42) and LaMere (55.80) all right behind to have four Panthers in the top six.

The women's 200 medley relay continued the strong showing, finishing first as Sanchez, Devon Brown, Roche and Helgeson teamed up for a time of 1:50.69.

Huerta posted the final win of the weekend for Milwaukee, taking the top spot in the 200 butterfly, touching the wall first in 1:55.79.

 

Washington U./St. Louis

The Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming team won five events on its way to a second-place finish at the Midwest Invite hosted by the University of Chicago Friday-Saturday. The WashU women placed fifth.

Junior Grigg Schneider won two events and posted three season-best times at the meet. He won the 1,650 free in a career-best time of 16:52.00, and added a first-place finish in the 200 IM in 1:57.53. Schneider also swam a career-best time in the 400 IM, finishing second in 4:10.11. He swam a season-best 2:14.15 in a 200 breaststroke time trial.

Freshman Michael Matthews won the 100 butterfly in a season-best time of 51.33. He also teamed with seniors Luke Duschl and Kevin Hays and freshman Sandro Guttilla to win the 200-medley relay in 1:35.83. Matthews, Duschl, freshman Christopher Walker and sophomore Jeremy Wojtak won the 200-free relay in 1:29.75. Matthews added a second-place finish in the 50 free (22.11), before swimming a season-best time of 21.80 in a time trial for the event. He added a third-place finish (47.93) behind Guttilla (47.91) in the 100 free.

In addition to his 200-medley relay win and runner-up finish in the 100 free, Guttilla added two more second-place finishes. He and sophomore Jaron Cook placed second (4:43.61) and third (4:45.41), respectively, in the 500 free. Guttilla also finished second in the 200 free (1:43.81).

On the women's side, sophomore Michelle Murdock highlighted the Bears' performances by swimming a career-best time of 1:00.47 to finish fifth in the 100 butterfly. Freshman Megana Vasu was second in the 200 breaststroke (2:36.90), third in the 200 IM (2:16.84) and fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.15).

The Washington University men's and women's swimming and diving teams travel to Rochester, N.Y., to compete in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships being hosted by the University of Rochester Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 17-20.

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