Ballardin Wins Skins, Claims Silver in 100 IM on Friday Evening

MARQUETTE, Mich. – The #8 Wildcats welcomed the #11 Wayne State Warriors to the PEIF Pool to open the weekend slate of races.

Before the pool obtained to the skins competitors, the groups raced within the 200 medley relay, 100 IM, 200 free relay, and each the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. NMU received 8 podiums.

In the skins, Ballardin claimed gold, defeating Gabriel Arias Hernandez within the fly ultimate. Ballardin was sixth within the free, third within the breast, and second within the again en path to his first-place end. Ballardin additionally claimed silver within the 100 IM to go together with two podium finishes with the 200 medley and free relay groups. On the board, Diego Carrillo claimed silver within the 1-meter and bronze within the 3-meter.

The Wildcats are again within the pool tomorrow morning in opposition to Wayne, with competitors beginning within the PEIF Pool at 10 a.m.

How It Happened

The meet opened with the 200 medley relay. Eight groups raced, consisting of 4 NMU groups and 4 groups from Wayne State. NMU A captured first place, adopted by NMU B and C in third and fourth place. The A staff of Rocheleau, Tease, LaCount, and Khmara touched the wall at 1:32.11, adopted by the B staff of Ballardin, Rosatelli, Boomer, and Fulconi in third at 1:33.93.

The 100 IM consisted of 5 heats of 36 swimmers. Swiatkowski jumped out to the lead after warmth two, posting his time of 55.34. The fourth warmth introduced a brand new swimmer atop the rostrum, as Tease posted a time of 54.06 to take a seat alone in first forward of the ultimate warmth. The fifth and ultimate warmth positioned seven of its eight swimmers forward of Tease, led by Ballardin and Fulconi in second and third for the ‘Cats, with instances of 52.37 and 52.58, respectively. LaCount completed fifth, and Rosatelli completed seventh, with Tease in eighth. 

The 200 free relay was the ultimate occasion earlier than skins. In the one warmth of the occasion, the NMU A staff of LaCount, Khmara, Nahali, and Fulcini claimed gold at 1:22.59, adopted by the NMU B staff of Massotte, Swiatkoswki, Rosatelli, and Ballardin in third at 1:26.07, only one half of a second behind the Wayne A staff.

The skins portion of the occasion began with freestyle, and Fulconi, LaCount, Ballardin, and Rosatelli have been chosen to compete. Rosatelli was eradicated after he completed in seventh within the free, as Fulconi claimed first. The breast adopted, eliminating a pair of WSU swimmers, and three ‘Cats remained midway by the skins. The 50 again claimed Fulconi and LaCount, ending third and fourth, and it might be Ballardin going through off in opposition to Arias Hernandez within the fly finals, who had received each the breast and again. Thanks to an excellent flip, Ballardin was in a position to pull forward, and can be topped the winner of the skins elimination contest. 

The 1-meter diving came about in the course of the pool occasions, and it was Carrillo discovering the rostrum along with his rating of 431.00 to say silver. Travis Thornton claimed fourth, and Ryan Foucault fifth. The night formally capped off with the 3-meter, because it was Carrillo in third and Thornton in fourth.