Swim & Dive Groups Set for Remaining Motion of Common Season

DETROIT — The Wayne State University swimming & diving groups will conclude their regular-season schedule this Friday, January 23, and Saturday, January 24, with back-to-back twin meets.  First up, the Warriors will welcome fellow GLIAC opponent Davenport for Senior Day at 1 p.m. on Friday inside Matthaei Natatorium.  The following day, WSU travels as soon as once more to Rochester, Mich., to face Oakland University on Saturday at 1 p.m. inside OU Aquatic Center.

These two twin meets conclude a busy stretch for the Green and Gold to wrap up the common season.  Between January 9 and this Saturday (the twenty fourth), Wayne State could have completed 5 meets in simply over two weeks towards Calvin, Grand Valley State, Findlay, DU, and OU.

Coach’s Corner

“This is going to be a fast weekend, said head coach Sean Peters.  It seems like we are getting stronger and faster at the right time, so I am excited for this senior day event on Friday, while also making the long trek to Rochester on Saturday.  Let’s do this!”

Recognizing Seniors

Wayne State will honor seven seniors on Friday evening previous to the Davenport meet for his or her contributions to each the boys’s and ladies’s swimming & diving packages.  Those being acknowledged consists of:

– Elly Belmore (St. Clair Shores, Mich. / Lakeview)

– Alex Duhaime (Harrison Township, Mich. / Macomb Dakota)

– Muhammed Eliwat (Riverview, Mich.)

– Rose Haney (Fenton, Mich.)

– Matt Hernandez (Lake Orion, Mich.)

– Mitchell McMath (Midland, Mich.)

– Diana Muccioli (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North)

National Spotlight

The most up-to-date version of the College Swimming & Diving Coaching Association (CSCAA) prime 25 was launched in December, with each Warrior squads receiving votes.  The WSU males are 14th within the nation with 100 complete factors, whereas the Green and Gold ladies collected eight complete votes to look simply exterior of the highest 25 in twenty seventh place.  The subsequent CSCAA twin meet prime 25 will launch on Friday afternoon.

About Davenport

Davenport is led by eighth-year head coach Justin Vasquez.  He is the one head coach that both squad has recognized of their whole existence, as DU’s ladies’s program began in 2018-19 and its males’s workforce in 2020-21.  This season, the boys have a 2-1 twin meet ledger with victories over Aquinas College and Albion College.  The Panthers personal a 2-2 mark on the ladies’s facet with triumphs over the identical two opponents.  WSU and DU noticed each other earlier this marketing campaign method again in October for the Davenport Invitational.

About Oakland

The Golden Grizzlies are coached by Mitch Alters, who’s in his third season as head coach after taking up following the retirement of Pete Hovland in 2023.  Alters served as Associate Head Coach underneath Hovland starting with the 2021-22 season and lasting two years.  He additionally was a student-athlete at OU and was a four-year letterwinner for the Golden Grizzlies.  Oakland continues to be a staple on the WSU calendar annually.  Just this season, the Warriors visited Rochester, Mich., this previous December for OU’s Golden Grizzly Invite.  OU most lately wrapped up a tri-meet by welcoming Denison and Miami (Ohio) on January 9 and 10.

Next Up

The subsequent motion for Wayne State can be postseason competitors.  WSU will battle on the 2026 GLIAC Championships from Friday, February 6, via Monday, February 9.  The convention championships will as soon as once more be held in Holland, Mich., and the Holland Community Aquatic Center.  Morning competitors is scheduled for 10 a.m. every day, with the night occasions slated for five:30 p.m.