Three Victories for Oakland Swim and Dive To Begin the New Yr

ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Golden Grizzlies concluded their last tri-meet of the season, internet hosting Miami (OH) and Denison at dwelling over the course of two days for the primary meet of the brand new 12 months.

The males secured wins over each Miami (OH) and Denison, whereas the ladies defeated Denison however fell to Miami (OH).

DAY ONE

To kick off the meet, Oakland earned prime finishes within the 200 medley relays. The girls’s A workforce of Lydia Soldatke, Maya Dobry, Katherine Teng, and Avery Beal positioned second with a time of 1:42.85, with the B workforce shut behind at 1:43.11. On the boys’s aspect, Oakland’s B workforce of Ajjuub Ezzat, Alexander Lakin, Max Haney, and Caleb Rohacs, took first total in 1:26.81, whereas OU’s A and C groups completed second and fourth.

Nicholas Karel Subagyo stood out on the primary day of the meet. The second-year Oakland swimmer completed first within the 200 free, second within the 500 free, and contributed to a fourth-place end within the 400 free relay on Oakland’s B relay. Joseph Countryman and Ike Martinez joined Subagyo among the many prime finishers, with Countryman taking second within the 200 free and Martinez inserting third within the 500 free.

The 100 breast was dominated by the Black and Gold, as Christopher Palvadre (53.15), Trevor Boodt (54.42), and  Lakin (54.62) accomplished the 1-2-3 sweep. Just just a few occasions later, Oakland’s Ezzat (20.28), Micah Scheffer (20.34), and Rohacs (20.36) took locations 2-3-4 within the 50 free. Ezzat later earned a person victory within the 100 again, taking first in 47.05.

Soldatke put OU on the rostrum within the 100 again, incomes first with a time of 53.87. Grace Albrecht and Clarissa Bezuidenhout had been simply behind the freshman, inserting third and fourth. Erika Pietras and Kendra Venter had been each runners-up of their occasions, with Pietras ending the 200 free in 1:51.22 and Venter swimming a 23.09 within the 50 free.

Kelley Hassett completed third for the Golden Grizzlies in each the 400 IM (4:24.64) and the five hundred free (4:58.26), rounding out the rostrum finishes for the ladies’s particular person swimmers. In the 100 fly, the Golden Grizzly males took third via sixth, with Haney main the group 48.25.

In diving, Victoria Sanders and Owen Cox led the best way for OU, inserting fourth (1-meter) and fifth (3-meter), respectively. To shut the meet, the ladies’s A workforce of Venter, Pietras, Soldatke, and Beal claimed second within the 400 free relay, whereas the boys’s A workforce of Palvadre, Countryman, Charles Brown, and Harry Nicholson took first.

Other day one finishes included Cooper Dillman taking fourth within the 400 IM, Viviane Partridge inserting fifth within the 100 fly, and Charisse Hickman ending sixth within the 100 breast.

DAY TWO

Following the momentum from day one, Oakland opened day two with a girls’s second-place and males’s first-place relay end. Soldatke, Hickman, Partridge, and Beal (3:46.90) made up Oakland’s A relay for the ladies, whereas Ezzat, Palvadre, Scheffer, and Nicholson (3:10.39) shaped the boys’s A relay. The males’s B and C relays additionally positioned second and fourth within the occasion.

In the longest occasion of the tri-meet, Hassett took second within the 1000 free with a time of 10:13.36, whereas Martinez, Dillman, and Subagyo went 2-3-4 on the boys’s aspect. The success continued as Haney gained the 200 IM in 1:47.28, Albrecht claimed third for the ladies in 2:03.82, and Soldtke (1:56.84) and Ezzat (1:45.80) took wins within the 200 again. Nicholson was runner-up within the 200 again behind Ezzat, with Eli Stoll and Andrew Gelston inserting fourth and fifth.

Over at diving, Abigail McCool recorded her first prime end for the Golden Grizzlies, inserting seventh total within the 3-meter dive. Cox as soon as once more led the boys, taking fifth within the 1-meter.

In the 100 free, Venter and Pietras had been the highest finishers for Oakland, inserting third and fourth. Brown earned his first particular person victory in the identical occasion, profitable in 44.13 with Scheffer and Countryman shut behind in third and fourth. Martinez secured one other podium end within the 200 fly, taking second in 1:48.80.

The breaststroke group of Palvadre, Boodt, and Lakin as soon as once more confirmed their dominance, going 1-3-4 within the 200 breast to wrap up the person occasions of the tri-meet. Hickman earned third within the girls’s 200 breast with a time of two:19.29.

In the ultimate occasion of the day, Oakland’s girls’s A workforce of Venter, Pietras, Albrecht, and Beal took second within the 200 free relay, whereas the boys’s A workforce of Scheffer, Nicholson, Rohacs, and Brown gained the occasion.

FINAL RESULTS

Men

Oakland vs. Miami (OH) 205-148

Oakland vs. Denison 267-86

Miami (OH) vs. Denison 242-111

Women

Miami (OH) vs. Oakland 246-107

Oakland vs. Denison 207-146

Miami (OH) vs. Denison 236-117

UP NEXT: Oakland hosts their last meet of the season, welcoming Wayne State as soon as once more to the OU Aquatic Center on January 24.

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