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Pointers Sweep UW-La Crosse
in Dual Meet
With the meet down to its final event,
UW-Stevens Point swept the top two spots in the women�s 400-yard
freestyle relay to earn its first women�s swimming and diving win over
rival UW-La Crosse since 2001 with a 125-118 victory on Saturday in
Stevens Point.
The team of Beth Bard, Jerica Crook, Amy
Bennett and Kelsey Crunstedt won the event in 3:39.21, while Bridget
Gormley, Ashley Wilhelm, Lindsey Googins and Alissa Colbert were second
as the Pointers erased a six-point deficit entering the final race.
Meanwhile, the Pointer men cruised to their
47th straight conference dual victory with a 168-73 win over the Eagles.
Caitlin Hake led the women�s team with
victories in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.64 seconds and the 100-yard
freestyle in 53.93 seconds. She also joined Liz Herder, Jennie Roskopf
and Meghan Walsh to win the 400-yard medley relay in 4:00.47. Bennett
had the Pointers� only other individual win in the 200-yard butterfly in
2:14.50 as UW-La Crosse won eight of the meet�s 13 events.
Alex Anderson and Matt Grunwald each won two
individual events and a relay for the men�s team. Anderson captured the
50-yard freestyle in 21.24 seconds and 200-yard individual medley in
1:58.32. Grunwald claimed the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.37 and the
200-yard butterfly in 1:57.64.
Anderson teamed with Willie Clapp, Garth
Newport and Tyler Eloranta for a win in the 400-yard medley relay in
3:32.25. Grunwald combined with Kyle Hartl, Chase Gross and Eloranta in
a 400-yard freestyle relay win in 3:10.81.
Gross also won the 100-yard freestyle in 47.78
seconds and Ben Gensler finished first in the 200-yard breaststroke in
2:11.28. The Pointers also captured both diving events with Jack Riley
taking the one-meter competition and David Hayes claiming the
three-meter event.
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