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Swimming and
Diving Teams Hope to Make Splash at WIAC Championships
WIAC
Swimming & Diving Championships
The UW-Stevens Point men�s swimming and diving
team will be going for its fifth straight conference title at the
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference swimming and diving
championships hosted this Thursday through Saturday by UW-Oshkosh. The
women�s team will be battling for a third title in five years after
placing a close second behind UW-La Crosse the past two years.
Preliminary events begin each day at 10 a.m.
with the finals starting at 5:30 p.m. each night. Diving will take place
on Thursday and Friday starting at 12:30 p.m. with the finals taking place
in the evening session.
On the men�s side Alex Anderson has posted the
best time in the conference this season in both the 50 and 100-yard
freestyle, the 100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard breaststroke and the
400-yard individual medley. Anderson has the fifth best time in the
nation in the 50-yard freestyle and the sixth best time in both the
100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke.
Matt Grunwald will look to defend his title in
both the 100 and 200-yard butterfly as he has posted the best time in both
events again this season.
The men�s team has also posted the best time of
any WIAC school in four out of the five relay events this season.
On the women�s side Jennie Roskopf has the best
time in both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, while Elizabeth Herder
will be trying to defend her title that she won as a freshman in the
100-yard backstroke. She currently has the second best time in the event
this season.
The women�s team has also posted the
conference�s best time in three out of the five relays this season. |
