WHITEWATER, Wis. - The UW-Stevens Point men's swimming and diving team earned 206 points and won by a margin of 113 in a victory against UW-Whitewater on Saturday.  The men captured.  The women collected a total of 93 points to UW-Whitewater's 200. 

Results

Senior Sam Jekel (Fitchburg, Wis./Madison West) won both the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly, and also contributed to two relay wins in the 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle. The combination of Jekel, Ethan Bolt, Jack Englehardt (Madison, Wis./West) and Grant Moser (St. Michael, Minn.) came together to win the 400-yard medley relay, which started the scoring for the Pointers. 

Senior Sean Cloghesssy contributed nine points in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events for the Pointers with scores of 230.44 and 228.96.

Sophomore Nate Somers (Oshkosh, Wis./West) helped in earning points with a win in the 1,000- and 500-yard freestyle.  Somers improved his qualifying time by 49 seconds in the 1,000.  In the 500-yard freestyle, he improved his qualifying time by six seconds.      

Moser and freshman Jacob Aegerter (Cross Plains, Wis.) finished 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle with Aegerter touching just .03 ahead of the third-place finisher.  Aegerter and Moser flipped finishes in the 200-yard butterfly as UWSP had the top four finishers.

Englehardt and sophomore Reilly Donnellan (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) were the top two finishers in the 100-yard backstroke.  Donnellan edged a Warhawks swimmer by .30 seconds. Englehardt was the first of four-straight UWSP swimmers to touch in the 50-yard freestyle.

Senior Justin Fernandez (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech) placed first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a victory by just .14 seconds. Fernandez also earned the win in the 400-yard IM, winning by more than three seconds.

Junior Jackie Braun (Sauk Rapids, Minn.) took home a pair of wins in the 1- and 3-meter diving events.  Braun earned a total score of 254.09 and 229.09, respectively, in each event. 

Senior Katelyn Homeyer, senior Bree Parent (Mt. Horeb, Wis.) and junior Erin Jameson (Algonquin, Ill./Harry D. Jacobs High School) finished 1-2-3 in the 200-yard backstroke for UWSP.  Freshman Halee Fritsch (Appleton, Wis.) finished second in the 1,000-yard freestyle. 

Junior Erica Perkins (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Century High School) placed second in the 400-yard IM.  She improved her finals time by eight seconds and was six seconds away from first place. 

The Pointers travel to Wheaton, Ill. on a two-day tournament on December 2 and 3 for a dual against Wheaton College.  The meet is set to begin at 10:00 a.m.