EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point swimming and diving team got a victory from its men as the squads opened up the 2017-2018 campaign with a dual at UW-Eau Claire. The men won by a team score of 162-78 with the women falling by a score of 144-98.
 
Results
 
Sam Jekel (Fitchburg, Wis./Madison West), Brandon Donaldson (Andalusia, Ala./Andalusia), Brandon Richardson (Minneapolis, Minn./St. Michael Academy), and Reilly Donnellan (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:35.61. 
 
Austin Teunissen (Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck) and Michael Mills (Fox Point, Wis./Nicolet) went first and second, respectively, in the 1,000-yard freestyle.  The pair finished with times of 10:38.10 and 10:52.21, which contributed 13 points to the team total.  Teunissen later pocketed another first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:04.86. 
 
Grant Moser (St. Michael, Minn./), Garrett Richetto (Wausau, Wis./East) and Payton Kilian took the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle.  The trio finished with times of 1:47.91, 1:49.27 and 1:49.73. 
 
Owen Gluck (West Bend, Wis./East) won the three-meter diving event with a score of 293.95. He also tallied a second-place finish in the one-meter diving event with a final score of 289.95. 
 
Sam Jekel (Fitchburg, Wis./Madison West), Jack Englehardt (Madison, Wis./West), and Richetto, went second, third and fourth in the 100-yard freestyle.  Each earning times just under 50 seconds. 
 
Ivan Newham (Lino Lakes, Minn. ) and Jackson Aton (Berlin, Wis./Berlin) earned a second- and third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke.  The duo finished with times of 2:18.99 and 2:21.58.
 
For the women, Kaylee Benson (Elk River, Minn. /Elk River), Erica Perkins (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Century High School), Anna O'Malley (St. Charles, Ill. ) and Sydney Richetto (Wausau, Wis. ) opened up the scoring with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay.  The group finished with a time of 1:56.23, which contributed 11 points. 
 
O'Malley also pocketed another first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly.  She finished with a time of 2:18.45.
 
Jackie Braun (Sauk Rapids, Minn./) earned a set of first-place finishes in the one- and three-meter diving events.  Braun's final scores were 261.95 and 274.05, respectively.
 
Richetto also picked up a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:08.69.  She also went on to finish second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 58.63. 
 
Erica Perkins (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Century High School) finished in second place in the 200-yard IM.  She finished with a time of 2:22.36, which contributed four points to the team's total. 
 
Missy Angove earned a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle.  She finished her race with a time of 26.99. 
 
The Pointers head to St. Peter, Minn. to take on Gustavus Adolphus and Minnesota State Mankato in a tri-dual meet on Sat., Nov. 4.  The meet is set to start at 1:00 p.m.