BROWN DEER, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point men's swimming and diving team set records in all five relay wins over the weekend and completed another dominating performance in winning its 19th-consecutive WIAC Championship. UWSP racked up 905 points to claim the title by nearly 200 points.
Final Results
Jack Englehardt (Madison, Wis./West),
Grant Moser (St. Michael, Minn.),
Jacob Aegerter (Cross Plains, Wis.) and
Sam Jekel (Fitchburg, Wis./Madison West) won the 400-yard medley relay with a conference meet record time of 3:00.67.
Jekel pocketed his seventh championship of the weekend with a win in the 100-yard freestyle. His winning time of 44.55 was a conference meet record. Englehardt clocked a time of 44.75 to finish second behind Jekel.
Aegerter won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 1:50.56, nearly four seconds clear of the runner-up.
Ivan Newham (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial) finished with a time of 2:08.23 in the 200-yard breaststroke to place third.
Senior
Owen Gluck (West Bend, Wis./East) placed third in the one-meter diving event with a score of 453.85.
Jacob Adamski (Mason City, Iowa/Mason City),
Payton Kilian (Coon Rapids, Minn./Spring Lake Park),
Michael Mills (Fox Point, Wis./Nicolet) and
Austin Teunissen (Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck) went third through sixth in the 1650-yard freestyle with times ranging from 16:44.75 to 16:54.50.
UWSP's women finished fifth at the WIAC Championship.
Anna O'Malley (St. Charles, Ill./) locked up second place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:07.22.
Jackie Braun (Sauk Rapids, Minn.) scored 393.25 in the three-meter diving event to place third.
O'Malley,
Sydney Richetto (Wausau, Wis./East),
Erica Perkins (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Century High School) and
Taylor Pehrson (Hanover, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville High School) placed fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:38.51.
Kaylee Benson (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) finished fifth in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:13.70.
Perkins swam a time of 2:30.36 in the 200-yard backstroke, good for seventh.
Senior Braun and Gluck were named the Judy Kruckman and Max Sparger Scholar-Athletes.
Brandon Richardson (Minneapolis, Minn./St. Michael Academy) and
Bridget Flesher (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East) were named to the All-Sportsmanship Team.