STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point swimming and diving team opened up their 2022-23 season by winning nine events in their dual against UW-Eau Claire. The UWSP women finished with a score of 115 to UWEC's 185 and the UWSP men finished with a score of 111 to UWEC's 189.
RESULTS
The women were led by Brooke Buck (Wausau, Wis./AZBA Academy) and Joy Vandenberg (Black Creek, Wis./Appleton North), who both won two events each. Buck won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:01.32 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.43. She also finished in second place in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:29.72.
Vandenberg topped the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.18 and the 100-yard butterfly with a time 1:01.28.
Kasey Fris (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln Way West) also won the 200-yard backstroke, clocking a time of 2:11.83. Fris took second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.41 and in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:21.63.
The relay team of Buck, Kyler Ernst (Fountain City, Wis./Luther), Paige Anderson (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake Area) and Signe Alger (Saint Peter, Minn./Saint Peter) took second place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:48.71.
The men won four events in the dual starting with the 200-yard medley relay team of Jacob Larsen (Albany, Wis./Oregon), Owen Miller (Mequon, Wis./Mequon), Gus Grimstad (Decorah, Iowa/Decorah), and Jacob Biscan (Edina, Minn./Edina) with a time of 1:34.31
Grimstad won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.04. He also took second place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.46 and in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:59.25.
Miller topped the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.69. Biscan won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.02, beating out the second-place finisher by 0.06 seconds. Miller and Will Lennertz (Muskego, Wis./Franklin) tied for third place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.18.
Larsen finished second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:01.63.
The relay team of Lennertz, Larsen, Caiden Kuehn (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) and Biscan took second place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:14.00.
The Pointers will head to St. Peter, Minn. to compete in the GAC-Mankato Tri-Dual on Nov. 5. The meet will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Top Finishers in Other Events:
Women
200-yard medley relay – Signe Alger (Saint Peter, Minn./Saint Peter), Maddie Starr (Neenah, Wis./Neenah), Tiana Cachuela (Oakdale, Minn./Park), Brooklyn Miller (Portage, Wis./Portage) (4th, 1:59.41)
1000-yard freestyle – Paige Anderson (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake Area) (3rd, 11:54.41)
100-yard breaststroke – Carolyn Powell (Olney, Ill./Richland County) (3rd, 1:13.32)
200-yard butterfly – Tiana Cachuela (Oakdale, Minn./Park) (2nd, 2:22.63)
200-yard breaststroke – Carolyn Powell (Olney, Ill./Richland County) (2nd, 2:39.99)
1-meter dive – Abby Hopfensperger (Appleton, Wis./West) (4th, 206.20)
3-meter dive - Abby Hopfensperger (Appleton, Wis./West) (2nd, 230)
Men
1000-yard freestyle – Ryan Trantham (Mackinaw, Ill./Deer Creek Mackinaw) (2nd, 10:23.59)
200-yard freestyle – Kody Hellenbrand (Madison, Wis./East) (2nd, 1:48.14)
100-yard freestyle – Will Lennertz (Muskego, Wis./Franklin) (2nd, 49.17)
200-yard backstroke – Caiden Kuehn (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) (4th, 2:05.15)
200-yard breaststroke – Owen Miller (Mequon, Wis./Mequon) (4th, 2:16.58)
500-yard freestyle – Ryan Trantham (Mackinaw, Ill./Deer Creek Mackinaw) (4th, 5:01.12)
1-meter dive – James Stadler (Madison, Wis./West) (3rd, 262.05)
3-meter dive – James Stadler (Madison, Wis./West) (4th, 233.85)
