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Matt Warweg Newcomer of the Year Recap Photo
Rachel McCulloch

Warweg Takes Home Newcomer of the Year on Final Day of WIAC Championships

2/17/2024 10:30:00 PM

BROWN DEER, Wis. -- The UW-Stevens Point swimming and diving team wrapped up the final day of the WIAC Championships (presented by Culver's). The UWSP men took second with a score of 814.50, while the UWSP women took third with a team score of 526.50.
 
Individual Results I Team Scores
 
For the men, Matt Warweg (Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount) earned his second WIAC title with a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.00. Warweg was also announced as the Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year.
 
Jacob Larsen (Albany, Wis./Oregon) earned his first WIAC title of the week with a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:50.24.
 
The relay team of Larsen, Peter McMahon (Whitefish Bay, Wis./Whitefish Bay), Gus Grimstad (Decorah, Iowa/Decorah) and Camden Barwick (Weston, Wis./D.C. Everest) logged a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:03.47.
 
Barwick took third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.09.
 
Ryan Trantham (Mackinaw, Ill./Deer Creek Mackinaw) registered a fifth-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:39.95.
 
For the women, Kasey Fris (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln Way West) logged a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:04.05.
 
Abby Hopfensperger (Appleton, Wis./West) took a third-place finish in the 3-meter dive with a score of 409.55.
 
The relay unit of Fris, Kyler Ernst (Fountain City, Wis./Luther), Anna Scheglowski (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) and Joy Vandenberg (Black Creek, Wis./Appleton North) finished fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:34.07.
 
Jacob Biscan (Edina, Minn./Edina) and Kearyn Brennan (Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger) represented UWSP on the WIAC All-Sportsmanship teams.
                                                                                                                       
Top Finishers in Other Events
 
Men
200-yard breaststroke – Mason Releford (Vacaville, Cal./Vacaville Christian) (6th) – 2:08.35
 
Women
100-yard freestyle – Anna Scheglowski (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) (8th) – 1:01.83
200-yard breaststroke – Carolyn Powell (Olney, Ill./Richland County) (9th) – 2:31.48
1650-yard Freestyle – Gracyn Schmitz (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) (9th) – 18:26.17
200-yard butterfly – Lizzy Featherstone (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Community) (13th) – 2:25.02
 
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