The #3-ranked Grand Valley State men's swimming & diving team claimed an impressive 198-97 decision over Division I foe Ball State Saturday afternoon at the GVSU Pool, while the #6 GVSU women's team dropped a close 151-149 to Ball State. The Laker men and women will be at Calvin Invitational Dec. 1-3. 

The GVSU men won 13 events en route to the dominating victory, including seven 1-2 wins and four 1-2-3 wins. The Lakers swam exhibition for the final two events of the meet. 

The Laker opened with a 1-2 finish in teh 200 medley relay as Harry Shalamon, Marius Mikalauska, Gabriel Souza and Ben Walling touched in 1:33.61. Joseba Hidalgo Vilela, Garret McCormick, Liam Little and Danny Abbott finished in 1:36.97. 

Walling hit the wall first in 10:07.53, followed closely by Zachary Rean (10:07.60) and Jonathan Loshinskie (10:21.10). Grand Borregard finished first in the 200 free (1:45.06), while Michael Hudson touched second in 1:45.24. Shalamon recorded a first-place finish in the 100 back (52.56), followed by Walling in second (53.63). 

GVSU went 1-2 in teh 100 breast as Mikalauskas hit the wall first (56.31) and McCormick second (1:00.42). Gonzalo Rodriquez touched first in the 200 fly (1:52.78) and Jesus Morales second (1:54.13). 

Abbott led a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 free when he touched first in 21.03. Souza was second (21.85) and Little third (21.92). Abbott added a first-place finish in the 100 free (46.66), followed by Walling in second (46.92) and Little in third (48.89) for another sweep. 

Borregard touched first in the 200 back (1:55.65), followed by Hudson in second (1:57.40). Mikalauskas led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 breast when he touched in 2:09.94. David Nunez finished second (2:12.26) and Morales third (2:14.45). Rodriguez led the final 1-2-3 finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:43.03, followed by JD Ham in second (4:58.01) and Brien Moffitt in third (4:58.48). 

McCormick won the 100 fly (52.44) and the Lakers swam exhibition in the final two events (400 IM and 800 free relay).

In diving, Brad Dalrymple finished first with a score of 328.04, followed by Joe Gucwa in second (238.95) on the 1-meter board, followed by another Dalrymple (316.65)-Gucwa (285.30) 1-2 finish on the 3-meter board. 

Sam Postmus turned in a stellar day for the Laker women, breaking two pool records. Postmus shattered the 1650 free pool record with first-place finishing time of 17:18.50. The previous record was held by a Wayne State swimmer at 17:43.67.  Julia Suriano was second in the 1650 free (17:42.09), also breaking the school-record behind Postmus. Postmus then bettered her own pool-record time of 4:29.33 in the 400 IM with a first-place finish in a time of 4:28.55. 

The Lakers touched second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:50.25 (Kaitlin Cassell, Rachel Skoog, Meghan Falconer and Kathryn Culver). Melina Goebel finished first in the 200 free (1:54.87), while Megan Shsughnessy was third (1:58.75).  GVSU went 2-3-4 in the 100 back as Falconer touched second (1:00.10), Allison Wells third (1:00.56) and Cassell fourth (1:00.57). Celia Hoag ht the wall second in the 100 breast (1:10.34), followed by Lauren Ryan in third (1:11.12). 

Leonie VanNoort led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 back with a first-place finish in a time of 2:06.88. Wells was second (2:09.51) and Hailey Garlich was third (2:09.51). Postmus added a win in the 200 breast (2:23.15), while Goebel led a 1-2 finish in the 500 free with a time of 5:10.95. Shaughnessy was second (5:15.57). Leonie VanNoort touched second in the 200 fly (2:09.27) and Sidney Weaver was third in the 50 free (25.81).  Goebel won the 100 free (54.43) and Culver was third (55.07). 

Postmus and VanNoort kept the Lakers close with a 1-2 finish in the 400 IM. Postmus set the pool record and VanNoort hit the wall second in 4:32.62. GVSU went 1-2 in the 800 free relay but it was not enough. Goebel, Wells, Suriano, and Postmus touched first in 7:47.41, while the relay team of Shaughnessy, Culver, Caroline Brereton and VanNoort were second (7:49.58). 

Mikayla Karasek finished third on the 1-meter board with a score of 257.61, hitting the NCAA Diving qualification mark. Karla Marquardt was fourth on the 3-meter board with a score of 222.82.