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GVSU Men's S&D Team Holds Lead At GLIAC Championships With 484 Points

Laker men win four GLIAC crowns on day two

Day Two Results
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The Grand Valley State men's swimming & diving team remained in first place at the 2017 GLIAC Swimming & Diving Championships on the campus of Saginaw Valley State. The Laker men have a two-day total of 484 points, followed by Wayne State in second (390) and Northern Michigan in third (322). The GLIAC Championships will continue Friday morning with 10 am prelims. 

The Lakers opened the second day of finals with a GLIAC Championship meet record in the 200 free relay and closed the session with a meet record in the 400 medley relay. Freshman Marcel Nagy, senior Danny Abbott, sophomore JD Ham and sophomore Ben Walling set a GLIAC Championship meet record, a school-record and hit the NCAA provisional mark with a first-place time of 1:19.54 in the 200 free relay. Freshman Harry Shalamon,  sophomore Marius Mikalauskas, junior Gabriel Souza and freshman Marcel Nagy set a GVSU school record, a GLIAC Championship meet record and hit the NCAA provision cut with a first-place time of 3:12.27. 

Souza dominated the 100 fly and continued the Lakers' record-setting march as he set a meet record and hit the NCAA A cut with a first-place time 46.27. Nagy was third with a B cut time of 48.17, followed by ninth-place finish and an NCAA B cut time of 49.38. Senior Jesus Morales also hit the B cut with a 10th-place finish (49.43), while senior Garret McCormick finished 14th (50.43). 

Junior Grant Borregard finished third in the 400 IM and hit the NCAA B cut with a time of 3:59.86, followed by junior Joseba Hidalgo-Vilela in fifth (4:01.55) with another B cut. Junior Michael Hudson touched seventh (4:05.86), senior Brien Moffitt 12th (4:06.81), freshman Ahmed Nabih 14th (4:07.52) and freshman Jonathan Loshinskie hit the wall in 16th (4:10.29). 

Sophomore Ben Walling finished second in the 200 free and hit the NCAA B cut with a time of 1:39.33. Abbott touched seventh in a time of 1:41.22 and senior Tim Harris hit the wall eighth with a time of 1:42.00. 

The Lakers recorded a 1-2-3 finish on the 3-meter diving board and tallied three NCAA provisional marks, highlighted by sophomore Brad Dalrymple defending his 3-meter title with a score of 527.40. Junior Joe Gucwa finished second with an 11-dive total of 485.15, followed by fellow junior Jared Gregory who finished third with a score of 482.65. Freshman Alex Miller finished eighth with a score of 377.05. 
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Players Mentioned

Grant Borregard

Grant Borregard

Senior
Jared Gregory

Jared Gregory

Senior
Joe Gucwa

Joe Gucwa

Senior
JD  Ham

JD Ham

6' 1"
Junior
Marius Mikalauskas

Marius Mikalauskas

6' 0"
Junior
Gabriel Souza

Gabriel Souza

Senior
Ben Walling

Ben Walling

Junior
Harry Shalamon

Harry Shalamon

Sophomore
Jonathan Loshinskie

Jonathan Loshinskie

Sophomore
Alex Miller

Alex Miller

Sophomore
Ahmed Nabih

Ahmed Nabih

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Grant Borregard

Grant Borregard

Senior
Jared Gregory

Jared Gregory

Senior
Joe Gucwa

Joe Gucwa

Senior
JD  Ham

JD Ham

6' 1"
Junior
Marius Mikalauskas

Marius Mikalauskas

6' 0"
Junior
Gabriel Souza

Gabriel Souza

Senior
Ben Walling

Ben Walling

Junior
Harry Shalamon

Harry Shalamon

Sophomore
Jonathan Loshinskie

Jonathan Loshinskie

Sophomore
Alex Miller

Alex Miller

Sophomore
Ahmed Nabih

Ahmed Nabih

Sophomore