Grand Valley State dropped a men's and women's swimming & diving dual at Division I foe Oakland Saturday (Jan. 30). The Laker men dropped a 162.5 – 135.5 decision, while the GVSU women lost by a 202-98 score. The dual at the Oakland Aquatic Center marked the first time that the Lakers and Grizzlies competed against one another since the 1996-97 GLIAC Championships. Oakland was a member of the GLIAC as a Division II member at that time.
 
MEN
Grand Valley State won nine events and hit eight NCAA cuts. Jesse Goodyear hit the NCAA standard with his first-place in the 1000 free (9:28.88), while Cade Vruggink finished third (9:35.20). Roger Miret Sala touched first in the 100 back (48.78) and hit the NCAA cut. Miret Sala added a first-place finish in the 200 back and hit the NCAA standard (1:47.83), while finishing second in the 50 free (21.19). Keegan Hawkins hit the NCAA cut with his first-place finish in the 100 breast (54.89) and added another NCAA cut with his first-place finish in the 400 IM (3:53.84), while also finishing first in the 200 back (2:01.08). 
 
Oscar Saura-Armengol hit the wall second in the 200 fly (1:49.69), but hit the NCAA cut, and finished third in the 100 free (45.80). Eric Hieber touched the wall first and hit the NCAA standard in the 500 free (4:28.97), while his third in the 200 free (1:39.78) also hit an NCAA mark.  
 
Chris Kelly won the 1-meter event with a score of 253.42 and the 3-meter with a final of 283.5. George Puehl was second (249.00) on the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter (233.18). 
 
Women
The GVSU women hit 11 NCAA marks on the afternoon. Neta Shiff finished second in the 1000 free and hit an NCAA mark (10:11.00), while Sara Puscas finished third and hit the NCAA standard (10:19.01). Shiff added another NCAA cut and a second-place finish in the 500 free (5:00.26). Melina De Cort finished second in the 100 back, but hit an NCAA mark with her time of 56.02, while adding another second and an NCAA cut in the 200 back (2:01.62).  Delaney Wihebrink hit an NCAA mark with her third-place finish in the 100 breast (1:03.65). Puscas added a first-place finish in the 200 fly and hit the NCAA standard (2:04.90). Samantha Laurich hit an NCAA mark in the 400 IM with her second-place finish (4:28.61), while Shiff hit her third NCAA mark of the dual with a third-place finish (4:30.51). 
 
Emma Bliss touched second in the 50 free (24.09) and Kelly Peasley touched third in the 100 free (52.52). Graycn Segard was second on the 3-meter board with an NCAA score of 273.15, followed by Nicole Taormina in third (226.13) and Allyson Schafter in fourth (225.37). Segard was second on the 1-meter board (258.30) and hit an NCAA mark, while Taormina was third (250.12) and Schafer fourth (248.85).