Grand Valley State completed day one at the 2024 GLIAC Swimming & Diving Championships that are being held at the Holland Aquatic Center. The #4 Laker men, who are going for their 10
th consecutive GLIAC crown, lead the way with 248 points, followed by Northern Michigan (200), St. Cloud State (181.5) and Wayne State (178). The #6 GVSU women are first with 230 points, while Wayne State is second (211), and Northern Michigan third (168.5).
Women –
200 Medley Relay – GVSU finished second as
Vittoria Proietti,
Natalia Hermanowska,
Alysa Wager and
Tina Winter touched the wall in 1:43.11.
1000 Free –
Katie O'Connell finished fifth with a time of 10:12.27 (DIIB), while
Sarah Puscas touched in 10:21.91 (DIIB).
Gaia Tomaselli hit the wall 12
th (10:24.55).
200 IM –
Sara Alvarez claimed the GLIAC title when she hit the wall first in 2:02.80 (DIIB), while
Vittoria Proietti finished fifth (2:05.55). Olivia Geiger recorded a seventh-place finish with a time of 2:08.52. GVSU added three strong finishes in the consolation finals at
Staci Nation touched 11
th (2:06.65),
Kelly Shortall 12
th (2:08.16) and
Alice Persson 13
th (2:08.43).
50 Free – Sophomore
Lucy Hedley claimed her fourth individual GLIAC title in her career when she hit the wall first in a GVSU record-time of 23.22 (DIIB).
Tina Winter touched fourth in a time of 23.79 (DIIB),
Kiersten Harmon fifth (23.82) and
Annabelle Nixon sixth (24.00).
Alysa Wager added a ninth-place finish (23.90).
200 Free Relay – The Lakers claimed the GLIAC title in the 200 free relay as
Kiersten Harmon,
Alysa Wager,
Annabelle Nixon and
Tina Winter hit the wall in 1:33.71 (DIIB).
Men –
200 Medley Relay – The Laker relay team of
Aaron Dies,
Andrew Goh,
Brennan Neitzel and
Evan Scotto DiVetta finished third and hit the NCAA B cut with a time of 1:27.44.
1000 Free – Senior
Eric Hieber collected his fourth GLIAC title in the 1000 free when he touched the wall first in 9:04.29 (DIIB).
Matthew Lane hit the NCAA B cut with his third-place finish (9:4.69) and
Jon Kantzenbach finished fifth and hit the NCAA B cut (9:18.27).
Austin Millard finished 10
th and hit the B cut (9:24.81), while
Evan Fox was 13
th (9:37.36).
200 IM –
Roger Miret Sala finished third and hit the NCAA B cut with a time of 1:47.33, while
Matt Bosch also hit the B cut and finished sixth in a time of 1:48.09 and
Will Herwig hit the B cut with his seventh-place finish (1:50.00).
Thomas Zoldowski finished 10
th in a B cut time of 1:49.98.
50 Free –
Evan Scotto DiVetta hit the NCAA B cut and finished third (19.99), while
Brennan Neitzel also hit the B cut and finished sixth (20.32).
Carsyn Christoffel finished ninth in a time of 20.42 (DIIB), and
Aaron Dies was 13
th (20.65).
1-Meter Diving –
Matthew Blommel finished fourth with a score of 421.05,
Jackson Rodriguez was ninth (399.30) and
Cory Shade 16
th (316.60).
200 Free Relay – The Lakers' relay team of
Evan Scotto DiVetta,
Roger Miret Sala,
Brennan Neitzel and
Matt Bosch claimed the GLIAC title and hit the NCAA B cut in a GVSU varsity record time of 1:19.04.