COMPLETE RESULTS

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The Wayne State University swimming and diving teams successfully defended their GLIAC Championships last week in Jenison, Mich.  The women's team won its third straight and sixth in seven years, while the men's team captured its seventh championship in the last decade.

Wayne State set records for points (923) and margin of victory (323.5) on the women's side, as Grand Valley State finished second (599.5) followed by Indianapolis in third (481.5).

After a sixth-place start Wednesday due in part to a disqualified relay, the WSU men's battled back to move into second place.  Still needing to overcome a 45-point deficit to GVSU on Saturday, the Warriors did so emphatically and ended the meet with 872 points and a 71-point margin of victory.

The Warriors swept the women's and men's conference titles for the fourth time since 2006.  They combined to win 22 championships (11 each) over the four-day meet.

Sean Peters was named GLIAC “Dewey Newsome” Women's Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career.  He has earned either the men's or women's coaching honor every year since 2002.

Senior Andrey Seryy (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) was named GLIAC Swimmer of the Year for the second straight season, and freshman Dylan Szegedi (Oregon, Ohio/St. Francis de Sales) received the GLIAC Diver of the Year award.

Seryy, who won all three sprint freestyle events last year, completed the trifecta again last week and led both freestyle relays to first-place finishes.  Szegedi won the one-meter diving crown and finished second to teammate Jeff Grant (Belleville, Mich.) on the three-meter board.

Kei Cze Prentis (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower), a two-time champion in the 400 individual medley and as part of the 800 freestyle relay, received the GLIAC Women's Freshman of the Year award.

Senior Catherine Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern) repeated as GLIAC champion in the 500 and 1650 freestyles, earning her NCAA “A” qualifier in the former.  Kayla Scott (Rochester, Mich./Adams), last season's GLIAC Freshman of the Year, made her “A” cut in a victory in the 100 breaststroke, an event in which she finished second in 2011 to former teammate Ana Gonzalez Pena.

In addition to winning the 200 backstroke and breaking her own school record, sophomore Carol Azambuja (Sao Paulo, Brazil) was part of all three women's championships relays (800 free, 200 medley, 400 medley).

A newcomer to the women's team in January, Gloria Martinez Perez (Merida, Spain) made an impact in her first GLIAC Championships.  She triumphed in the 200 individual medley, setting a school record, and the 100 butterfly.  Martinez Perez also contributed to both medley relays.

Junior Joaquin Abascal Gallegos (Madrid, Spain) returned to the same championship glory he enjoyed in 2010, winning the men's 200 breaststroke and the 400 individual medley.  He picked up an NCAA “A” cut in the latter.

Grant and Szegedi, along with women's one-meter champion Carly Sevald (Royal Oak, Mich./Mercy), led a deep WSU diving corps which collected a combined 313 points, over 17 percent of the overall combined team totals.

Many of the Warriors will now prepare for the NCAA Championships which begin March 14 in Mansfield, Texas.  The WSU women's team has been the national runner-up for the last three seasons, while the men are coming off back-to-back third place finishes.


WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
GLIAC CHAMPIONS

Carol Azambuja - 200 Backstroke
Catherine Leix - 500 Freestyle, 1650 Freestyle (second straight title in both)
Gloria Martinez Perez - 200 Individual Medley, 100 Butterfly
Kei Cze Prentis - 400 Individual Medley
Kayla Scott - 100 Breaststroke
Carly Sevald - One-Meter Diving
800 Freestyle Relay - Prentis, Kaylee Dolinski, Leix, Azambuja (third title in four years)
200 Medley Relay - Azambuja, Scott, Martinez Perez, Ashley Corriveau (fifth straight title)
400 Medley Relay - Azambuja, Scott, Martinez Perez, Corriveau (fourth time in five years)

AWARD WINNERS
Sean Peters - Coach of the Year
Kei Cze Prentis - Freshman of the Year


MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
GLIAC CHAMPIONS

Joaquin Abascal Gallegos - 400 Individual Medley, 200 Breaststroke (second title in three years in both events)
Lucas Fernandez Vilanova - 200 Backstroke
Jeff Grant - Three-Meter Diving
Kristian Larsen - 500 Freestyle
Andrey Seryy - 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle (second straight titles in all three)
Dylan Szegedi - One-Meter Diving
200 Freestyle Relay - Seryy, Larsen, Nathan Hesche, Piotr Jachowicz (third straight)
400 Freestyle Relay - Seryy, Larsen, Hesche, Kyle Taylor (fourth straight)

AWARD WINNERS
Andrey Seryy - Swimmer of the Year
Dylan Szegedi - Diver of the Year