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GENEVA, Ohio -- The Wayne State University men's swimming and diving team is off to a strong start at the 2014 GLIAC Swimming & Diving Championships, sitting in second place out of seven teams just 4.5 points behind Grand Valley after day one at the SPIRE Institute.
The four-day conference meet continues through Saturday. Wayne State earned 183 points during day one, with Grand Valley just ahead with 187.5 points. The Warriors won two of the four men's events Wednesday, as WSU was victorious in the 200 medley relay and 200 IM. Wayne State set records in both events.
For the second straight year, junior
Piotr Jachowicz (Lodz, Poland) earned a conference title in the 200 IM. His time of 1:44.93 nearly broke his national record of 1:44.82 that he set during the 2013 NCAA Championships and easily surpassed the meet record in the event.
In the 200 medley relay, WSU broke GLIAC and school records with its time of 1:27.78. The Wayne State quartet of
Juan David Molina Perez, Jachowicz,
Soren Holm and
Till Barthel collectively finished in first place to cap off the first day with a win.
The Warriors had three of the top four swimmers in the 1000 freestyle. All three of them earned NCAA "B" cut qualifying times with their times. Molina Perez (Medellin, Colombia) placed second with a time of 9:28.46, while senior
Kristian Larsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark) was third with a time of 9:31.16. Sophomore
Jack Dischler (Macomb, Mich. / Henry Ford II) finished fourth, touching the wall in 9:35.38.
Junior
Kyle Taylor (Holland, Mich. / Holland) placed eighth (9:40.57) and senior
Jordan Papp (Dearborn, Mich. / Edsel Ford) was ninth in the 1000 freestyle giving the Warriors five swimmers in the top 10.
Barthel (Hannover, Germany) placed second in the 50 freestyle, touching with an NCAA "B" cut time of 20.36. Sophomore
Eric Gensheimer (Farmington, Mich. / Farmington) won the consolation final in the 50 free (20.90) to place ninth overall, with junior teammate
Lucas Fernandez Vilanova (Valencia, Spain) finishing just .01 seconds behind in 10th at 20.91.
Day two of the four-day GLIAC Championships begins 10:30 a.m. Thursday with preliminaries. The finals are held each day at 6 p.m.
