Results

Geneva, Ohio -- The Wayne State University women's swimming and diving increased its lead over the rest of the GLIAC field Thursday evening by totaling 196 points.  WSU entered the finals with a 105-point margin vs. Grand Valley, and extended its lead to 126 points (458-332).

The Warriors began Thursday evening with a convincing win in the 200 medley eclisping the previous GLIAC Championship mark set three years ago by 0.34 with a time of 1:32.84.  The old record of 1:33.18 was established by the WSU contingent of Carol Azambuja, Ana Gonzalez Pena, Cristina Busquets Garcia and Sara Franklin.  The new record holding quartet consists of senior Kayla Scott (Rochester, Mich. / Adams), junior Gloria Martinez Perez (Merida, Spain / IES Carolina Coronado), freshman Emily Maraskine (Midland, Mich. / Dow) and senior Carol Azambuja (Sao Paulo, Brazil / Colegio Objetivo).

Junior Kristina Novichenko (Seversk, Russia / Saint-Petersburg) placed second in the 400 IM with a "B" qualifying time of 4:21.50, while classmate Kei Cze Prentis (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) was sixth (4:30.92),  Sophomore Veronica Loock (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) won the consolation finals in a time of 4:31.89 with senior Kelsey Dischler (Macomb, Mich. / Henry Ford II) placing 10th (4:33.85).  Junior Marissa Swartz (Washington, Mich. / Romeo) finished 14th (4:37.54).

Martinez Perez placed third in the 100 fly (56.34), while Maleski and Scott were sixth and seventh, respectively with times of 56.85 and 57.19.  All three WSU times were "B" qualifiers.

Azambuja won the 200 free (1:50.40) with freshman Emily Heitchue (Royal Oak, Mich.) finishing 11th (1:54.46).

The 400 medley relay team of Maleski, Scott, Novichenko and Martinez Perez won in a GLIAC Championship meet record time of 3:44.17.

The 2014 GLIAC Championships will continue on Friday and conclude on Saturday.