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GENEVA, Ohio -- The Wayne State University men's and women's swimming and diving teams were crowned GLIAC Champions for the fourth straight season, sweeping the team awards at the 2014 GLIAC Swimming & Diving Championships, held at the SPIRE Institute. The WSU women won its eighth title in the last nine seasons, while the men's team won its ninth title in the past 12 years.

The women's squad won by 292 points over second-place Grand Valley (959-667), while the men's team earned a 117-point win over runner-up GVSU (1011.5-894.5). A total of 10 women's teams were represented at the GLIAC Championships, with seven men's teams participating at the league meet.

The women's squad led from start-to-finish at the GLIAC meet, securing a 105-point lead after the very first day and never looking back. The WSU men trailed the Lakers by 4.5 points after day one, but overtook Grand Valley on day two and increased its lead every day after to win the title.

Both Warrior teams set records with their point totals at the meet. The Wayne State men reached the 1,000 point plateau (1,011.5), becoming the first GLIAC school, men's or women's to reach that mark. The Warrior women also broke the previous high mark for points scored by a women's team at the GLIAC Championships, totaling 959 points.

Head coach Sean Peters was named the "Dewey Newsome" GLIAC Men's and Women's Coach of the Year following the meet. Peters has won at least one of the two GLIAC coaching awards in each season since 2002. Senior Carol Azambuja was selected as the GLIAC Women's Swimmer of the Year for the second straight season.

Wayne State swept the diving awards after senior Paige Kortman and junior Dylan Szegedi each won both diving competitions for the Warriors. Kortman and Szegedi were named GLIAC Women's and Men's Divers of the Year, respectively. It was the second career award for each diver.

2014 GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS -- TEAM STANDINGS
	WOMEN			MEN
1.	Wayne State	959	1.	Wayne State	1011.5
2.	Grand Valley	667	2.	Grand Valley	894.5
3.	Northern Michigan	576	3.	Ashland	500
4.	Ashland	454	4.	Malone	368.5
5.	Findlay	367	5.	Lake Erie	266
6.	Hillsdale	337	6.	Tiffin	257
7.	Lake Erie	157	7.	Findlay	195.5
8.	Malone	130
9.	Tiffin	64
10.	Ursuline	36

2014 GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
WOMEN
Swimmer of the Year: Carol Azambuja, Wayne State
Diver of the Year: Paige Kortman, Wayne State
Freshman of the Year: Rachel Borchardt, Northern Michigan
"Dewey Newsome" Coach of the Year: Sean Peters, Wayne State

MEN
Swimmer of the Year: Philipp Sikatzki, Ashland
Diver of the Year: Dylan Szegedi, Wayne State
Freshman of the Year: Philipp Sikatzki, Ashland
"Dewey Newsome" Coach of the Year: Sean Peters, Wayne State

DAY ONE (Wednesday):  Results | Women's Recap | Men's Recap

The Warriors opened up the 2014 GLIAC Championships with strong performances on each side as the women's team had the top spot in the standings after the first day, while the men's team trailed Grand Valley by 4.5 points (187.5-183).

Kristina Novichenko broke a SPIRE pool record during the 1000 freestyle finals. Kelsey Dischler, Veronica Loock and Mallory Moore also finished in the top eight in the 1000 freestyle, giving WSU a 22-point advantage after the very first event. WSU had three of the top six finishers in the 200 IM, with Kayla Scott finishing second in 2:04.53.

Carol Azambuja broke school and meet records in the 50 freestyle, posting a time of 22.76. Elly Maleski (sixth) and Emily Maraskine (seventh) earned NCAA "B" cuts with their swims in the 50 freestyle finals.

Paige Kortman won the first of two GLIAC titles, winning the three-meter event by more than seven points with a score of 478.95. Elizabeth Rawlings and Alex Geddis-McCririe also placed in the top four for the Warriors. The Warrior women took a 105-point lead (262-157) after capping off the first day with a win in the 200 medley relay (1:42.72).

Piotr Jachowicz highlighted performances for the men's team as he broke a meet record with his performance in the 200 IM for the Warriors. His NCAA "A" cut time of 1:44.93 was just .11 seconds off his own national record in the event.

Juan David Molina Perez (second) led a Warrior charge of five swimmers in the top nine in the 1000 freestyle. Kristian Larsen (third), Jack Dischler (fourth), Kyle Taylor (eighth) and Jordan Papp (ninth) earned valuable points early, while Grand Valley held a slim margin after the first event (72-69). Till Barthel placed second in the 50 freestyle (20.36), while Eric Gensheimer won the "B" finals in the 50 freestyle for the Warriors.

The Wayne State men broke its own GLIAC record in the 200 medley relay (1:27.78), as the quartet of Molina Perez, Jachowicz, Soren Holm and Barthel edged GVSU by .37 seconds.

DAY TWO (Thursday):  Results | Women's Recap | Men's Recap

Both teams secured control of first place following day two at the conference meet. The WSU men took a 25.5-point lead (463-437.5) over second-place Grand Valley, while the women extended their lead to 126 points over the Lakers.

The Warrior women kicked off Thursday's finals with a dominating victory in the 200 freestyle relay (1:32.84). The relay team of Scott, Gloria Martinez Perez, Maraskine and Azambuja topped Ashland by more than one second. The Wayne State women took a 146-point lead over the field after WSU had four of the top 10 finishers in the 400 IM. Novichenko (second) was the top finisher in the 400 IM in what would have been a meet record time of 4:21.50.

Azambuja won her second conference title in as many days, winning the 200 freestyle by nearly two seconds (1:50.40). Martinez Perez was WSU's top finisher in the 100 butterfly, placing third, while Maleski and Scott placed sixth and seventh, respectively. The Wayne State women capped off another dominating day with record-breaking performance on its way to a win in the 400 medley. The WSU team of Maleski, Scott, Novichenko and Martinez Perez posted a meet record time of 3:44.17 to beat GVSU by .22 seconds.

Dylan Szegedi won his first of two GLIAC diving titles Thursday, as the Wayne State men swept the top three spots in the one-meter diving event. Szegedi won by more than 80 points, earning a total score of 531.50. Kevin White placed second (447.20) and Adam Littell finished third (436.05) to give the Warriors the top three spots.

Wayne State placed four swimmers in the top nine in the 100 butterfly. Holm placed second, Jachowicz was third, Lucas Fernandez Vilanova earned seventh and Calvin Reder won the "B" finals to place ninth for the Warriors.

Barthel placed second in the 200 freestyle with an NCAA "A" cut time of 1:36.75. Larsen was fifth, while Cameron Fryzel placed eighth in the 200 freestyle finals for WSU. Jayson Hansen (fifth), Mitch Bohr (seventh) and Nick Victor (eighth) also gave the Wayne State men's squad three swimmers in the 400 IM finals.

After placing third in the 200 free relay (1:23.03, NCAA "B" cut) to start Thursday's finals, WSU set a conference record in the 400 medley relay to end the night. The quartet of Molina Perez, Jachowicz, Holm and Larsen topped the previous record by .41 seconds with a time of 3:13.41 in the relay.

DAY THREE (Friday):  Results | Women's Recap | Men's Recap

Scott broke a national record in the 100 breaststroke, finishing with a time of 1:01.33 on her way to a GLIAC title. Manuela Ferreira placed third and Hannah Loesch was seventh in the 100 breaststroke finals.

Paige Kortman won her second GLIAC title of 2014, earning a score of 454.05 on the one-meter board to win by 2.70 points. Rawlings (third) and Geddis-McCririe (fourth) once again gave WSU three divers in the top four in the one-meter finals.

Azambuja continued her strong meet, winning her third individual title in as many days with a win in the 100 backstroke (54.80, NCAA "A" cut). Maleski made it 1-2 for WSU by finishing second and Maraskine (fifth) and Prentis (seventh) made it four out of eight in the finals for the Warriors in the 100 backstroke.

Novichenko won a conference title in the 200 butterfly (1:59.94), breaking the two-minute mark for the second time this season. She won the event by more than four seconds. The WSU women made it five wins out of six events Friday by taking the 800 freestyle relay. The team of Prentis, Martinez Perez, Emily Heitchue and Azambuja had a meet record time of 7:26.34. After day three, the women's squad had a 206-point lead over Grand Valley (743-537).

The Wayne State men's team increased its lead to 68 points (704.5-636.5) following day three, highlighted by a record-breaking performance by Jachowicz in the 100 breaststroke and a win in the 800 freestyle relay (6:34.45, meet record). WSU started Friday's finals with four of the top 11 times in the 500 freestyle finals, as Taylor (third) and Jack Dischler (sixth) finished in the top eight. Larsen won the "B" finals, with Papp placing third for 11th overall.

The men's team had half of the field in the 100 backstroke championship finals, with Barthel (third), Holm (fifth), Molina Perez (sixth) and Fernandez Vilanova (seventh) all earning quality points for WSU in the finals.

Jachowicz and Hansen finished first and second, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke finals. Jachowicz broke his own school and GLIAC record with a time of 53.21. WSU was once again well-represented in the 200 butterfly, as Reder (sixth), Holm (seventh) and Bohr (eighth) all swam in the "A" finals.

DAY FOUR (Saturday):  Results | Women's Recap | Men's Recap

On the final day of competition, the Warriors finished strong, especially the men's squad. After Grand Valley pulled to within 20 points following the 100 freestyle finals, Wayne State dominated in the final four events.

Papp (second) and Jack Dischler (sixth) were WSU's top finishers in the 1650 freestyle, however GVSU had five of the top swimmers to gain points on the Wayne State men. In the 100 freestyle, Barthel won the event (44.31) as Larsen placed third to lead the Warriors. Wayne State started to pull away with four finalists in the 200 backstroke. Molina Perez earned the win (1:46.08, NCAA "A" cut), Fernandez Vilanova placed third, Holm finished fifth and Zach Zylstra was seventh for WSU in the finals.

Jachowicz won his third individual title with a school and GLIAC record in the 200 breaststroke (1:57.06). Like in the 100 breaststroke finals, Hansen followed his teammate in second, while Victor placed sixth in the 200 baststroke.

Szegedi again led a 1-2-3 sweep of the podium in diving, this time in the three-meter competition. Szegedi won impressively by more than 100 points with a score of 532.30. Littell finished second and White was third as the Warriors earned valuable points again in diving. After the diving totals, Wayne State had increased its lead to over 100 points with just the relay to go.

In the final event of the meet, the men's team broke a meet record in the 400 freestyle relay. The quartet of Barthel, Larsen, Fernandez Vilanova and Holm earned a time of 2:58.88.

Novichenko won her third individual title, taking the 1650 freestyle by nearly 20 seconds (16:54.90). Azambuja won the 200 backstroke (1:57.99) by more than four seconds, giving her four individual titles in four days. Prentis was third and Maraskine was fourth in the 200 backstroke, as well for WSU. Scott placed second in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.86) for the women's team.

Wayne State will have several members of its teams competing next month at the NCAA Championships and competing in the same venue, the SPIRE Institute, as the conference meet. The national meet is set for March 12-15.