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Luka Cvetko picked up wins in the 50 free and 100 free.

Men's Swimming & Diving 10/22/2021 10:03:00 PM Zachary Manning, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Men's Swim and Dive Downs Ashland and Davenport

The Warriors were strong in diving, picking up wins in both the one-meter and three-meter events.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's swim and dive team topped Ashland and Davenport in the squad's opening meet of the season. The Warriors took down Ashland 147-79, while taking care of Davenport 127-104.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Luka Cvetko (Varazdin, Croatia) was strong in the 50 free, earning a first-place finish with a time of 21.05. Noah Barstad (Allen Park, Mich.) clocked in at 21.72 for third place. Cvetko also took home the top spot in the 100 free (46.29).

In the 200 IM, Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.) got his career off to a solid start by posting a winning time of 1:56.20. Alex Capizzo (Fraser, Mich.) came in third, touching out at 1:58.12.

Andrew Ceely (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Skyline) and Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr. (Dearborn, Mich. / Edsel Ford) were strong in the three-meter dive. Ceely won the event with a final score of 232.75, while Cottingham, Jr. was right behind him, posting a 214.40. In the one-meter dive, Cottingham, Jr. (227.85), Grant Porter (Haslett, Mich.) (227.75) and Ceely (223.00) were the top-three scorers.

The Warriors dominated the 100 fly, with Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.) and Josh Mahaney (Saline, Mich.) taking the top two spots in the race. Jones notched a time of 50.38, while Mahaney earned a 51.99. The third-place finisher was more than a second behind.

In the 500 free, Capizzo was strong, touching out 4:47.15 for the top spot.

RELAY RESULTS
In the 400 medley relay, the Warriors touched out in second (3:30.73), thanks to the quartet of Cvetko, Kinnard, Mahaney and Casey Dolen (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Dexter).

The Green and Gold took first place in the 400 free relay, posting a time of 3:09.74. Jones, Mahaney, Barstad and Capizzo made up the winning team. The second place group came in more than five seconds later.

FROM COACH PETERS

"Well, I am pretty happy that we got this one in today. We had to get pretty creative with our line-up, but the Warriors responded as Warriors do, they came and brought it. There were a lot of great swims and dives from all the programs today, and overall, I know we can and will get better, but sure glad we got this one in today. Some of our highlight performances came from Trevor Jones, Clayton Kinnard, Luka Cvetko, Alex Capizzo and all the divers (Andrew Ceely, Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr., and Grant Porter)."

UP NEXT

The Warriors will be in the pool again on Nov. 5-6, where they will take on Northern Michigan. The meet is set for 5 PM on Nov. 5 and 10 AM on Nov. 6 in Marquette, Mich.

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Players Mentioned

Noah Barstad: Sprint Free; 6' 0"; Senior

Alex Capizzo: IM/Distance Free; 5' 10"; Sophomore

Andrew Ceely: Diving; 5' 7"; Junior

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.: Diving; 5' 10"; Sophomore

Luka Cvetko: Free/Back; 6' 2"; Junior

Casey Dolen: Sprint Free; 6' 0"; Junior

Trevor Jones: Fly/Free/IM; 6' 2"; Freshman

Josh Mahaney: Fly/Free; 5' 6"; Junior

Grant Porter: Diving; 5' 10"; Senior

Clayton Kinnard: Free; 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Noah Barstad
: 6' 0"; Senior
: Sprint Free

Alex Capizzo
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: IM/Distance Free

Andrew Ceely
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Diving

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: Diving

Luka Cvetko
: 6' 2"; Junior
: Free/Back

Casey Dolen
: 6' 0"; Junior
: Sprint Free

Trevor Jones
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: Fly/Free/IM

Josh Mahaney
: 5' 6"; Junior
: Fly/Free

Grant Porter
: 5' 10"; Senior
: Diving

Clayton Kinnard
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: Free