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Stewart Nowinski finished second in the 50-yard freestyle and helped the 200-yard freestyle relay team finish first.

Men's Swimming & Diving 11/6/2021 3:16:00 PM Zachary Manning, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Men's Swim and Dive Defeated by Northern Michigan

Grant Porter won the 3-meter diving event.

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's swim and dive team fell to Northern Michigan for the second consecutive day. The Green and Gold were defeated 166-123.

Individual Results
Alex Capizzo (Fraser, Mich.) earned first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.74. In the 200-yard butterfly, Capizzo finished in second. He posted a 1:58.87.

In the 100-yard backstroke, Franz Mueller (Brandenburg, Germany), Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.) and Chris Spencer (Jackson, Mich. / Lumen Christi Catholic) finished second, third and fourth, respectively. Mueller touched out at 51.67, Kinnard notched a time of 52.29 and Spencer finished in 54.69. Kinnard also placed second in the 200-yard IM.

In the 50-yard freestyle, Stewart Nowinski (Macomb, Mich. / L'Anse Creuse North) and Luka Cvetko (Varazdin, Croatia) picked up second and third place, respectively. Nowinski finished with a time of 21.15, while Cvetko had a time of 21.22.

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr. (Dearborn, Mich. / Edsel Ford) finished second, while Grant Porter (Haslett, Mich.) took third in 1-meter diving. Cottingham, Jr. scored 222.45 and Porter added 210.37. In the 3-meter diving event, Porter took first place with a score of 237.15. Cottingham, Jr. came in third, notching a score of 213.19.

In the 500-yard freestyle, Kyle Lovas (Shepherd, Mich. / Alma) and Marko Vucelic (Wixom, Mich. / Walled Lake Western) picked up second and third, respectively. Lovas had a time of 4:54.98 and Vucelic finished at 4:57.30. After that, Mueller picked up a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly. His time was 52.47.

Relay Results
The Green and Gold took second in the 200-yard medley relay. The team consisted of Kinnard, Hans Anderson (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson), Mueller and Cvetko. They picked up a time of 1:33.25.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Warriors picked up the top two times, with Cvetko, Nowinski, Noah Barstad (Allen Park, Mich.) and Mueller winning the event with a time of 1:22.89. Following them for the Warriors were Josh Mahaney (Saline, Mich.), Casey Dolen (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Dexter), Lovas and Capizzo. They touched out in 1:29.30.

UP NEXT

The Warriors will be in action again at the Don Kimble Invitational, which is set for Nov. 19-21 in Kentwood, Mich.

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Players Mentioned

Hans Anderson: Breast/IM; 6' 2"; Junior

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

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

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

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

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

Kyle Lovas: Free/Fly; 5' 10"; Senior

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

Franz Mueller: Back/Free; 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior

Stewart Nowinski: Free/Fly; 6' 0"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Hans Anderson
: 6' 2"; Junior
: Breast/IM

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

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

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

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

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

Kyle Lovas
: 5' 10"; Senior
: Free/Fly

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

Franz Mueller
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior
: Back/Free

Stewart Nowinski
: 6' 0"; Senior
: Free/Fly