Wayne State University Athletics

Thomas Jackowski won the 1000 free and 500 free.

Men's Swimming & Diving 10/21/2022 9:35:00 PM Zachary Manning, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Men's Swimming and Diving Downs Davenport

The Warriors won 10 events.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's swimming and diving team kicked off its home season by defeating Davenport Friday night inside the Matthaei Natatorium. The Warriors edged the Panthers by a final score of 122-100.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
The 1,000 free was the first individual event of the night, and the Warriors claimed two of the top three spots. Thomas Jackowski (Wroclaw, Poland) earned first place with a time of 9:50.88, while Matt Hernandez (Lake Orion, Mich.) claimed third with a time of 10:12.62.

Following that, Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.) recorded a first-place finish in the 200 free by touching the wall in 1:41.80. The Green and Gold kept the momentum going in the 50 free as Luka Cvetko (Varazdin, Croatia) and Stewart Nowinski (Macomb, Mich. / L'Anse Creuse North) finished first and second, respectively. Cvetko finished in 20.34, and Nowinski had a time of 21.37.

Later in the meet, Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.) notched first place in the 200 IM by registering a time of 1:56.40. Jones and Hernandez were first and third, respectively, in the 200 fly. Jones had a time of 1:54.34, and Hernandez finished in a time of 2:03.43.

Diving wise, Quinn Aho (Chassell, Mich. / Houghton) took the top spot in the three-meter diving event. He finished with a score of 341.21.

Cvetko continued his strong day, as he won the 100 free with a time of 46.22. Michael Wolsek (Trenton, Mich.) was third, earning a time of 48.28. After that, Kinnard won the 200 back with a time of 1:56.06.

In the 500 free, Jackowski and Marko Vucelic (Wixom, Mich. / Walled Lake Western) finished first and third, respectively. Jackowski had a time of 4:47.88, while Vucelic touched out in 4:59.23.

RELAY RESULTS
The quartet of Kinnard, Alex Duhaime (Harrison Township, Mich. / Macomb Dakota), Wolsek and Cvetko topped the field in the 400 medley relay by earning a time of 3:28.13. That was .24 seconds ahead of the second-place finishers.

FROM COACH PETERS
"This is definitely one of our best season-opening meets we have had, and it is a lot of credit to the hard work our athletes and coaches are putting in, and also the strong performances from our opponent today to push us to these levels. I would like to give a huge shout-out to Coach Paul Winters and our Football Warriors for coming in and rocking the place! It was absolutely electric!"

UP NEXT
The Warriors will be back in action on Oct. 29 at Ashland. The meet will begin at 1 PM.

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Players Mentioned

Luka Cvetko: Free/Back; 6' 1"; Senior

Thomas Jackowski: Sprint Free; 6' 3"; Freshman

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

Clayton Kinnard: Free; 6' 0"; Sophomore

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

Marko Vucelic: Distance Free; 6' 0"; Junior

Michael Wolsek: Sprint/Fly; 6' 0"; Junior

Quinn Aho: Diving; 6' 2"; Freshman

Alex Duhaime: Breast/IM; 5' 11"; Freshman

Matt Hernandez: Fly/IM; 5' 8"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Luka Cvetko
: 6' 1"; Senior
: Free/Back

Thomas Jackowski
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: Sprint Free

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

Clayton Kinnard
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: Free

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

Marko Vucelic
: 6' 0"; Junior
: Distance Free

Michael Wolsek
: 6' 0"; Junior
: Sprint/Fly

Quinn Aho
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: Diving

Alex Duhaime
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: Breast/IM

Matt Hernandez
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: Fly/IM