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Trevor Jones and Alex Capizzo
Trevor Jones was third and Alex Capizzo fifth in the 200 fly.

Men's Swimming & Diving Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Men's Swimming and Diving In Second Place Heading Into Final Day

Jones notches "B" cut time in the 200 fly.

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's swimming and diving team held onto second place during day three of the 2022 GLIAC Championships.  The Warriors tallied 133 points on Sunday.

TEAM STANDINGS
Grand Valley State is in first place with 728 points, while WSU is second with 464 points.  Northern Michigan is third with 430 points and is followed by St. Cloud State (316), Saginaw Valley State (286.5), Davenport (201), and Augustana [S.D.] (192.5).

500 FREE
Senior Kyle Lovas (Shepherd, Mich. / Alma) finished eighth in a time of 4:39.70.

Junior Casey Dolen (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Dexter) finished 13th in a time of 4:39.96.  The duo earned 15 points for the Warriors.

100 BACK
Junior Luka Cvetko (Varazdin, Croatia) placed 10th in a time of 50.68 to earn seven points for WSU.

100 BREAST
Freshman Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.) finished fifth by clocking in at 55.58, and missing a "B" cut time by just .02.  He garnered 14 points for Wayne State.

200 FLY
Freshman Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.) notched a "B" cut time with his third-place finish in 1:50.01.  Sophomore Alex Capizzo (Fraser, Mich.) was fifth in 1:50.28.

Senior Chris Westgate (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams) finished 14th (1:54.67), while junior Matt Vassilakos (Clarkston, Mich.) earned 15th place in a time of 1:56.41.  The four Warriors tallied 35 points.

THREE-METER DIVING
Senior Grant Porter (Haslett, Mich.) placed fourth with a score of 387.35, while sophomore Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr. (Dearborn, Mich. / Edsel Ford) finished sixth with a score of 355.85.

800 FREE RELAY
The Warrior group of Kinnard, Lovas, Jones and Capizzo finished second in a time of 6:37.55.

UP NEXT
The Monday morning prelims will consist of the 100 free, 200 back, 200 breast, and timed final of the 1650 free, while the 400 free relay will take place during the evening finals.


 
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Players Mentioned

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.

Diving
5' 11"
Freshman
Luka Cvetko

Luka Cvetko

Free/Back
6' 4"
Sophomore
Casey Dolen

Casey Dolen

Sprint Free
5' 11"
Sophomore
Kyle Lovas

Kyle Lovas

Free/Fly
5' 10"
Junior
Grant Porter

Grant Porter

Diving
5' 10"
Junior
Matt Vassilakos

Matt Vassilakos

Fly/Free
6' 2"
Sophomore
Chris Westgate

Chris Westgate

Distance Free/IM
5' 11"
Junior
Alex Capizzo

Alex Capizzo

IM/Distance Free
5' 10"
Freshman
Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones

Fly/Free/IM
6' 2"
Freshman
Clayton Kinnard

Clayton Kinnard

Free
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.

Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.

5' 11"
Freshman
Diving
Luka Cvetko

Luka Cvetko

6' 4"
Sophomore
Free/Back
Casey Dolen

Casey Dolen

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sprint Free
Kyle Lovas

Kyle Lovas

5' 10"
Junior
Free/Fly
Grant Porter

Grant Porter

5' 10"
Junior
Diving
Matt Vassilakos

Matt Vassilakos

6' 2"
Sophomore
Fly/Free
Chris Westgate

Chris Westgate

5' 11"
Junior
Distance Free/IM
Alex Capizzo

Alex Capizzo

5' 10"
Freshman
IM/Distance Free
Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones

6' 2"
Freshman
Fly/Free/IM
Clayton Kinnard

Clayton Kinnard

6' 0"
Freshman
Free