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2021-22 Men's Swimming/Diving Team Picture
The WSU men's swimming and diving team looks to end the GLIAC Championships on a high note.

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

Men's Swimming Has Six Swimmers Qualify For Evening Finals

Wolsek is the top seed for the 100 free.

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – Six (6) members of the Wayne State University men's swimming and diving team qualified for tonight's finals - two swimmers in the Championship finals and four in the Consolation finals, with another competitor already scoring in the 1650 timed final.

100 FREE
Sophomore Michael Wolsek (Trenton, Mich.), who entered the event as the No. 22 seed, posted the top time (44.43), which was a "B" cut standard.

Qualifying for the Consolation finals were senior Stewart Nowinski (Macomb, Mich. / L'Anse Creuse North) and classmate Noah Barstad (Allen Park, Mich.).  Nowinski had the ninth-fastest time (46.18), while Barstad clocked in at 46.31.

Junior Casey Dolen (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Dexter) finished 19th (47.14), while sophomore Collin Che (Midland, Mich. / Dow) was 25th (47.73).

Posting exhibition swims were senior Abdelrahman Hassan (Cairo, Egypt) in 47.54, freshman Ryan Kruger (Livonia, Mich. / Churchill) in 48.84, senior Reid Schoenherr (Macomb, Mich. / L'Anse Creuse North) in 50.87, and freshman Lucas Harding (Chelsea, Mich. / Salem) in 51.82.

200 BACK
Both of WSU's participants qualified for the "B" finals as freshman Clayton Kin-nard (Dexter, Mich.) was ninth (1:51.64), while senior Chris Spencer (Jackson, Mich. / Lumen Christi Catholic) placed 16th (1:54.64).

200 BREAST
Sophomore Alex Capizzo (Fraser, Mich.) finished third in a time of 2:02.01 to advance to the Championship finals.

Sophomore Marko Vucelic (Wixom, Mich. / Walled Lake Western) is an alternate after placing 18th in the prelims (2:10.59).

Senior Sam Krahn (Dexter, Mich.) finished 20th (2:10.64), while freshman Joey Dombkowski (Canton, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central) was 23rd (2:14.13).

1650 FREE
Senior Kyle Lovas (Shepherd, Mich. / Alma) will swim this evening as one of the top eight seeds in the event.

During the morning session timed final freshman Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.) posted the top time of 15:55.24.

Krahn was 12th (16:35.78), while senior Chris Westgate (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams) placed 13th (16:37.80), and Vucelic was 16th (16:53.20) with the top eight seeds competing this evening.

TIME TRIALS
Both junior Luka Cvetko (Varazdin, Croatia) and Che swam in the 50 free time trial.  Cvetko posted a "B" cut time of 19.69, while Che clocked in at 21.81.

400 FREE RELAY
The 2022 GLIAC Championships will conclude with the men's 400 free relay and the Warriors are the top seed.

UP NEXT
The Monday evening finals will consist of the 100 free, 200 back, and 200 breast, along with the conclusion of the timed final of the 1650 free, while the 400 free relay will conclude the championships.

 
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Players Mentioned

Noah Barstad

Noah Barstad

Sprint Free
6' 1"
Junior
Collin Che

Collin Che

Sprint Free
6' 1"
Freshman
Luka Cvetko

Luka Cvetko

Free/Back
6' 4"
Sophomore
Casey Dolen

Casey Dolen

Sprint Free
5' 11"
Sophomore
Abdelrahman Hassan

Abdelrahman Hassan

IM/Free/Fly
6' 0"
Junior
Sam Krahn

Sam Krahn

Breast/Free
6' 3"
Junior
Kyle Lovas

Kyle Lovas

Free/Fly
5' 10"
Junior
Stewart Nowinski

Stewart Nowinski

Free/Fly
6' 0"
Junior
Reid Schoenherr

Reid Schoenherr

Free
6' 0"
Junior
Chris Spencer

Chris Spencer

Back/IM
5' 11"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Noah Barstad

Noah Barstad

6' 1"
Junior
Sprint Free
Collin Che

Collin Che

6' 1"
Freshman
Sprint Free
Luka Cvetko

Luka Cvetko

6' 4"
Sophomore
Free/Back
Casey Dolen

Casey Dolen

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sprint Free
Abdelrahman Hassan

Abdelrahman Hassan

6' 0"
Junior
IM/Free/Fly
Sam Krahn

Sam Krahn

6' 3"
Junior
Breast/Free
Kyle Lovas

Kyle Lovas

5' 10"
Junior
Free/Fly
Stewart Nowinski

Stewart Nowinski

6' 0"
Junior
Free/Fly
Reid Schoenherr

Reid Schoenherr

6' 0"
Junior
Free
Chris Spencer

Chris Spencer

5' 11"
Junior
Back/IM