MARQUETTE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's swimming and diving team was at No. 14 Northern Michigan on Saturday for its first GLIAC dual meet of the 2023-24 season. The Wildcats came out on top, however, with a final score of 164-136 inside Physical Education Instructional Facility (PEIF) Pool.

"Today, we swam and dove well, but not as well as NMU did," said head coach Sean Peters.  "It was a fast meet with a lot of top performers for the Warriors.  While today did not go the way we hoped, I do know that every day, we are doing what we need to do to prepare for our mid-season meet and keep progressing into the second semester.  Big shout out today to Wen Wadsworth-Curcuru (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Loy Norrix) and Max Wasiniak (Huron, Ohio) for eclipsing the NCAA standards in diving."

Wasiniak placed first on the three-meter board (284.77) and second on the one meter (446.26).  The freshman eclipsed the NCAA Division II standard of 440 with that second-place total.

First-Place Finishes (7)
1000 free - Harrison Arnold (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) - 9:48.02
100 back - Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.) - 51.15
200 fly - Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.) - 1:53.80
200 back - Khalil Ben Ajmia (Tunis, Tunisia / Lycée Pierre De Coubertin) - 1:51.61
500 free - Khalil Ben Ajmia - 4:39.51
100 fly - Josh Mahaney (Saline, Mich.) - 52.46
3 meter diving - Max Wasiniak - 284.77

Next up on the schedule, the Warriors will be Davenport's Don Kimble Invitational on Friday-Sunday, Nov. 17-19.  There, Wayne State will be joined by Aquinas, Bethel, Davenport, Olivet Nazarene and Saginaw Valley State.