DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's swimming and diving team welcomed in Oakland to the Matthaei Natatorium on Saturday for Senior Day 2024.  OU bested WSU by a score of 146-95.

"Today was a celebration of a wonderful senior class as we were able to celebrate and recognize 16 amazing senior student-athletes," said head coach Sean Peters.  "Within this group, we had NCAA All-Americans, GLIAC Champions, Academic All-Americans, GLIAC Commissioner's Award winners, GLIAC All-Academic honorees and members of our SAAC.  These are amazing leaders and I am very proud to see them enjoy their final meet at the Matthaei.

We never really use the tech suits for dual meets, but today, with OU's distance group, we wore them for the 1650 free. We then saw both Alli Vassilakos and Trevor Jones set pool records in those events, and Jordan Fox might possibly qualify for NCAA's with today's performance.  We also had some big swims and amazing performances on diving, which is never easy against OU.  I was very proud of our team, our parents, our fans and our amazing seniors!"
 
FIRST-PLACE FINISHES (4)
1650 free - Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.) - 15:37.70
200 IM - Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.) - 1:52.15
3 meter diving - Max Wasiniak (Huron, Ohio) - 304.35
1 meter diving - Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr. (Dearborn, Mich. / Edsel Ford) - 261.68

Prior to the start on Saturday against the Golden Grizzlies, the WSU men's program honored the following five seniors:
- Hans Anderson (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson)
- Collin Che (Midland, Mich. / Dow)
- Jeffrey Cottingham, Jr.
- James Violassi (West Bloomfield, Mich. / North Farmington)
- Marko Vucelic (Wixom, Mich. / Walled Lake Western)
 
Next up on the schedule, Wayne State will be at Calvin on Saturday, January 27 with the action set to begin at 1 p.m. in Grand Rapids.