Jan. 27, 2007

Results

MILWAUKEE - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming & diving team won 10 out of 13 events on Saturday in cruising to a 142-84 victory over Western Illinois. The team has now won five-straight duals on the year for the first time since 1999-2000.

"It was a good day, but I felt we swam pretty average," UWM head coach Dave Griffore said. "I think any time you win you have to be happy, no matter how you do it. We're still building things here and there are still things we need to fix. But, I am excited to get healthy and get everyone back and finish with one more meet on the road at Green Bay."

Junior Chase Gravengood and sophomore Robby Leibold paced the day with two wins each, as UWM got victories from six different people and two relay teams to extend its head-to-head win streak over Western Illinois to five-straight.

Gravengood won the 400 IM in a time of 4:05.76, breaking the Klotsche Natatorium record of 4:07.45 in the process. He also won the 100 butterfly by nearly three seconds, touching the wall in 51.88.

Leibold pulled off the distance event sweep, taking top honors in the 500 and 1000 freestyles. He opened the meet with a dominating effort, topping the field by over 20 seconds with a time of 9:40.92. He finished in 4:43.43 in the 500 to earn the win.

Both Milwaukee relays were victorious, with the team of juniors Ross Bittner, Jeremy Seibel, Gravengood and freshman Lucas Tanel winning the 200 medley relay in 1:39.05. In the 200 freestyle relay, it was juniors Tyler Jefferson and David Yugo and freshmen Tanel and Eric Burns who won in a time of 1:28.14.

Other individual winners for the Panthers included sophomore David Adams, Burns, Yugo and Seibel.

Adams won the 200 free in 1:47.10, edging out Jefferson (1:47.13) for the win. Burns recorded the first win of his UWM career, claiming the 50 free in 22.48. Yugo won the 100 free in 48.57, while Seibel took the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.18.

"We got some good swims from Chase today and Robby had another good meet," Griffore said. "Jeremy Waldhart's 1000 was very impressive [he set a personal-best] and Dave Yugo had a very solid swim in the 100 for this time of the year."

Milwaukee wraps up the dual season next weekend, taking on UW-Green Bay Saturday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m.