Feb. 7, 2009

Results

GREEN BAY, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming & diving team took the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay down to the final event of the meet Saturday, only to fall, 126-117, in the regular season finale for the team. Junior Jeremy Waldhart and sophomore Dan Heraly each won twice, but the Phoenix prevailed in the final event of the day, the 400 freestyle relay, to escape with the dual win and snap the Panthers win streak at six. Milwaukee finishes 10-5 in dual meets on the year, its most victories since the 1995-96 campaign.

The 400 medley relay team and freshman Nolan Sinkler also posted wins on the day.

"It came down to the last event of the day and we got touched-out," UWM head coach Erica Janssen said. "It was a tough meet to lose. The guys swam like a team today and we had solid swims across the board. Now we have two and a half weeks left to do something big at the end of the season."

The 400 free relay team of freshman Kyle Trelka, senior Andrew Belton, junior Ed Lichinksy and sophomore Jake Kalinowski touched the wall in a season-best 3:07.27, only to see UWGB edge them out at 3:07.00.

Waldhart won the 200 backstroke in a pool-record time of 1:52.14. He also claimed the victory in the 200 IM with a time of 1:55.34.

Heraly won the 500 freestyle in 4:41.94 and also topped the field in the 1000 free in a time of 9:47.64.

The 400 medley team of Waldhart, freshman Sam Keele, freshman Jordan Diel and Kalinowski got things started nicely for UWM, winning the race in a pool-record time of 3:27.68.

Sinkler won the 200 free in a time of 1:44.54. Trelka had a solid afternoon, coming in second place in both the 50 free and the 100 free with very close finishes. His time of 21.72 in the 50 trailed the winner's time of 21.21 and he also went 47.05 in the 100.

Freshman Brady Huemann was touched out of a win in the 200 breaststroke, falling by 18-hundredths (2:10.41 to 2:10.23). Freshman Evan Green was in the same situation, taking second in the 200 butterfly when his time of 1:56.73 was touched-out by the winning time of 1:56.09.

Milwaukee is off for the rest of the month before hosting the Horizon League Swimming & Diving Championships, starting Feb. 25 at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center at the Rite-Hite Family YMCA in Brown Deer, Wis.