ROCHESTER, MICH. – The Milwaukee men's swim & dive team opened the 2019-20 season with a strong showing on the road in a dual meet against league foe Oakland. The Panthers won four events on Friday evening in Rochester, Mich.
 
"For our first dual and travel meet, things went extremely well," head coach Kyle Clements said, "on the men's side, the senior men were excited and had great performances."
 
The Panther 200 medley relay of freshman Ben Huynh, seniors Jacob Fase and Patrick Kelley, and sophomore John Ruan started the night off right as the relay raced to a second-place finish with a time of 1:34.67. The relay of juniors Tyler Wrasman and Daniel Jablonski, freshman Jacob Weber and senior Bailey Bodart, clocked in just behind (1:37.00) to take fourth.
 
Patrick Kelley dominated the night. The senior took home gold in the 200 fly with a time of 1:52.37 and grabbed a silver in the 100 fly (50.95). The senior also touched the wall in third-place in the 200 IM with a time of 1:56.64.
 
Fellow senior, Jacob Fase, also had a big night for the Panthers. Fase not only won the 200 breast event with a time of 2:08.38, but won after already taking second in the 100 breast (58.47) earlier in the meet.
 
Bailey Bodart, another member of the senior squad, took home silver in the 100 free, touching the wall in 47.20.
 
Sophomores Mason Schoof and Jack Garcia each grabbed top finishes in their respective events as well. Schoof took home bronze in the 200 back (1:54.91) while Garcia also finished third in the 1000 free (9:56. 25).
 
Ben Huynh showed strength in the backstroke after taking third in both the 100 back (53.12) and 200 back (1:57.49).
 
The diving duo of freshman Jared Kleczka and junior Spencer Peronto shined from the boards after going 1-2 on the one-meter. Kleczka won with 268.20 while Peronto grabbed second with 251.85. 
 
Kleczka also finished second on the three-meter with 260.40.
 
The night was capped off with a second-place 400 medley relay finish. The team of Bodart, Ruan, junior Danny Larson, and Fase clocked in at 3:07.43 to out-touch Oakland by four tenths of a second.

"Overall, we are very happy with the first performance of the year," Clements continued, "there is a starting point for everything and that is a great way to start."
 
UP NEXT
The Panthers are back in action tomorrow at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich. Racing is set to start at 12 p.m.
 
 
TEAM SCORES
Oakland – 209
Milwaukee - 91