ALLENDALE, MICH. – After a quick turnaround in racing, the women's swim & dive team capped off the weekend winning four events in a dual against Grand Valley State at Allendale, Mich. on Saturday. GVSU would win 151-92, but the Panthers still lead the all-time series against the Lakers, 7-2.
The young Panthers of freshmen
Molly Meland and
McKenzie Sanchez led the way for the Panthers.
Meland went two-for-two on her individual events. The freshman would touch the wall first in the 100 IM with a time of 1:00.84. Shortly after, Meland swam the 100 fly in 57.51 to also win the event.
Sanchez topped her big performance yesterday with another win on the one-meter with a score of 284.18. With this score, Sanchez is now fifth on the Panther top-10 list.
Sophomore freestyle trio of
Giulia Guerra-Montes,
Bella Passamani, and
Cassandra Hutchins each grabbed top finishes in their respective events. Guerra-Montes swam the 1000 free to a second-place finish (10:56.67) while Passamani came in third-place in the 200 free (1:58.96). Hutchins threw down a time of 55.78 in the 100 free, which was good enough for third place.
Freshman
Riley Melendy led the Panthers in the 100 back to come in second with a time of 1:01.05, while freshman teammate
Hannah Pozezinski touched the wall shortly after to take third (1:01.23).
Freshmen
Natalie Sepic swam the 500 free (5:21.08) for a top-three finish, while fellow freshman
Kelen McDaniels swam the 50 free (25.08) with a second-place finish.
Sophomore
Andrea Bellart showed her strength in the breaststroke (1:08.67) to grab a third place finish.
The 200 free relay of Hutchins, McDaniels,
Natalie Hey, and
Meegan Snyman capped off the night with a first-place finish (1:40.22).
"Our first back-to-back meet is in the book and there is plenty for us to learn and work on," head coach
Kyle Clements said, "our attitude was great today, but we were lacking some energy in the swims. Our season is just beginning, but we have months of work to do to be able to perform at a high level in back-to-back days."
UP NEXT
The Panthers will resume action just up the road on Saturday, Oct. 19, for the All-Wisconsin Showcase at Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, Wis. Racing is set to begin at 1 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Grand Valley State – 151
Milwaukee – 92
