CHICAGO, Ill. – Jared Kleczka of the Milwaukee men's swimming and diving team had a big day from the boards in a dual against the University of Chicago on Saturday, Jan. 18, in Chicago, Ill. But the Panthers fell to the Maroon, 200-100.
 
The freshman standout diver dove to a first-place finish on the three-meter with a personal record score of 338.03, which is now the third-best score in program history. Kleczka also finished third on the one-meter with another personal record score of 313.20. This score also cracked the Panther All-Time Top-10 list at No. 5.
 
From the pool, Jack Garcia led the field in the 1000 free in a personal record time of 9:52.34 to finish in first-place. Teammate Dane Van Allen finished shortly behind for second place also in a personal record time of 9:53.23 while Andrew Grever made the clean sweep as he finished in third in 10:05.07.
 
The 200 medley relay team of Ben Huynh, Jacob Fase, Patrick Kelley and Bailey Bodart swam to a time of 1:35.39 to finish third overall.
 
Patrick Kelley swam to two second-place finishes in both the 200 and 100 fly. Kelley grabbed a time of 1:53.94 in the 200 and a personal record time of 50.69 in the 100. He also finished fourth in the 100 IM in 52.88.
 
The distance squad also showed up strong as they claimed third through seventh place in the 500 free. Van Allen (4:46.14) swam to third place, Grever (4:46.15) finished fourth, Garcia (4:48.99) claimed fifth, Colin Duffy (4:51.32) took sixth, and Danny Larson (4:57.97) finished seventh.
 
In a tight 200 free race, Mason Schoof (1:43.36), Danny Larson (1:43.70), and Jonathan Kollen (1:44.70) finished one after the other to take third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
 
Ben Huyhn grabbed a top-three finish in the 100 back with a time of 52.96 while teammate Tyler Wrasman touched the wall next in 53.03 for fourth.
 
Brandon Niemiec led the Panthers in the 100 breast to a second-place finish in 58.46
 
In the sprints, Ryan Hakes (21.75), Jasper Appleton (21.77), and Bailey Bodart (21.78) placed third, fourth and fifth respectively in a tight-packed race.
 
Hakes also led the Panthers in the 100 free in 47.59 to a fourth-place finish.
 
Jacob Fase just missed the top spot in the 200 breast, touching the wall less than half a second behind first place (2:09.88).

Closing out the night of racing, the 400 free relay team of Larson, Hakes, Appleton, and Bodart finished second with a time of 3:08.42.
 
ON DECK
The Panthers return home for senior day at final home meet of the season against league foe Green Bay on Saturday, Jan. 25.