GREEN BAY, Wis. – In the final Horizon League dual of the regular season, the Milwaukee women's swim and dive team defeated Green Bay 227-69 Saturday afternoon inside the Peter F. Dorschel Natatorium.
The Panthers tallied 12 individual victories and had several others place second in the win.
Bella Passamani and
Allie Buytendorp each recorded a pair of individual victories to lead Milwaukee. Passamani finished first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:56.19 and touched the wall in the 500 free at 5:16.73. Buytendorp placed first in the 200 butterfly (2:12.09) and 200 backstroke (2:10.78).
Nhia Caras continues to pile up the wins, picking up a win in the 100 fly with a time of 58.74.
Makaila Scheiblein also added to her season wins total, finishing first in the 200 breast at 2:25.09.
Others to finish first at the meet were
Antoni Haupt (10:54.95) in the 1000 free,
Skylar Ruggles (58.50) in the 100 back,
Cassandra Hutchins (24.62) in the 50 free, and
Kelen McDaniels (53.71) in the 100 free.
"We are very proud of our Panthers," head coach
Kyle Clements said. "We have not had to travel and race in the same day since October, and we were impressed with the effort. We have started the transition into our championship segement of the training and are already starting to see the results of hard work. We have a way to go to get to our fastest and final form, but we are on the right track."
Milwaukee placed first in both diving events with
McKenzie Sanchez finishing first in the three-meter dive with a score of 280.28 and
Julie Rebek in the one-meter dive with a score of 277.20.
Nine Panthers finished runner-up on Saturday, including
Sydney Dahl (10:58.66) in the 1000 free. McDaniels placed second in the 200 free and Scheiblein posted a time of 24.84 in the 50 free to finish behind Hutchins.
Milwaukee tallied a pair of relays wins as well in the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay. In the 200 medley, the team of
Molly Meland, Scheiblein,
Meghan Jagdfeld, and Hutchins touched thew all at 1:48.01 while the 800 free relay team of Jagdfeld, Passamani, Buytendorp, and Hutchins placed first at 7:51.98.
The Panthers return to the pool in two weeks when they host St. Thomas on Friday, February 4. The dual begins at 5 p.m. in the Klotsche Natatorium.