2023 Davenport Duals
- October 13-14, 2023
- Kentwood, Mich.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Day 1 Results
- Day 2 Results
Courtesy: Davenport Athletics
KENTWOOD, Mich. – The Panther swimming and diving teams hosted their first competition of the season as they welcomed Eastern Illinois and St. Ambrose to the Kentwood Aquatic Center.
The big highlights were a couple of outstanding performances by Ella Wagner and Marcel Setlak. Wagner made the NCAA B Cut in the 400 IM with a time of 4:27.93 and won the event by nearly 10 seconds. The freshman Setlak set the school record in the 200 back with a time of 1:50.58 and won the event.
Kevin Mills won the 100 yard free with a time of 46.86. Alicja Pinkowicz was also a winner in the 200 yard back with a time of 2:03.90. Angie Lorena Gomez Garcia was victorious in the 500 yard free in a time of 5:12.70. Wagner was a two-time winner in the meet in the 200 yard breast with a time of 2:23.12.
Owen Stender picked up a win in the 200 yard breast touching the wall at 2:06.14. The women’s 400 yard medley relay won the event at 3:54.11. The team consisted of Pinkowicz, Mallory Brownrigg, Wagner, and Rebecca Wallis. Julia Mizik bested the field in the 200 yard free at a time of 1:56.98. Setlak won his second event in the 200 yard free at a time of 1:43.44.
Pinkowicz collected another win in the 50 yard free with a time of 24.93. Aubrey Underwood joined the winner’s circle in the 200 yard IM with a time of 2:08.90. David Szczygiel got the best of his competitors in the 200 yard IM in a time of 1:54.86. Wagner continued her dominant meet in the 200 yard fly with a first-place finish in 2:09.01.
Courtesy: EIU Athletics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Eastern Illinois women’s swimming team took part in the Davenport Invite in Grand Rapids this weekend. The two-day event was a tri-meet that saw EIU compete against the hosting Davenport Panthers and the St. Ambrose Bees. The Panthers earned a few first-place finishes and won their day two dual with Saint Ambrose 109.50-92.50.
On the first day of competition, junior Autumn Grinter won the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.07.
Fellow junior Olivia Viele took second place in the 100 butterfly (59.02) and third-place in the 100 backstroke (59.19).
Senior Emma Keith earned a runner up finish with a time of 59.19 in the 100 free, while junior Izzy Glasgow finished third in the 50 free with a time of 25.04.
The EIU 200 medley relay team of Viele, Corinne Staneart, Kaylan Ottosen, and Grinter came second in the 200 medley relay (1:48.68).
On day two, Autumn Grinter picked up another first-place finish with a 53.20 time in the 100 freestyle.
Corinne Staneart recorded second-place finishes in the 200 individual medley (2:12.01) and 200 breaststroke (2:24.14).
Kaylan Ottosen clocked a time of 24.94 in the 50 freestyle, which earned her a second-place finish.
Freshman Erika Baber earned a top-three finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 53.20, while Kennedy Darensbourg finished third in the 500 freestyle (5:34.76).
The team of Grinter, Ottosen, Glasgow, and Viele picked up the Panthers’ third event win of the weekend with a 1:38.61 time in the 200 free relay.
The Panthers will head to Louisville next week to take part in the Bellarmine Tri. The action is set to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 21st. EIU will host their first home meet of the season on October 28th when they dual with Quincy.
Courtesy: St. Ambrose Athletics
St. Ambrose traveled to Kentwood, Mich., to compete in the Davenport Duals Friday and Saturday. The Bees earned several top-three finishes.
The SAU men won three individual events Friday while competing against Davenport. Benny Zarhin touched the wall in 47.44 seconds to win the 100-yard freestyle. Panagiotis Pappous came in third in 47.72 seconds. Egoitz Munoz Moreno won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 52.65 seconds. The other Bee champion was Marat Usov, who won the 400-yard individual medley in 4:06.75.
Usov also took second in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:43.60, right ahead of Jonas Friess (4:46.79), who placed third. SAU also took second and third in the 100-yard butterfly. Mikhi Hassim was the runner-up in 50.79 seconds and Juan Gomez took third in 52.44 seconds.
Cory Werrett won silver in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.21 seconds. Friess was third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.41 and Jonathan Rollwa placed third in the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:20.05.
Munoz Moreno, Sebastian Pereira, Hassim and Werrett were third in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:35.44. Hassim, Zarhin, Brett Jones and Werrett (3:07.68) were second in the 400-yard freestyle relay, and Pappous, Friess, Rollwa and Nikolai Valencia (3:12.16) took third.
Bryn Kiley earned a pair of top-three finishes for the Bee women Friday as the Bees battled both Davenport and Eastern Illinois. She was second in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:18.41 and third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.47.
Grace Bobeldyk was runner-up in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing in 10:54.58. Irene Artabe also grabbed second place in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.19.
Anna Gute placed third in the 100-yard freestyle in 55.14 seconds. Bridget O’Grady took third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.74. Leyre Antonanzas was third in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:38.76.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Artabe, O’Grady, Antonanzas and Gute placed third in 1:50.38.
Kiley came back Saturday and won the 1650-yard freestyle in 18:15.79. Antonanzas took second in both the 500-yard freestyle (5:19.44) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:12.35).
SAU got third-place efforts from Gute in the 50-yard freestyle (25.05), O’Grady in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.11) and Artabe in the 200-yard individual medley (2:14.71).
Gute, Bobeldyk, Kiley and Artabe teamed for third place in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:42.93. Artabe, O’Grady, Antonanzas and Gute took third in the 400-yard medley relay in 4:00.02.
The men won three more events Saturday. Gomez claimed the 500-yard freestyle in 4:46.40. Friess won the 1650-yard freestyle in 16:48.19. Werrett won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.25 seconds as Zarhin placed third in 21.90 seconds.
Zarhin was runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.32 seconds. Friess was third in 48.04. Usov was second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:09.15 and third in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:55.23. Gomez took third in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.71.
St. Ambrose also won both men’s relays Saturday. Hassim, Jones, Carter Gaber and Werrett took the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:25.45. Pappous, Zarhin, Friess and Skylar Drolema were third in 1:26.03. Munoz Moreno, Pereira, Hassim and Werrett won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:32.07. Carter Prull, Thomas Noller, Javier Santiago and Pappous (3:36.38) were second, and Gaber, Tayden Blair, Gomez and Jones (3:38.75) finished third.
SAU will return home to host Quincy Friday.