Green Bay vs Valparaiso
- October 28, 2023
- Valparaiso, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Green Bay Athletics
VALPARAISO, Ind. – The Green Bay swim and dive team had a phenomenal day at Valparaiso, coming out with victories on the men’s and women’s sides. The GB men defeated Valpo 209-79, while the women secured 181.5 points to the Beacons’ 98.5.
Max Kasal was incredible, placing first in three events: the 400-yard relay, 100-yard fly, and 200-yard freestyle. He bested the second-place finisher by at least three seconds in all of the victories but was most impressive on the freestyle, where he won by nearly five seconds. John Burnard was also solid for the Phoenix, placing first in the 1000-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle. He was ahead of the second-place finisher by nearly seven seconds in the 1000-yard freestyle, while winning the 500-yard free by nearly six seconds. Burnard also took third in the 200-yard fly with a time of 1:58.54.
McKenna Metropulos dominated for the ladies, placing first in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard fly. She narrowly beat out Valpo’s Kailyn Benoit in the 100-yard event, besting her by less than a full second. The story was the same for the Eland, Wisconsin native in the 50-yard event, beating Faith Bargwell by 0.70 seconds. Kaleigh Gale also stood out for GB, notching first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. She won the 200-yard event by several seconds but escaped with the victory in the 100-yard event by 0.63 seconds. Gale was also part of the 400-yard free relay team that tallied a first-place completion for Green Bay.
COMING UP
The Phoenix will be back in action on Friday, November 10 when they host St. Norbert at the Peter F. Dorschel Natatorium.
Courtesy: Valpo Athletics
The Valpo men’s and women’s swimming teams were back in action Saturday afternoon at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center, hosting Green Bay in a dual meet. Three Beacon swimmers earned individual event wins over the course of the meet.
How It Happened
- Valpo’s first individual event win of the day came courtesy of freshman Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton). Benoit touched the wall first in the 200 fly with a time of 2:11.21, moving her up into third place in program history in the event. Later in the day, Benoit earned a second-place finish with a time of 1:01.31 in the 100 fly.
- Sophomore Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) made it a Beacons sweep of the 200 fly with a winning time of 1:55.17, while also spearheading a 1-2 Valpo finish on the men’s side, as sophomore Matthew Mantz (Spokane, Wash./Mead) earned runner-up honors in 1:58.45. Martin also paced Valpo later in the meet in the 100 fly (52.95).
- Junior Sara Strauss (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake) brought home the final individual event win of the day, covering the 200 breast in 2:30.03.
- Freshman Roxanne Adams (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico/Homeschooled) was right behind Strauss with a second-place finish in 2:32.00, her second runner-up of the day. Earlier in the meet, Adams posted a time of 1:08.67 — just .05 outside of the program’s all-time top-10 to come in second in the 100 breast.
- Three other Valpo women paced the team in a pair of events as well. Freshman Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina) led the Beacon contingent with runner-up finishes in the 100 back (1:01.28) and the 200 back (2:12.56). The latter time was just .27 outside of Valpo’s top-10 in the event all-time.
- Freshman Faith Bargwell (Grand Rapids, Mich./Rockford) led the Beacons in the sprints, tying for second in the 50 free (25.38) before earning second place in the 100 free (55.95).
- Freshman Olivia Tressler (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis) was the top Valpo finisher in both the 1000 free (11:24.70) and the 200 IM (2:19.01).
- Back on the men’s side, three swimmers in addition to Martin led the squad in multiple events. Freshman Sean Toolis (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) posted team-best second-place finishes in the 200 free (1:48.77) and the 100 free (49.50), getting edged out by just two one-hundredths of a second for top honors in the latter race.
- Sophomore Ricky Helmboldt (Tucson, Ariz./Arizona Connections Academy) led Valpo with a second-place finish in the 1000 free (10:10.39) and later paced the Beacons with a time of 5:01.42 in the 500 free.
- Sophomore Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) registered a second-place finish with a time of 1:56.05 in the 200 IM and also led Valpo with a time of 1:57.20 in the 200 back.
- Green Bay earned both dual meet wins, by scores of 209-79 on the men’s side and 181.5-98.5 on the women’s side.
Next Up
Valpo heads to its major midseason meet in a little less than two weeks, traveling to Carbondale, Ill. for the A3 Performance Invitational. The three-day meet kicks off Thursday, Nov. 9.