Not only did the men and women’s swimming teams defeat another Mid-American Conference team Tuesday against Toledo, but the women’s 200-medley relay broke the pool record with a time of 1:48.55.
Going into Toledo, the women’s team had a three-meet winning streak and the team continued its dominance by winning 13 events to defeat the Rockets 192-108.
The record setting 200-medley relay team, consisting of junior Kathryn Duncombe, freshman Jessica Henning, junior Heather Wellings and freshman Alicia Copestick, broke the old pool record by .67 seconds.
Copestick helped the women’s team in other events as well, swimming on the 400-yard freestyle relay team that won, 3:35.11. She also placed first in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle.
The men’s matchup was a little closer, with MSU edging out Toledo 153-147. Senior Aaron Mahaney took first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:55.34 and third in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Junior Dave Sloan took first in the 100-yard breaststroke and third in both the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley.
The Spartans also took first place in three out of four diving events. Senior Carly Weiden swept both women’s 1-meter and 3-meter dives while freshman Justin Laskowski took first in the 1-meter dive for the men.
The Spartan Invitational which was scheduled for Friday and Saturday has been canceled. The next meet for the Spartans will be the FINA World Cup CM in East Meadow, N.Y. on Nov. 27-28.
