MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Green Bay swimming and diving teams returned from their holiday break to face Northern Michigan earlier Saturday afternoon. NMU's teams outscored the Phoenix on both the men's and women's sides, but GB had plenty of positive performances.

MEN

John Burnard placed first in the 1,000-yard freestyle, giving Green Bay nine points after winning the race by a half-second. Sebby Smolecki tallied a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.40. His brother Alex, a freshman, took third in the 50-yard breaststroke, finishing with a time of 27.02. Another freshman, Eli Zimmerman, had an efficient outing in the 50-yard backstroke, posting a final time of 24.60. Zimmerman also placed second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.66. It was the day of the freshmen, with Max Kasal taking second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.02.

WOMEN

Alexa Kelly started the Phoenix off right with a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:54.58. Esther Oswald took second in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 28.22. Later in the meet, she tallied a first-place completion of the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.79, winning by nearly two seconds. Grace Focault wasn't far behind with a fifth-place finish, notching a time of 29.85.  

DIVING RESULTS

Annie Frederickson was phenomenal for the Phoenix, taking first on the three-meter board with one of her top scores of the year (260.39 points), 16 points ahead of the second-place finisher from NMU. She followed that up with a second-place finish on the one-meter, totaling a score of 247.79. Junior Andy Groebner earned a second on the one-meter for the men with 258.45 points.

COMING UP
Green Bay's next meet is next Friday at Wisconsin. The Phoenix have two more meets, including next Friday's, before a diving invite at UIC on February 3 ends the regular season. The Horizon League Championships in Indianapolis is just over three weeks away.

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