GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay swim and dive teams competed against Horizon League foe Milwaukee yesterday afternoon at the Peter F. Dorschel Natatorium. GB also celebrated senior day, with 10 student-athletes nearing graduation.
MEN
Green Bay took two of the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay, including first place, led by Calvin Kremer, Alex Smolecki, Nathan Halbach, and Max Kasal. GB defeated Milwaukee by less than two seconds. Kremer was atop the leaderboard again later on in the 100-yard backstroke, placing first with a time of 52.28. He bested the Panthers' Victor Kostov by .05 seconds. John Burnard was solid in the 1,000-yard freestyle, taking third with a time of 10:03.93. He was within four seconds of second place and 10 seconds of the top spot. Alex Smolecki notched a first-place completion of the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 57.39, with teammate Eli Zimmerman behind him to place second. Smolecki's brother, Sebby, took second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.01, less than one second behind MKE's Charlie House.
WOMEN
Grace Morgan began the afternoon with a third-place completion of the 1,000-yard freestyle, placing within five seconds of second place and eight seconds of first place. In the 200-yard freestyle, Alexa Kelly, one of the seniors, boasted GB's best time of 2:00.06, good for third place. Esther Oswald had a good day, taking third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.75 before finishing third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:11.14. Ella Anderson was among the highlights of the day, completing the 200-yard breaststroke in second place with a time of 2:28.79.
DIVING
In the men's one-meter dive, Andy Groebner took second with a score of 246.83, just a few points ahead of the third-place finisher. Annie Frederickson also placed second in the women's one-meter dive with a score of 240.53.
ON THE HORIZON
Green Bay has a dive-only meet this Saturday, February 3 at UIC. The start time is to be determined. After that, the Horizon League Championships take place February 14-17 in Indianapolis.
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