ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Green Bay swimming and diving program opened up its 2024-25 campaign in north-central Minnesota on Friday evening, taking on the St. Thomas Tommies. GB was defeated 130-170 on the men's side and 127-173 on the women's side, but saw numerous dominant performances, most notably from it's freshman class.

"I thought the team as a whole swam really well today," said Head Coach Alex Lewis. "A lot of great performances from not only our returning swimmers but our newcomers as well. The first meet always answers a lot of questions about where we are training-wise, and just coming out of our first big training phase, I thought we finished our races well."

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MEN'S RECAP
John Burnard began his senior season with a second-place completion of the 1,000-yard freestyle. Sebby Smolecki was first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.66. Freshman Jerett Maalis completed the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.75, good for second place. Kaleb Lombard and Burnard combined for second and third place in the 200-yard butterfly, while Green Bay saw freshman Quinlan Schroeder and junior Alex Smolecki take the top two spots in the 100-yard breaststroke. Schroeder won the 200-yard breaststroke as well, notching two victories in his first collegiate meet.

In the men's diving competitions, Andy Groebner claimed first overall in the 1 meter and third place in the 3 meter.

WOMEN'S RECAP
Savannah Orzech, another freshman, took the top spot in the 1,000 yard freestyle. with a time of 11:02.32. Hannah Mellock and Rialey Anderson placed third and fourth, respectively, in the same category. Freshman Cora Singleton claimed second in the 100 yard backstroke, just a few seconds within first place. Faith Eilertson and Ella Anderson both finished within a second of Singleton to grab third and fourth place, respectively. Elise Pasholk (200-yard freestyle) and Paige DeKiep (200-yard butterfly) also won their first collegiate races. "Both are incredible workers in practice and it's showing up at the first meet already!," commented Alex Lewis.  

For women's diving, Annie Frederickson took second on the 3 meter and fourth on the 1 meter, while freshman Rachel Everson finished second in the 1 meter and fourth on the 3 meter. "Each diver competed well and showed great promise for the upcoming season. Great job to all Phoenix divers!," said diving coach Maureen Lewis.

COMING UP
The Green and White will welcome alumni to Peter F. Dorschel Natatorium tomorrow, October 5, for the 2nd Annual Roger Harriman Alumni Meet, named after one of the most iconic figures in Green Bay Phoenix history. Harriman led the Phoenix swim & dive program to an NAIA National Championship in 1984 and was tabbed NAIA Coach of the Year that same season. Following the alumni meet, Green Bay will look ahead to its next competition against the Wisconsin Badgers on Friday, October 11, in Madison.

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