BROWN DEER, Wis. —
Max Kasal won two events and the Green Bay men took six of 14 events Saturday at the Wisconsin Showcase, hosted by Milwaukee at the WalterSchroeder Aquatic Center.
Quinlan Schroeder swept the breaststroke events and
Joe Pickering won the 200 butterfly for the second straight meet. On the women's side,
Klara Dvorackova won the 50 freestyle by more than seven tenths of a second. The meet featured Green Bay, Milwaukee, Marquette, Carthage, St. Norbert and MSOE. "We've worked really hard and raced through some challenging training the past few weeks, so to come out with positive swims from every one of our athletes today is a great sign," head coach
Alex Lewis said.
Results
Men
Kasal won the 50 freestyle in 20.31, edging Milwaukee's Charlie House by 12 hundredths, with Octavio Gouveia third (21.13) and
Owen Beaudette seventh (21.63). Kasal added the100 butterfly in 49.38, then led off the winning 200 freestyle relay. He, Beaudette, Gouveiaand Emir Özdemir all split under 21.4 to finish in 1:23.69. Schroeder won the 100 breaststroke in 55.72, nearly two seconds ahead of the field, with
Eli Zimmerman fourth (58.43). Schroeder came back to take the 200 breaststroke in 2:06.84, and Beaudette placed third (2:10.02). Pickering won the 200 butterfly in a lifetime-best 1:51.03, almost two seconds clear of second. The time ranks 10th in Green Bay history.
Ethan Williams (1:59.70) and Ty Zarbock (2:01.58) finished third and fourth, and
Owen Kearns was seventh. Green Bay's depth showed in the 200 freestyle, where the Phoenix took second through eighth. Vasco Asparria led the group in 1:42.51, followed by Özdemir (1:42.96), Gouveia (1:43.01),
Chris Aristondo (1:43.12), Kyle Rychlik (1:43.73),
Stefan Tica (1:44.05) and Pickering (1:44.43). Kasal Wins Three as Phoenix Men Take Six Events at Wisconsin Showcase Page. The 200 medley relay of
Jerett Maalis, Schroeder, Kasal, and Beaudette opened the meet in 1:30.38, 22 hundredths behind Milwaukee. Maalis was also second in the 200 backstroke(1:53.69), Aristondo placed second in the 400 IM (4:03.74).
Yasen Bonev was second in the 500 freestyle (4:43.59). Bonev posted lifetime bests in both his individual events, the 500 freestyle and the 200IM, where he placed sixth in 1:59.70. Özdemir swam a lifetime best of 46.58 to place fifth in the 100 freestyle, and
Adlai Ferguson also went a lifetime best in the event (50.53).
Women
Dvorackova won the 50 freestyle in 23.85, ahead of Milwaukee's Elena Zippel (24.57). She also led off the 200 freestyle relay in 24.18, and
Sara Lindner,
Hannah Tubbs and
Rachel Houlgate brought it home in 1:37.71. The relay finished second, 16 hundredths behind winner Marquette. Amelia Pagel,
Ella Schultz,
Marisol Swenson and Dvorackova placed third in the 200medley relay in 1:48.22. Tubbs was second in the 100 freestyle in 54.19, and Pagel tied for third in the 100 backstroke (59.83). Pagel added a sixth-place finish in the 200 backstroke (2:11.37).
Zoe Chalfant placed fourth in the 400 IM (4:45.01), with
Madeline Bichon eighth (4:50.39).
Danica Swenson finished fifth in both breaststroke events, going 1:09.12 in the 100 and 2:29.07 in the 200, and Schultz was sixth in the 200 (2:29.31). Gemma Miralles placed eighth in the 500 freestyle (5:22.19), and
Hannah Mellock placed 11th(5:31.81).
Diving
Ashton Mazza placed second on the 3-meter with 237.08 points and fifth on the 1-meter (212.40).
Rachel Everson was the runner-up on the women's 3-meter board (227.03) and fifth on 1-meter (203.10).
Annie Frederickson finished fourth on 3-meter (205.50) and seventh on 1-meter (196.80).
Emma Donnelly placed fourth on 1-meter (206.48) and ninth on 3-meter(171.53), and Madison VanderJeugdt scored 182.18 on both boards, placing eighth on 3-meter and ninth on 1-meter.