GREEN BAY, Wis. – More victories were made by the Wildcats swim and dive team this weekend, beating the Phoenix of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The Wildcats have bested the Division I program from Green Bay in the past, but this marks this first in the away pool.  

Overall, both the men and women beat were able to extinguish Phoenix. The women bested UWGB 196-104 while the men won 160-138. This added up to a combined score of 356-242.

Highlights
The 400 yard Medley Relay kicked off the Thursday afternoon meet. Camilla Carbone, Zoe DeKievit, Txell Font-Cantarero, and Olivia Haerr started off strong with their first-place finish with a time of 3:55.22, earning the Wildcats 11 points. The men fell short to the Phoenix, coming in second and adding four points to their score sheet. This included Erikas Kapocius, Roberto Camera, Ryan Lund, and Leo Nolles.

The 1000 yard Freestyle seemed to trip up the women, as their top placements were third through fifth. Ondrej Zach, on the other hand, took the lead when he popped out of the water at 9:44.54, and earned himself 9 points. 

Michaela Nelson and Jenna Joerger thrived in the 200 yard Freestyle with their first and second place finishes. Nelson came in at 1:55.42, while Joerger was right behind her with 1:58.92. Together they had a combined total of 13 points to add to the board.

Great performances were made by Carbone and Thibault Auger for their first place standing, and Mia Strazny and Ian Rochelau for their second place finish in the 100 yard Backstroke. The first placers added 9 points each to their scores, while the second-placers added 4 each.

The 100 yard Breaststroke marked events 9 and 10. DeKievit and Camera both came in first, with times of 1:06.39 and 56.98. They earned a total 18 points for the team. DeKievit managed to drop her time by 1.35, where she entered the meet with 1:07.74.

Font-Cantarero earned the spotlight with her lead in the 200 yard Butterfly where she came in at 2:06.92. Similar to her was Hudson Lowery who placed first and had a time of 1:55.08. Close behind Lowery was Javier Pena-Reyes, Liam Boomer, and Patrick Andrew who claimed places third through fifth.

The 'Cats had the 50 yard Freestyle in the bag when Haerr, Nelson, Hannig, and Arbic earned first through fourth. They accumulated a total of 18 points throughout the event. Nolles also placed first with his time of 21.06. William LaCount, Ben Stolberg, Caleb Rice, and Marty Wolmarans managed to take third through sixth. 

The 1-meter and 3-meter dives had the same outlook for both the men and women. Lauren Plockmeyer took a second place finish with Izzy McCabe following behind in third. Madison Germain claimed fourth place, earning herself 3 points each time, and taking fifth was Ashlee Smith. Tobie Stiles found himself in second, with a 29.22 point improvement for his 1-meter dive. 

The Wildcats were victorious in the 100-yard Freestyle with Haerr and Nolles taking first place, making times of 53.43 and 46.04. Hannig, Perello-Ferrer, Burrows, Arbic, and Morris marked third through seventh places for the women.

More first place finishes came from Sill and Auger during the 200-yard Backstroke. Carbone and Strazny followed behind Sill, adding 7 points to Sill's 9. Kapocius came in right behind Auger with his time of 1:56.99.

DeKievit and Camera shined in the 200-yard Breaststroke when they came in first place. DeKievit's time was 2:24.29 while Camera's was 2:07.22. Houwers tailed DeKievit, finding herself in second with 4 more points added to the 9 that the first place finisher had. 

Nelson and Zach were successful in the 500-yard Freestyle where they claimed first place. Each earned 9 points for their team's scores. The 100-yard Butterfly showcased Font-Cantarero placing first for the women. Lund's second place finish was a personal improvement, dropping 1.63 from his original time of 53.90. Lowery and Boomer trailed behind Lund, coming in fourth and fifth with times of 52.86 and 53.22.

Jenna Joerger thrived in the 200-yard Individual Medley, where she placed first, dropped her time by 8.80, and earned the team 9 points. Lopez-Aponte and Kapocius claimed second and third place, adding a combined 7 points to the scoreboard. 

The final event of the evening was dedicated to the 200-yard Freestyle Relay. A first place finish was made by Nelson, Hannig, Haerr, and Perello-Ferrer, earning them 11 points. As for the men, we saw LaCount, Camera, Wolmarans, and Nolles place second.  Their time was 1:25.82, which was a 1.86 second improvement from their entry time. 


Up Next
You can see the Wildcats back in the water when they compete in the PEIF pool against the Michigan Tech Huskies club team at 3:30pm on February 4.