DETROIT - The Oakland men's and women's swimming and diving teams tallied 23 first place finishes to top Wayne State, 170.5-108.5 on the men's side, and 179-96 on the women's side.
The Golden Grizzlies opened the afternoon with a sweep in the 400 medley relay. The women's team of
Susan LaGrand,
Taylor Bailey,
Jordyn Shipps and
Ronja Riihinen finished first in 3:49.09, nearly seven seconds faster than the second place finishers. On the men's side,
Marko Khotynetskyi,
Christian Bart,
Mack Flowers and
Rudy Aguilar topped the competition finishing in 3:20.54.
In the women's 200 free, Oakland finished one through four led by
Mia Keranen (1:56.67),
Emily Aycock (1:57.20),
Sohvi Nenonen (1:58.20) and
Sam Thiessen (1:58.79). Khotynetskyi led the men, finishing first in 1:41.43.
Oakland took the top spots in the 100 IM on both the men's (
Jack Wike, 52.36) and women's (
Susan LaGrand, 58.37) side.
The Golden Grizzlies were a force in the 200 fly as the women placed in the top two led by
Jordyn Shipps (2:03.89) and
Madelyn Cislo (2:08.72), while
Danylo Hrebelnyi (1:52.71),
Rudy Aguilar (1:53.26), and Sebastian Aquirre (1:58.72) led on the men's side.
Keranen and Riihinen led the way in the 100 free with a time of 53.52 and 53.65 respectively. Shipps and Khotynetskyi led the Golden Grizzlies in the 100 backstroke as Shipps placed first for the women (57.53) and Khotynetski led the men (50.98).
In the breaststroke Bailey placed first, touching the wall in 1:03.99 to lead the women. Bart placed first on the men's side (56.22) while
Ryan Geheb placed second (58.18).
In the 500 free
Emily Aycock took the top spot (5:16.23), with teammate
Sohvi Nenonen finishing right behind in a time of 5:17.47.
Bora Kutlu (4:46.76),
Philip DeJonge (4:50.07) and
Ben Davis (4:54.16) finished first through third respectively.
Keranen and Bailey were neck-in-neck in the 50 fly, as Keranen touched the wall in 26.14, edging Bailey who finished in 26.15.
In the 400 IM Oakland finished in the top four spots led by LaGrand (4:28.40),
Julia Cook (4:38.21),
Sonya Zubenko (4:45.78) and
Maya Lewis (4:51.70).
Andrew Bernsdorf (4:09.04) and
Ian Allen (4:14.13) took first and second on the men's side.
The men's 200 free relay ended the afternoon with a close race, edging Wayne State's second place finish by three-tenths of a second, touching the wall in 1:23.40.
In diving,
Ellie Chalifoux swept the one and three meter competition, scoring a 262.80 in the one-meter and 263.55 in the three-meter competition.
Luke Lathrup led the men in the one-meter finishing first with a score of 246.97.
The Golden Grizzlies will welcome the Warriors to the Oakland Aquatic Center tomorrow at noon as Oakland celebrates its 16 seniors. The senior day recognition is set to begin at 11:25 a.m. Sunday's meet will air on ESPN+.