Meet Results - Statesmen / Lady Statesmen
CLEVELAND, Miss. - The Delta State swimming and diving teams continued their recent hot streak in dual meet action by picking up the home victories versus visiting Ouachita Baptist; the Lady Statesmen won 169 - 41, while the Statesmen claimed the 156 - 70 win.
The meet marked the second meeting between the two schools this season. Delta State picked up wins in 25 of 26 events from home as both the Statesmen and Lady Statesmen picked up their fourth consecutive dual meet victory. This meet was the first time that DSU had competed at home since the Christmas Invitational and also a long training trip to Florida over the holiday break.
Chloe Bennett picked up wins for Delta State in the 50-Freestyle (24.82) and 100-Freestyle (53.41) while also swimming the final leg (1:48.87) of the winning 200-Medley Relay team.
Anastasia Klyarovskaya also won a pair of individual events in the 200-Freestyle (1:54.26) and the 100-Butterfly (58.04). Klyarovskaya also swam the opening leg on the 200-Medley Relay team.
Melanie Tombers took home a trio of wins; she was victorious in the 500-Freestyle (5:10.98), 1,000-Freestyle (10:39.28), and the 400-Individual Medley (4:32.91).
The Lady Statesmen picked up additional wins from
Kierstin Page (100-Backstroke -Â 59.07),
Kirsten Stroven (100-Breaststroke - 1:07.45),
Cherlyn Wilhelm (1 Meter Diving - 144.40 points).
The Statesmen won in convincing fashion, centered around the school record performance of
Matthew Swaine. For the
second time this season, Swaine has bested the mark in the 1 Meter Diving (323.05) competition. Swaine would also find victory in the 3 Meter (252.15).
Fabrice Wendel scored individual victories in the 100-Freestyle (46.70) and 200-Freestyle (1:44.42).Â
Bear Iles won the 50-Freestyle (21.39) and teamed with Wendel along with
Vlad Zinca and
Yvan Nys to win the 200-Freestyle Relay (1:25.03).
Bryce Anderson completed the Statesmen sweep in the freestyle events with wins in the distance races; Anderson won the 500-Freestyle (4:48.92) and 1,000-Freestyle (9:52.93).
Ben Vaughan (4:14.65) scored a win in the 400-Individual Medley, while Nys (100-Backstroke - 51.86) and Zinca (100-Butterfly - 51.77) also had individual wins to go along with the relay effort.
Delta State will return to action from the DSU Aquatics Center on January 17 when Henderson State and West Florida visit for Senior Day. Meet action is scheduled to begin at 4 PM.
