MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Cleveland State University men's and women's swimming & diving teams contested their first duals of the 2019-20 season Friday evening against fellow Horizon League foe Milwaukee.

The CSU men came away with a 171-129 victory while the Viking women dropped a 165.5-132.5 decision. The win by the Viking men marks the first collegiate dual win for first-year head coach Hannah Burandt.

"We have a tradition of 'shout-outs' at the end of the week and after a meet, and today every single person had something to 'shout-out' about," Burandt said. "Coming off a long bus ride and racing in an eight-lane pool with no space to warm down, we raced and dove with hearts and guts. There is a lot to be proud about and a lot to be hopeful for tomorrow."

Sophomore Jack Krusinski went a perfect 4-for-4 Friday as he won all three individual events entered and also swam on a winning relay.

Krusinski began his day by swimming the second leg of the opening event—the 200 medley relay. Junior Dominik Niedzialek led off while seniors Dominic Poletta and Jack MacDonald swam the back half as the quartet won in 1:33.97.

Krusinski then proceeded to win both breaststroke events, edging out senior Tyler Stevenson in both races. The sophomore won the 100 in 57.33 seconds while the senior was second in 58.17. In the 200 breast, Krusinski took first in 2:07.02 while Stevenson was second in 2:10.16.

Krusinski finished his day by winning the 200 IM in 1:54.91. In this race, it was junior Timothy Kubacki who took home second-place with his effort of 1:56.30.

Kubacki had also been vying for his third first-place finish of the night in the 200 IM. He had swept the backstroke events, winning the 100 in 52.08 seconds and finishing first in the 200 in 1:51.73, nearly three full seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Niedzialek swept the distance freestyle events Friday. He won the 1000 free in 9:37.30, finishing more than 21 seconds ahead of the field. Niedzialek then touched the wall first in the 500 free in 4:39.78, more than 11 seconds ahead of the field.

Junior Matt Akers, MacDonald, senior Matthew Martin and Poletta also won individual events Friday.

MacDonald won the 50 free (21.54), as classmate DJ Arlsanian was second (21.61), while Poletta won the 100 free (47.11). Martin won the 100 fly in 50.94 seconds and took second in the 200 fly in 1:56.12.

Akers won the 1-meter diving with 298.95 points, finishing just shy of posting an NCAA qualifying score. Junior Trevor Mahoney was CSU's top finisher in 3-meter diving, placing second with 282.30 points.

On the women's side, junior Lexie Kostelnik led the way by sweeping the distance freestyle events.

Kostelnik won the 1000 free in 10:32.85, finishing fewer than two seconds ahead of freshman Rachel Contich (10:34.63). She then won the 500 free in 5:14.06.

Four other Viking women won individual events against the Panthers.

Junior Irena Weclawiak won the 100 freestyle in 54.18 seconds after she was CSU's top finisher in the 50 free (25.42).

In the 200 free, Weclawiak took runner-up honors (1:56.79), finishing second to teammate Gabriella Marinelli (1:56.72).

A pair of Vikings teamed up to sweep the breaststroke events.

Junior Alana Cartwright won the 100 breast in 1:06.65 while classmate Libby Smith won the 200 in 2:27.55.

Senior Madi Jaszcz was CSU's top finisher in a pair of events. She was the runner-up in a field of 13 in the 100 backstroke, finishing in 59.92 seconds. Jaszcz was third in the 100 fly in 59.35 seconds.

Junior Sule van der Merwe was the runner-up in the 200 backstroke (2:06.03) while sophomore Agnes Bahr took second in the 200 IM (2:12.31).

Freshman Emma Kerro notched a pair of runner-up showings in her first collegiate competition. She scored 241.80 points in the 1-meter and 244.95 points in the 3-meter.

Senior Chuchu Yang, Smith, junior Shaw Barney and Marinelli took second in the 200 medley relay in 1:49.23. In the 200 free relay, Marinelli led off and was followed by Weclawiak, Barney and Jaszcz as the group finished in 1:39.80.

Cleveland State will be right back in action Saturday afternoon as it closes the weekend with another league dual at Green Bay.