Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Cleveland State University

The Official Home of the Cleveland State University Vikings

Cleveland State Swimming & Diving Set for Home Debut Against Youngstown State

Cleveland State Swimming & Diving Set for Home Debut Against Youngstown State
Posted: Oct 21, 2021

Meet Outlook 
Date: Friday, Oct. 22
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Cleveland, Ohio | Busbey Natatorium
Teams: Cleveland State vs. Youngstown State
Roster: Cleveland State Women | Cleveland State Men
Roster: Youngstown State Women | Youngstown State Men

Setting the Scene
 The Vikings will host their first home meet of the 2021-22 season on Friday at 3 p.m. against Youngstown State.

Get to Know the Penguins
Youngstown State will be competing in their first dual of the year after opening at the Akron Zips Classic on Oct. 15-16. On the men's side, freshmen Dominic Bono (400 IM) and Aleksa Radenovic (100 Butterfly/100 Back) and sophomores Gavin Webb (1650 Free) and Soma Albert (200 Back) picked up swimming event victories while sophomore Cody Thill won both diving events at Akron.

For the women, Tess Weiskopf was third in the 1-meter with a score of 248.78 while Kayla Wrasman finished four with a score of 240.15. Jael Dankle led the way in the swimming events with a fourth-place finish 1650 freestyle.

The Last Time Out
Cleveland competed in a two-day dual at the University of Notre Dame along with Pitt. The women saw six swimmers set personal-best times while the men set four personal bests.

Preseason Poll
 The men were selected to finish second, while the women were picked fifth in the Horizon League Swimming and Diving Preseason Poll, as voted upon by league head coaches. The men received 42 points with a first-place vote, and the women garnered 26 points. Oakland was picked atop both polls.

Horizon League Champion Returners

  • Matt Akers won the 1m dive with a final score of 321.20.
  • Bob Fick won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:46.39.
  • Timothy Kubacki won the 400-yard IM with a time of 3:49.80.


Olympic Trials
 Cleveland State had a pair of athletes swim in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska this summer. Griffin Manning swam the 100 LC meter breaststroke, while Jackson Nester took part in the 200 LC meter backstroke.

Head Coach Hannah Burandt
 Coach Burandt enters her third season as the head men's and women's swimming & diving coach. She has guided the men to three straight runner-up finishes and three top-five finishes on the women's side. Burandt has coached 14 All-Conference swimmers.