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CSU Prepares for Oakland and Xavier

CSU Prepares for Oakland and Xavier
Posted: Jan 22, 2014

DUAL MEET #12

at Oakland

January 25, 2014

1:00 p.m.

DUAL MEET # 13

vs. Xavier @ Rochester Hills, Michigan

January 25, 2014

1:00 p.m.

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SETTING THE SCENE:  The Cleveland State men's and women's swimming and diving teams will be in action away from home on Saturday (Jan. 25) against new addition Horizon League Conference opponent Oakland University and against Big East opponent Xavier.  Oakland is one of the top mid-major programs in the nation joining the HL at the start of the 2013-14 academic year. Swimming events will begin at 1:00 p.m.

REVIEWING LAST TIME OUT:  The men and women had impressive swimming performances against Gannon Friday (Jan. 17) and against Horizon League foe Wright State Saturday (Jan. 18).  The CSU women defeated Gannon 162-55 and Wright State 193-102.  Freshman sensation Rowan Elbadry had an outstanding weekend for the Vikings, along with Jodi Turk, Alex Johansson, Sammie Sposet, Hayley Smith, and Meghan Miller also finishing atop in their events.

On the men's side, the Vikings defeated Gannon 158.5-59.5 and Wright State 181-107.  Alex Lewis continued his dominance in the pool. Through the two days he had seven first place finishes in his swimming events.  Al Shillito posted four first place wins against Wright State.  Other top place winners that had excellant times and scores were Adam Ingledew, Patrick Walsh, Danny Roberts, Nathan Grant, and Justin Kermack.

FINISHING AT THE TOP:

  • The men and women had 46 combined first place wins over the weekend.

ELBADRY AND SHILLITO DOMINATE VS. WRIGHT STATE:

  • Both Rowan Elbadry and Al Shillito posted four first place victories in their swimming events against WSU.  Elbadry won the 200 free (1:54.53), 50 free (24.16), 100 free (52.76), and was part of the 400 free relay (3:33.30).

ELBADRY EARNS HL SWIMMER OF THE WEEK:

  • Freshman Rowan Elbadry earned Horizon League swimer of the week on Tuesday (Jan. 21) for her outstanding swimming performance last weekend.
  • Elbadry led the Vikings to two straight dual meet wins over Gannon and Wright State.  CSU is now 7-4 overall on the season.  Against Gannon, she won the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.33 and the 200 freestyle with a top time of 1:54.88.  In the win over Wright State, Elbadry won the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 24.16, the 100 freestyle with a finishing wall touch of of 52.76, and in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.53.  She also was part of the 400 freestyle relay teams.

WOMEN STANDOUTS VS. GU/WSU:

  • Hayley Smith had four first place finishes throughout the weekend.  She topped the leaderboard in the 100 back (1:00.27), 200 IM (2:15.85), 200 back (2:10.76), and was part of the 400 medley relay (4:00.64).  Jodi Turk also added four wins in the 200 IM (2:14.25), two 500 free victories(5:13.11, 5:13.29), and in the 1,000 free (10:36.90).
  • Sammie Sposet finished atop in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events at both meets.  In the 1-meter her top scores were 280.60 and 248.63.  3-meter she had scores of 284.85 and 261.30.

UP NEXT:

  • The Vikings will host conference opponent UIC in their final regular season home meet of the season on Sat. (Feb. 1).  Swimming and diving will begin at 1:00 p.m.