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Cleveland State Swimming & Diving Prepares for Two-Day Meet at Notre Dame Along With Pitt

Cleveland State Swimming & Diving Prepares for Two-Day Meet at Notre Dame Along With Pitt
Posted: Oct 14, 2021

Meet Outlook 
Date: Friday, Oct. 15 – Saturday, Oct. 16
Time: Friday: 4 p.m. | Saturday: 11 a.m.
Location: South Bend, Ind. | Rolfs Aquatic Center
Teams: Cleveland State vs. Notre Dame/Pitt.
Scoring: Live Scoring | Order of Events

 

Setting the Scene
 Cleveland State will head to Notre Dame for a two-day meet with Notre Dame and Pitt. Day one starts at 4 p.m. and concludes on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Get to Know the Fighting Irish
 This will be the first time the Notre Dame men and women hit the pool in the 2021-22 season. The Fighting Irish women are ranked No. 25 and the men are receiving votes in the preseason CSCAA poll.

Get to Know the Panthers
 The Panthers will be competing in their first traditional dual of the year. Pitt is led by a total of 16 seniors – seven women and six men. Cooper Van der Laan leads the men as a two-time Bronze ACC Medalist and NCAA All-American. On the women's side, Amy Read is a three-time NCAA diving qualifier. 

The Last Time Out
The Viking men narrowly fell to Miami (Ohio), 132-130, while the women lost 214-41.

Individual Winners at Miami (Ohio)

  • Timothy Kubacki won the 200-yard IM (1:54.54) and 200-yard freestyle (1:41.85).
  • Jack Krusinski won the 100-yard breaststroke (56.11) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:02.77).
  • Bob Fick won the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.62) and 100-yard butterfly (49.51).
  • Paddy Johnston won the 100-yard backstroke (49.43).
  • Jackson Nester won the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.99).

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.