Pitt Sweeps Michigan State in the Pool

Friday, October 18

East Lansing, MI

4 PM

Pitt

Michigan State

Pitt Sweeps Michigan State in the Pool

10/18/2019 11:00:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Results

EAST LANSING, Mich.—In what was a memorable day of athletic success at the University of Pittsburgh, the Pitt swimming & diving teams added to the win columns with a convincing sweep of Michigan State in an ACC-Big Ten dual meet at McCaffree Pool.

In the first traditional dual meet of the 2019-20 season for the Panthers, the Pitt women's team cruised to a 186-114 victory over Michigan State, while the Pitt men also recorded a 172-126 triumph against the Spartans.

"It was a really good meet. I'm proud of the way we competed," said Pitt's fourth-year head coach John Hargis after the meet. "We saw some really strong swims. Daisy Anderson's 400 IM was definitely a highlight win for us. And it was great to see Cooper van der Laan make his debut; his 200 Breast was certainly impressive. Overall, we won the majority of the events and made it a great meet. I'm proud of the efforts of the entire team after a long bus ride up to Michigan."

"We have some good young athletes who are really starting to figure things out," Hargis added. "For instance, Alyssa Conley had the meet of her life. It's really fun to watch when athletes develop and improve and perform at a high level, and we're seeing more and more of that throughout our team."

Winning multiple events for Hargis' squad were seniors Valerie Daigneault and Sarah Giamber on the women's side and Eben Vorster, Blaise Vera and Cooper van der Laan for the men. Australian native van der Laan, who is also eligible to represent the Netherlands, made his collegiate debut in style by sweeping the breaststroke events by large margins, posting some of the top times in the nation.

Here is a full list of Panthers to win events in the Pitt-Michigan State dual:
Daisy Anderson (400 IM)
Valerie Daigneault (200 Free, 200 Back)
Sarah Giamber (1,000 Free, 500 Free)
Kayla Graham (100 Fly)
Kathleen Lynch (100 Back)
Madison Nalls (100 Free)
Amy Read (3-Meter Diving)
Madelyn Shaffer (200 Fly)
Kailyn Swantek (50 Free)
Women's 400 Free Relay

Wesley Ahart (1-Meter Diving)
Wojciech Dutkowiak (1,000 Free)
Samy Helmbacher (400 IM)
Luke Smutny (100 Back)
Cooper van der Laan (100 Breast, 200 Breast)
Blaise Vera (50 Free, 100 Free)
Eben Vorster (200 Free, 200 Fly)
Men's 200 Medley Relay

Pitt swimming & diving will continue training until its next dual meet, which will be back at Trees Pool on the weekend of Nov. 8-9 when the Panthers welcome ACC rival Notre Dame to Pittsburgh.

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