Men Win Seven Events Against No. 24 Wisconsin

Saturday, January 28

Ann Arbor, MI

10 AM

Pitt

Michigan/Wisconsin

Men Win Seven Events Against No. 24 Wisconsin

1/28/2023 2:32:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

ANN ARBOR – The Pitt men's swimming and diving team won seven events against No. 24 Wisconsin and four events against No. 17 Michigan during a double dual meet Saturday morning at the Donald B. Canham Natatorium.

Pitt fell overall to the Badgers by the score of 155-145 and to the Wolverines 194-106.

"This was a great meet for our men's team," said head coach Chase Kreitler. "We picked up seven event wins, including three events in which we finished 1-2 against Wisconsin, who is currently ranked 24th. In addition, we won four events against Michigan, who is currently ranked 17th. I thought we competed really well, had a great deck presence and executed details in our races that we've been working on in practice. To take Wisconsin down to the final relay and come up .37 of a second short of getting a win over a top 25 opponent is a sign of where we want to be as a program. We have a lot of momentum headed into ACCs and we are excited for championship season!"

The Panthers picked up four 1-2 finishes during the meet, highlighted by Jerry Chen (1:58.92) and Cooper Van der Laan (2:01.22) finishing first and second overall in 200-yard breaststroke. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Van der Laan (54.17) and Chen (54.52) also claimed first and second to Michigan, respectively.

Junior Marcin Goraj took first overall in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.77) and finished third overall in the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.44). The Krakow, Poland native also took first to the Badgers in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.36.

Krzysztof Radziszewski (48.42) took first and Derek Zhang (48.59) came in second to Wisconsin in the 100-yard backstroke while Adam Mahler continued the momentum for the Panthers as he came in second overall in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.31).

Newcomer Stepan Goncharov (20.52) and senior Flynn Crisci (20.63) came in second and third to Wisconsin in the 50-yard freestyle. Goncharov (44.82) and Crisci (45.54) also finished second and third to Wisconsin in the 100-yard free.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Radziszewski, Van der Laan, Goraj and Crisci got the Panthers started, finishing first to the Badgers and second to the Wolverines with a time of 1:27.36. The men's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Goncharov, Dominic Toledo, Crisci and Radziszewski capped off the meet with a third-place overall finish with a time of 2:58.29.

On the diving side, Dylan Reed (324.85) and Cameron Cash (294.40) took first and second in the 3-meter to Wisconsin. Reed (368.25) also took first against the Badgers in the 1-meter with Josh Parquet (315.40) and Cash (313.45) coming in third and fourth.

WESTERN PA INVITE
Newcomer Juan Osorio Mendoza won both the 1-meter (330.95) and 3-meter (384.20) events during the Western PA Invite at Carnegie Mellon University, Saturday morning. Mendoza qualified for NCAA Diving Zones in both events.

UP NEXT
The Panthers return to the pool Feb. 10-12 for the Ohio State Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. Pitt will be back in action the next week at the 2023 ACC Championships in Greensboro, N.C.