RESULTS

Milwaukee, Wis.- The Thunder swim team opened a busy weekend by dropping a dual meet at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday evening.  The Wheaton women lost 107-88 while the men fell 113-79.

The Wheaton women claimed three event championships in the meet with Kirsty Nitz winning two of them.  Nitz won the 100-yard butterfly by three seconds with a time of 56.34 and also won the 200-yard free style with a time of 1:53.74.  Katie Deysher won the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:42.15.  Jamie Walitsch took second in the 400IM wiht a 4:49.07. 

The women also claimed seven runner-up spots including the 400-yard medley relay of Nitz, Deysher, Chelsey Long and Marcey Wennlund who finished three seconds back with a 4:08.92.

Sarah Pankratz took second in the 1000-yard freestyle in a tight race.  Pankratz finished less than a second out off the pace with a time of 10:56.47.  Emma Rogers was second in the 100-yard backstroke, barely holding off Carlie Herich with a time of 1:04.23.  Rogers was also second in 100-yard breststroke with a 1:12.84.  Amanda MacLurg was runner-up in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing seconds ahead of Pankratz and notching a 5:19.63.  Kelly Ormond was second in the 50-yard freestyle, recording a  time of 26.17.  Ormond finished seconds behind Sarah Coley in the 100-yard freestyle as Coley finished in 53.92 and Ormond came in  in 56.57.

The Thunder men were led by Wills Francis who recorded their only event victory.  Francis claimed the 50-yard freestyle, swimming a 22.32 while Timothy Walker finished second in 22.51 seconds.  Walker was second in the 100-freestyle as well with a time of 50.15.  #Dave Brown was third with 50.28.  Dave Brown calimed second in the 100-yard breastroke, holding off teammate Devon VanBeek at the finish.  They finished with 1:04.10 and 1:04.62.

Jon Lait and Nick Pulgine came in second and third in the 400-yard individual medley with times of 4:20.82 and 4:25.94.  Lait and Mark McLaughlin came in second and third in the 100-yard butterfly with times of 1:00.19 and 1:02.84.

Korey Clement continued his strong start with a second place showing in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming a time of 4:54.22.  Pulgine came in third with 4:58.90.