UWM Men Split With UIC And North Dakota
Nov. 10, 2007
CHICAGO, Ill. - Junior Robby Leibold and sophomore Patrick Rongitsch each won twice to help the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming & diving team to a split with the University of Illinois at Chicago and North Dakota Saturday. Sophomore Jeremy Waldhart also added an individual victory as the Panthers beat the Fighting Sioux, 159-139, but fell to the Flames, 161-138. "We knew it was going to be a tough meet, they just pulled away at the end," UWM head coach Dave Griffore said. "I was pleased with our performance overall. We know will we will have a chance to swim against them [UIC] again when it counts." Leibold continued his impressive start to the season, winning two more times in addition to a third-place finish. He now has nine wins in 14 races this season. He won the 1,650 freestyle in 16:19.92 and then added a win in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:42.26. He also placed third in the 200 fly in a time of 1:55.67. Rongitsch won both boards, recording point totals of 271.40 on the one-meter and 270.10 on the three-meter board. Waldhart won for the third time this season, taking first in the 200 backstroke in a season-best time of 1:56.26. Senior Chase Gravengood had a solid meet, contributing three second-place finishes to help out the Panther effort. He took second in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.59), the 100 butterfly (51.49) and the 400 IM (4:13.02). In the 200 breast, he was touched out of a victory by less then a half-second.
Milwaukee will be off until the end of the month. The swimmers will head to the Wheaton Invitational and the divers will hit the road for the Miami (OH) Invitational at that time. Both of those meets are scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. |
