Nov. 5, 2010

Complete Results

Contact: Dan Carr

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The CSU men's swimming and diving team swam against its toughest competition of the season on Friday (Nov. 5), splitting dual meets against defending Big 10 champion Ohio State and Division III power Denison. The Vikings fell to the Buckeyes, 162-122, and beat the Big Red, 191-108.

"We had a lot of good performances today," head coach Wally Morton said. "We had a lot of close races, and we won many of them, meaning we're finishing our races and finishing them well."

Mark de Swardt led the way for the Vikings, turning in two very good performances in the 1,000 free and the 500 free. de Swardt took second in the event, finishing the 1,000 free in 9:23.88, his best time of the season. He also beat Denison's swimmers in the 500 free with a time of 4:41.43.

Deni Gasparin also had a strong meet, beating Denison in the 200 breast 2:05.90 and helping the 200 free relay to a first place finish in 1:23.88. Gasparin finished second in the 100 breast to Ohio State's Elliot Keefer.

Berry Thompson took second in the 50 free (20.76) and third in the 100 free (46.36), leading the Vikings in both events.

"I'm very pleased with the performances," Morton said. "We had an extremely tough week of training, and I thought our swimmers competed very hard today."

Cleveland State (5-1-1) will be back in action next Saturday (Nov. 13) when the Vikings will travel to New York to compete against St. Bonaventure. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.