COMPLETE RESULTS

The Wayne State University women's swimming and diving team successfully defended its GLIAC Championship last week in Jenison, Mich., winning for the fifth time in six years, while the WSU men's team earned its sixth conference title in nine years.

Wayne State totaled 852 points on the men's side, finishing with a 124-point lead over Grand Valley State (728). The Lakers were also the runners-up on the women's side, finishing 132 points behind the Warriors (868-736), who led for the duration of the meet.

WSU won both the men's and women's championships in the same year for the third time since 2006. The men's team totaled nine conference titles over the four-day meet, while the women collected 10 championships. The two sides also combined to set nine GLIAC meet records (five women, four men) and seven school records (six women, one men).

Sean Peters, who has been voted either men's or women's GLIAC Coach of the Year every year since 2002, swept the two awards for the third time in his career.

Andrey Seryy (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) is the third male WSU swimmer to be named GLIAC Swimmer of the Year, joining Sean Smith (2009) and 2011 Hall of Fame inductee David Lutz (2005). Seryy won three individual freestyle events – the 50, 100 and 200 – setting meet records in all three. He also set a school record in the 50 free, becoming the first WSU swimmer to break the 20-second barrier (19.61).

Seryy, who came full circle after being injured on the first night of the GLIAC Championships last year, also led off the first-place 200 free and 400 free relays, and anchored the second-place 400 medley relay and the fourth-place 200 medley relay.

Kevin Galerneau (Washington, Mich./Eisenhower) was crowned GLIAC Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year. He was a two-time conference champion in 2011, winning the 200 and 400 individual medleys. He also placed third in the 200 butterfly and swam the third leg of the second-place 800 free relay.

A new award this year was the GLIAC Diver of the Year, which on the men's side went to Jeff Grant (Belleville, Mich.) who won a conference title in one-meter diving and finished second to teammate Darrin Driesenga (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa) on the three-meter board.

Taking GLIAC Women's Swimming Freshman of the Year honors – the first Warrior to do so since Melissa Duff in 2006 – was Kayla Scott (Rochester, Mich./Adams), who finished as the runner-up to teammate Ana Gonzalez Pena (Gijon, Spain) in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. Scott also came in fourth in the 200 IM and swam the second portion of the fifth-place 800 free relay.

Gonzalez Pena, who claimed her second consecutive 100 breaststroke title and her first in the 200 breaststroke, was also part of three championship relays.

Another standout for the Warrior women's team was Sara Franklin (Caro, Mich.), who won the 100 backstroke for the third straight year. She also finished second in the 200 backstroke, and broke her own school records in both events. Franklin was part of three championship relays as well.

Catherine Leix (Flint, Mich./Southwestern), who missed most of last season with an injury, was also a two-time champion in 2011, winning the 500 and 1650 freestyles.

Many of the Warriors will move on to compete at the 2011 NCAA Championships, March 9-12 in San Antonio, Texas.


WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
GLIAC CHAMPIONS
Carol Azambuja – 200 Individual Medley
Sara Franklin – 100 Backstroke (third straight title)
Ana Gonzalez Pena – 100 Breaststroke (second straight title), 200 Breaststroke
Catherine Leix – 500 Freestyle, 1650 Freestyle
Carly Sevald – Three-Meter Diving
200 Freestyle Relay – Azambuja, Gonzalez Pena, Christina Busquets Garcia, Franklin
400 Freestyle Relay – Azambuja, Ashley Corriveau, Gonzalez Pena, Franklin
200 Medley Relay – Franklin, Gonzalez Pena, Azambuja, Corriveau

AWARD WINNERS
Sean Peters – Coach of the Year
Kayla Scott – Freshman of the Year


MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
GLIAC CHAMPIONS
Darrin Driesenga – Three-Meter Diving
Kevin Galerneau – 200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley
Jeff Grant – One-Meter Diving
Andrey Seryy – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle
200 Freestyle Relay – Seryy, Kristian Larsen, Matt Victor, Nathan Hesche
400 Freestyle Relay – Seryy, Hesche, Victor, Larsen

AWARD WINNERS
Sean Peters – Coach of the Year
Andrey Seryy – Swimmer of the Year
Kevin Galerneau – Freshman of the Year
Jeff Grant – Diver of the Year