HILLSDALE, Mich. - The Davenport University men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed against Findlay and Hillsdale on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Jack McAvoy Natatorium. The Panthers' men's team collected four individual event victories, highlighted by two wins apiece from
Nikita Sobchuk and
Denislav Koykov. On the women's side, Davenport recorded several top-three finishes, including a runner-up performance in the 400-yard medley relay.
Sobchuk led the Davenport men with victories in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:49.90) and 200-yard backstroke (1:52.29). His 1,000 freestyle victory came in a tightly contested race, edging Findlay's Martino Guadagnoli by just 0.21 seconds. Koykov added a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:44.48), winning by a narrow 0.13-second margin, while also placing second in the 200 freestyle (1:43.10), just 0.03 seconds behind the winner. Micah Sholl rounded out the Panthers' individual victories, touching first in the 50-yard breaststroke (25.43). Davenport also earned runner-up finishes from Agustin Gongora Mendez in the 200 butterfly (1:56.02) and Maciej Konarski in the 200 breaststroke (2:13.58). The men's 400 medley relay team of Nolan Breckon, Sholl, Gongora Mendez and Koykov placed second with a time of 3:28.63.
On the women's side, the Panthers opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay as Haley Vervlied, Zofia Janaszek-Seydlitz, Alicja Pinkowicz and Nadia Jastrzabek combined for a time of 4:00.84. Janaszek-Seydlitz highlighted Davenport's individual performances with a runner-up finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.31), while also placing third in the 50 breaststroke (30.68). Vervlied added a third-place showing in the 200 backstroke (2:11.03) and finished fifth in the 200 freestyle (2:01.20). Mikayla Reimink contributed fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the 50 backstroke (28.25) and 50 butterfly (27.26), respectively. Davenport concluded the meet with a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay, as Vervlied, Paige Davis, Pinkowicz and Jastrzabek clocked a time of 3:42.44.
