For the second straight dual meet, it was a clean sweep for Valpo in the pool, as the men's swimming team earned a 152-62 win Friday afternoon at Franklin, while the women's team prevailed by a 147-67 margin. The Beacons combined to win 17 of the 22 events, including seven sweeps of the top three spots and six other top-two sweeps.
 
How It Happened

• It was a balanced team effort to earn the sweep on Friday, as only two Beacons recorded two individual event wins. On the men's side, Griffin Schilz (Suamico, Wis./Bay Port) swept the distance free events with times of 10:00.10 in the 1000 and 4:45.37 in the 500, while representing the Valpo women, Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park) took top honors in both the 50 free (25.07) and the 100 free (54.81).
• Dizdarevic also swam the leadoff leg for the women's winning 400 free relay, joined by Zoey Switzer (Tucson, Ariz./Catalina Foothills), Gabi Peterman (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan) and Mia Ceballos (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield North) to come home in 3:43.99.
• Ceballos had previously taken top honors in the 200 back with a time of 2:11.48 and led off the winning quartet in the 200 medley relay, combining with Ashlynn Taylor (Skiatook, Okla./Bartlesville), Faith Bargwell (Grand Rapids, Mich./Rockford) and Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) to post a winning time of 1:52.27.
• Other event winners on the women's side included Taylor in the 200 breast (2:28.56), Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) in the 1000 free (11:05.59), Majo Suarez de la Fuente (Mexico City, Mexico/ITESM Preparatoria Tec Campus Santa Fe [Bethel]) in the 400 IM (4:52.59) and Millie Hayosh (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) in the 500 free (5:27.64).
• Just as on the women's side, Valpo's men swept the relay events. The 200 medley relay team of Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit), Ben Mettler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), Asa Sadowsky (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port [Green Bay]) and Carmine Fallara (Riverside, Ill./Saint Ignatius) touched the wall first in 1:37.00, while in the 400 free relay, Brian Bosse (Bowling Green, Ky./South Warren), Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden), Kingston Vickers (Houston, Texas/Memorial) and Isaac Dinari (Houston, Texas/Memorial) posted a winning time of 3:13.31.
• Other event winners on the men's side included Curran in the 200 free (1:45.16), Bosse in the 100 free (48.02), Smesko in the 200 back (1:56.99) and Nate Bolinger (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) in the 200 fly (1:59.33).

 
Next Up
Valpo returns to the pool for the second time in as many days on Saturday with a trip to Purdue for the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate meet. Action begins at 11 a.m. CT.