The UW-Whitewater men's swimming and diving team made a strong showing by finishing second at the Point Invite hosted by UW-Stevens Point on Friday and Saturday.  The 'Hawks tallied 648 points and fell short of first place UW-Stevens Point (1123 points) in the field of seven teams.  UW-W recorded six season best times and had two first place finishers.

Complete Results
Top UW-W Finishers by Event (Men and Women)

Bill Stenavich (Brookfield/Central) won the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:46.80 and Andy Hanney (Grafton/Grafton) won the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:56.59 to lead the Warhawks.  Stenavich was also a fifth place finisher in the 100 freestyle (49.73).  Hanney turned in a time of 4:39.51 to finish fourth in the 400 individual medley, and was a part of two 4th place finishing relay teams (800 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay).

Marcus Genrich (Janesville/Parker) swam a season best 2:03.78 in the 200 individual medley to finish fifth.  Genrich also swam a season best time of 2:18.08 in the prelims of the 200 breaststroke.  Genrich was also the top finisher for UW-W in the 100 breaststroke finishing in 1:03.29 for sixth place.  He also swam a season best time for the same event in the preliminaries, 1:02.41.

Also turning in a couple of top ten performances was Kyle Stoermer (Ozark, MO/Nixa).  Stoermer finished third in the 200 freestyle (1:51.45), and sixth in the 1650 freestyle (17:30.95, a season best time.  He was also a part of the fourth place 800 freestyle relay team.

Other Warhawks placing in the top ten in various events included: Nate Glover (Milton/Milton), Adam Altenburg (Watertown/Watertown), Landon Joiner (Hinsdale, IL /South), Jacob Christensen (Brown Deer/Brown Deer), Henry Martin (Monona/Monona Grove), Paul Ringer (Brookfield/East), Eric Nord (Hales Corner/Whitnall), William Thanholt (Germantown/Germantown), Alex Mikolajewski (Palatine, IL/William Fremd High School), Mason Kohlhapp (Hinsdale, IL/Muskego), and James Anderson (Milton/Milton).

The final team scores were:
1. UW-Stevens Point, 1123
2. UW-Whitewater, 648
3. UW-La Crosse, 517
4. UW-Eau Claire, 452
5. Gustavus Adolphus, 389
6. Minnesota State University, 234
7. UW-Oshkosh, 36

The men return to the pool on January 30 when the travel to UW-Eau Claire.

For additional information, Joel Rollings