The UW Oshkosh swim and dive Titans traveled to Brown Deer for the annual Wisconsin Showcase Invite taking place at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center last Saturday. The meet began at 1 p.m and results were posted at 5:33 p.m.
This meet was a non-scoring one, so there are no team scores posted, only individual placing in each separate event.
On the women’s team, Francesca Schiro finished her 200 freestyle with 1:56.94 taking second overall in that event. She said that she was proud of her performance.
“I was very proud of my 200 freestyle performance this past weekend,” Schiro said. “I feel more prepared this season than last year. My time was about three seconds off my best time which is currently on the record board. I placed second to a Division I swimmer so I’m super proud of how I raced. I’m looking forward to seeing how far I’ll go this year as well as the team.”
Schiro also placed third overall in the 50 freestyle out of 80 swimmers and tied for second in the 100 freestyle with McKenna Metropulos from UW-Green Bay, for a time of 54.23.
Amanda Richards also placed well in her 100 backstroke with a time of 1:04.74 taking 21 out of 48 swimmers. She said she worked hard on techniques she learned in practice.
“I am most proud of my 100 back because I applied the underwater work (we focused on) in practice into the race and I felt strong and good in the water,” Richards said.
Some other top 15 place finishers in their events were Bella Cichon who went a 2:36.20 in the 200 breaststroke, Sienna Della-Peruta, who went a 2:16.77 in the 200 backstroke, and Mara Amley who went a 5:54.25 in the 500 freestyle.
On the men’s team Damen Seremet went a 22.42 in the 50 freestyle coming in 14th out of 78 swimmers. Seremet also swam a 51.35 in the 100 freestyle taking 24th out of 59 swimmers and took 9th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:00.93.
Serement starts preparing for his races before even arriving at the pool.
“Mentally I have to prepare before I even get on the bus … trusting the work I put in the week prior,” he said. “But at the meet it’s important for me to only focus on what’s right in front of me. I can’t spend too much time thinking about an event I already did or time thinking about my last event, just the event I’m about to do. My recovery is the most important to me physically, I have stay consistent with my sleep nutrition and hydration to feel the best at any meet.”
Leo Ramirez-Gutierrez went a 1:54.44 in the 200 freestyle and 56.38 in the 100 fly respectively.
Seremet and Ramirez-Gutierrez were in both of the men’s relays, the 200 medley relay placed 6th and the 200 freestyle relay was 7th.
Overall the meet went well and the season will continue with a home meet this Saturday (Oct. 28) against Carroll University. The first event is scheduled for 1 p.m.
