Men's Swimming Handily Defeats Louisville, Saint Louis

Vikings earn top honors in 10 of 13 events.

Junior Warren Vickers won both the 100 and 200 free.

Jan. 25, 2003

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Cleveland State men's swimmers easily handled Louisville and Saint Louis at the Falcon Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The Vikings disposed of the Cardinals 81-32 and routed the Billikens 96-12 to improve to 8-2 on the season.

As a team, CSU earned top times in ten of the 13 events at the tri-meet. Junior Warren Vickers (Durban, South Africa/Durban) won both the 100 free (46.93) and the 200 free (1:44.14) while senior Andrew Hancock (Cambridge, Australia/St. Mary's Senior) took top spots in the 500 free (4:48.80) as well as the 400 IM (4:12.47). Junior Lyle Wilkens (Bloemfontein, South Africa/Grey College) also posted two first-place finishes, taking the 50 free (21.46) and the 100 back (52.98).

In addition, the Vikings finished first in both the 400 free relay (3:13.63) and the 400 medley relay (3:31.75).

The men's swimmers are back in action on Friday, January 31, when they take on Notre Dame at 4:00 p.m. in the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium. The Vikings close out their home slate the following afternoon when they host Illinois-Chicago at 2:00 p.m. CSU's senior will be honored before the meet and an alumni reception at Mather Mansion will follow the contest.