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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's and women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up competition at the Wheaton College Invitational Saturday evening. The Warhawk men finished in fourth place, while the women's team placed third overall.
 
The men's team finished with a team score of 582, while the women finished with 661.5 points. Washington University-St. Louis won the invite for the men and women.
 
Senior Alex Carroll (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) highlighted the Warhawk men's showing, finishing second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.19. Senior Dan Bielski (Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka) placed second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.48. Bielski also teamed up with sophomore Thomas Stigler (Milwaukee, Wis./Muskego), freshman Logan Roberts (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead), and senior Alex Gidlow to place fifth in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:35.16.
 
Senior Andrew Staszak (Franklin/Greendale) placed eighth overall in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:51.34, while Josh Kanute (Geneva, Ill./Marmion Academy) placed sixth in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:44.62.
 
Sophomore Jonathan Jaworski (Waukesha, Wis./South), junior Steven Missak (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North), and seniors Paul Hill (Jefferson/Fort Atkinson) and Alex Gidlow teamed up to place fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:07.15
 
On the women's side, junior Michaela Matthys (Crystal Lake, Ill./McHenry West) highlighted the Warhawks with first and second place finishes. Matthys placed first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.33 and took second in 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.37.  Matthys also teamed up with senior Grace Devine (Sussex/Hamilton), and sophomores Vada Williams (La Crescent, Minn./Holmen-Aquinas-Onalaska (Wis.)) and Alyssa Haertl (Oshkosh, Wis./West) to place third in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:38.96.
 
Sophomore Erin Hawker (Chanhassen, Minn./Hutchinson) took second in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:37.70. Hawker also placed fourth overall in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:27.53. Hawker joined Devine, Williams, and senior Sarah Arteaga (Greenfield/Whitnall) to place fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:40.21.
 
Senior Margaret Lotzer (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) placed second overall in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 18:14.77.
 
UW-Whitewater will travel to Puerto Rico for a training trip on January 1st. The Warhawks return to competition on January 21st where they will take on Lake Forest and Lawrence in Lake Forest, Ill.