Kenyon Relay Meet: Lords Win, Ladies Runners Up

The NCAC Kenyon Relays, held annually at Kenyon College, kicked off the season for the Lords and Ladies and brought together eight teams last night for some high-speed racing. The meet format is such that every event is a relay, and some unconventional races are held in the mix, including a 500 crescendo relay (50, 100, 150, 200), a 1500 (three swimmers do a 500) and a 400 Individual Medley (4×100 IMs).

Only the first relay from a given team scored, however plenty of exhibition relays competed, and in some cases, C and D relays beat out their own A and B relay teams. That being said, only one event had a team other than Kenyon or Denison finish in the given top three.

200 Medley Relay

Women

Kenyon-Denison-Kenyon

Celia Oberholzer, Katie Kaestner, Jourdan Cline and Haley Townsend: 1:46.93

Notable splits: 23.35 from Denison freshman Carolyn Kane, 23.94 from Kenyon freshman Jenner McLeod

Men

Kenyon-Kenyon-Denison

Harrison Curley, Alex Beckwith, Ryan Funk, Austin Caldwell: 1:33.41

Notable splits: 20.46 from junior Caldwell, and the pair of 22.4s from Kenyon sophomores Funk and Christian Josephson

200 Backstroke Relay

Women

Kenyon-Denison-Denison

Celia Oberholzer, Rachel Flinn, Haley Townsend, Megan Morris: 1:46.47

Notable splits: 25.98 anchor by Denison sophomore Ashley Yearwood

Men

Kenyon-Denison-Denison

Kevin Magee, Harrison Curley, Percy Gates, Wes Manz: 1:34.04

Notable splits: 22.65 from Denison’s Spencer Fronk, and 22.79 from W Manz

200 Breaststroke Relay

Women

Kenyon-Denison-Wittenberg

Laura Duncan, Katie Kaestner, Ellie Crawford, Hannah Lobb: 2:04.78

Notable splits: Denison’s Natalie Lugg

Men

Denison-Kenyon-Denison

Ben Snader, Damon Rosenburg, Spencer Fronk, Al Nennig: 1:46.59

Notable splits: Denison ‘s Rosenburg split a 25.68 – nearly a second faster than anyone else in his relay and the only split under 26 in the whole field

500 Crescendo Relay

Women

Denison-Kenyon-Kenyon

Ashley Yearwood, Carolyn Kane, Molly Willingham, Campbell Costley: 4:36.09

Notable splits: Denison freshman C. Kane went 52.42 for her 100 split; Costley turned in a 1:54.34 200 anchor

Men

Kenyon-Denison-Denison

Ryan Funk, Percy Gates, Joey Duronio, Austin Caldwell: 4:03.34

Notable splits: Kenyon junior Caldwell’s anchor leg of 1:40.57 – and he finished with a 25.1 on that final 50!

200 Butterfly Relay

Women

Denison-Kenyon-Kenyon

Carolyn Kane, Michelle Howell, Liz Kane, Ashley Yearwood: 1:43.12

Notable splits: Yearwood’s 25.79 anchor and Kenyon sophomore Morris’ 25.9

Men

Denison-Kenyon-Kenyon

Spencer Fronk, Conrad Wuorinen, Andrew Rich, Jackson Humprey: 1:31.96

Notable splits: 22.28 out of Denison’s Rich and a 22.68 out of teammate Wuorinen

1500 Freestyle Relay

Women

Kenyon – Denison-Kenyon

Syd Lindbloom, Mariah Williamson, Alexa Korsberg: 15:26.18

Notable splits: Denison’s Costley led off in a 5:06.0; Kenyon sophomore Williamson dropped a 5:05.25 on her leg of the winning relay

Men

Kenyon-Denison-Kenyon

Harrison Curley, Joe Guilfoyle, Ambert Sawaya: 14:15.63

Notable splits: Denison senior Al Weik had a lead off leg of 4:42.70; Kenyon junior Guilfoyle turned in a 4:43.15

400 Individual Medley Relay

Women

Denison-Kenyon-Kenyon

Carolyn Kane, Natalie Lugg, Libby Dalziel, Campbell Costley: 4:03.82

Notable splits: Difficult to tell for a 100 IM, but Denison’s Lugg (59.74) and Kenyon’s Kaestner (59.79) were the only two under 1:00.

Men

Kenyon-Denison-Kenyon

Ryan Funk, Austin Caldwell, Trevor Manz, Percy Gates: 3:34.50

Notable splits: Denison’s Fronk – the only athlete sub 53.0

200 Freestyle Relay

Women

Denison-Kenyon-Denison

Carolyn Kane, Ashley Yearwood, Liz Kane, Morgan Nuess: 1:36.93

Notable splits: Yearwood for her 23.95 split

Men

Kenyon-Denison-Kenyon

Austin Caldwell, Ryan Funk, Percy Gates, Wes Manz: 1:24.69

Notable splits: 20.98 from Denison’s Wuorinen

Diving relays were held at Denison’s natatorium. Diving results as well as complete meet results can be found here.