Catawba College vs Gardner-Webb
- October 4, 2025
- Salisbury, N.C.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Catawba Athletics
Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College women’s swimming team opened its 2025-26 campaign on Saturday at Johnson Pool with a decisive win over Division I Gardner-Webb, defeating the Swimmin’ Bulldogs for the fourth consecutive meeting.
HOW IT HAPPENED
200-Yard Medley Relay
– Catawba’s team of Eniko Onofer, Hannah Koopmans, Sydney Peterson and Marit Reckmann earned the first win of the season with a time of 1:44.43
1000-Yard Freestyle
– Fiona Byrne and Ella Gutenwik were the top two finishers in the 1000 Free; Byrne’s 10:11:85 mark was good for an NCAA B-cut
200-Yard Freestyle
– Danielle Meinema led a trio of Catawba Indians to finish first in the women’s 200 yard free, picking up the nine points with a time of 1:52.84
100-Yard Backstroke
– Onofer followed up with an individual victory in the 100-yard backstroke, posting a 56.86
100-Yard Freestyle
– Reckmann rolled to an individual event win in the 100 free with an NCAA B-cut time of 51.69
200-Yard Backstroke
– Eszter Pajor broke the school record in the 200 back in her Catawba and collegiate debut, earning a time of 2:03.08
200-Yard Breaststroke
– Gabriella Moll edged out the closest GWU swimmer to take the individual win in the 200 breaststroke, posting a mark of 2:20.24
500-Yard Freestyle
– Byrne picked up her second individual victory and NCAA B-cut of the afternoon in the 500 Free with a time of 5:02.97
100-Yard Butterfly
– Onofer made it three wins in the meet with a slight win over teammate Peterson in the 100 Fly with a 56.34
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
– Onofer, Reckmann, Peterson and Brinkley Watson closed out the meet with a triumphant win in the 400 Free Relay, winning by over four seconds over the next Catawba team and nearly six seconds over the GW A-team with a mark of 3:29.76
UP NEXT
– Catawba returns to the pool in two weeks, traveling to Queens for a dual meet with the Royals on Saturday, Oct. 18
Salisbury, N.C. – The Catawba College men’s swimming team picked up a win over Division I Gardner-Webb at Johnson Pool on Saturday for the team’s second straight win over the Swimmin’ Bulldogs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
200-Yard Medley Relay
– The 200-yard medley relay team of George Fykatas, Maks Minichowski, Lassi Niemi and Matt Howard started off the season with a win in the 200 medley relay with a mark of 1:29.93
1000-Yard Freestyle
– All-American Nazar Herashcenko picked up right where he left off last season with a time nearly 10 seconds clear of the rest of the field, a B-cut mark of 9:25.19
200-Yard Freestyle
– Minichowski also earned a B-cut time of 1:38.69 in a winning effort in the 200 Free
100-Yard Breaststroke
– Catawba newcomer Greg Kisshauer touched the wall first in the 100 breast with a time of 55.99
50-Yard Freestyle
– Matt Howard earned a win in his Catawba debut in the 50 Free with a mark of 20.66
100-Yard Freestyle
– Minichowski followed up with a win in the 100 Free with a NCAA B-cut effort, reaching in 44.76 seconds
200-Yard Breaststroke
– Kisshauer made it a clean sweep of the breaststroke events with a 2:05.49 effort in the 200 breast
500-Yard Freestyle
– Herashchenko picked up another win in the 500 Free, besting the top GW competitor by a couple seconds with a B-cut -qualifying 4:30.27
100-Yard Butterfly
– Lassi Niemi earned the victory in the 100 Fly with a time of 49.76
200-Yard IM
– Freshman Jules Remy touched the wall first in his first collegiate 200 IM, clearing the field by nearly three seconds with a mark of 1:51.90
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
– Catawba’s 400 Free Relay team of Ryan Case, Minichowski, Sammer Abdallah and Howard closed the meet with another victory in the 400 Free Relay with a 3:02.05 effort
UP NEXT
– Catawba returns to the pool in two weeks, heading to Queens for a dual meet on Saturday, Oct. 4
Courtesy: GWU Sports
SALISBURY, N.C. – The Gardner-Webb swimming team opened its 2025-26 season on Saturday afternoon, with a string of good individual results on the road at Catawba College
For the Runnin’ Bulldogs, sophomore Agustin Orechia won the men’s 100 yard backstroke to open the season. Orechia posted a time of 49.82 seconds with a 25.59 split, while junior Carter Redelman placed third for GWU with a 50.33 second time and 25.81 split
Orechia was back in action in the men’s 200 yard backstroke, also scoring another win as he paced the Gardner-Webb men. Orechia came in nearly a second ahead of second place with a winning time of 1:49.68
In the women’s 100 yard breaststroke, sophomore Dakota Townley picked up where she left off last season, winning the event with a time of 1:05.51 and with splits of 30.81 seconds and 34.70 seconds
GWU posted wins in both the men’s and women’s edition of the 200 yard butterfly. In the men’s race, sophomore Santiago Alacantara touched the wall in 1:50.50 for the win, while freshman Jenna Valentine did so in the women’s race with a time of 2:08.76. Alacantara competed in the men’s 1000 yard freestyle in the day, coming second with a time of 9:34.37
The women’s 50 yard freestyle went the way of the Dawgs, with junior Slawka Ndubuisi scoring a win. Ndubuisi touched the wall in a blistering 23.43 seconds, out-touching her opponent from Catawba in second place by just 0.12 seconds
Freshman Madison Richardson began her Gardner-Webb and college career in fine fashion with a win in the women’s 200 yard IM race. Richardson finished 1-2 with Gardner-Webb teammate sophomore Kaitlyn Estes, with the duo posting times of 2:10.99 and 2:11.98 respectively
Sophomore Jacob Jensen was among the top finishers in the men’s 50 yard freestyle, posting a lightning-quick time of 21:09 and finishing just half a second off the top spot
GWU posted two solid results in relay races, with the men’s 200 yard medley team and women’s 200 yard relay teams coming each in second. For the men’s race, it was the quartet of sophomore Manuel Brandner, senior Justin Bender, Jensen and Redelman recording a time of 1:31.02. Then in the women’s race, Townley, Ndubuisi, sophomore Jillian Hawkins, and senior Hannah Routh touched the wall in 1:46.22
UP NEXT
Gardner-Webb returns to action on October 10th and 11th at UNC Wilmington
