OHIO VS BALL STATE
- November 7, 2025
- Muncie, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Ohio Athletics
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ohio swimming and diving team traveled to Muncie, Indiana, on Friday (Nov. 7) to take on Ball State in MAC competition. The Bobcats defeat the Cardinals 152-148 in a close meet to pick up their third straight win of the season. Freshman Jana Macik (Aldie, Va.) sets a pool record and junior Astrid Pichardo (Guanajuato, Mexico) qualifies for the NCAA Diving Zones in the 1M dive in the victory.
Ohio opened up the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Freshman Lily Baumgartner (Ada, Ohio), freshman Juliette Daigneault (Scottsdale, AZ), Sophomore Jordan Claypoole (Parkersburg, WV), and freshman Tori Wittenberg (Medford, N.J.) finished with a time of 1:45.05.
In the 1000-yard freestyle, Ohio had three Bobcats finish in the top five. Sophomore Ashlyn Morr (Galena, Ohio) finished in second place with a time of 10:35.23, freshman Katrina Kollin (Dublin, Ohio) finished in fourth place with a time of 10:38.10, and junior Ashley Sallows (Delaware, Ohio) finished in fifth place with a time of 10:39.96.
Junior Zita Szoke (Serbia, Becej) finished in first place in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:50.10. Junior Katie Buroker (Zionsville, IN) also finished in the top five with a time of 1:55.27, placing fourth.
In the 100-yard backstroke, junior Melanie Schweikert (Maineville, Ohio) finished in second place with a time of 57.63, and senior Allison Schrank (Blaine, MN) finished in fifth place with a time of 57.97.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, two Bobcats finished in the top five, with senior Emily Ellsworth (Westerville, Ohio) placing second with a time of 1:05.40, and Daigneault finished in third place with a time of 1:06.15.
Macik placed first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:02.25, which set a pool record at the Lewellen Aquatic Center. Junior Isabella Arbaugh (Ann Arbor, MI) finished in fifth place with a time of 2:09.28.
Szoke was the top finisher in the 50-yard free with a time of 23.31, and Wittenberg finished in third place with a time of 24.41.
In 3M diving, Pichardo was the highest finishing Bobcat with a score of 272.10. Pichardo finished in second place. Freshman Alyssa Kiszczak (Thousand Oaks, CA) finished in third place with a score of 234.15.
In the 100-yard free, three Bobcats placed inside the top five. Szoke was the highest Ohio finisher, in second place, with a time of 50.95. Buroker finished in third place with a time of 52.77, and Wittenberg finished in fourth place with a time of 52.78.
Sophomore Juliana Slaninka (Mentor, Ohio) and Schweikert took the top two finishes in the 200-yard backstroke. Slaninka finished in first place with a time of 2:02.97, and Schweikert finished in second with a time of 2:03.73.
Ellsworth was the top finisher in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:20.81, and freshman Reese Benton (Dunwoody, Ga.) finished in fifth place with a time of 2:32.06.
Senior Anna McGrath finished the 500-yard free in first place with a time of 5:08.22. Kollin finished behind McGrath in second place with a time of 5:08.58, and Morr finished in fourth place with a time of 5:11.79.
Three Bobcats finished in the top five in the 100-yard butterfly, with Claypoole claiming first place with a time of 55.74. Macik finished in third place with a time of 56.23, and Schrank finished in fifth place with a time of 59.53.
In 1M diving, Pichardo was the top Bobcat finisher with a score of 271.28, which qualifies her for NCAA Zone Cuts. Sophomore Annie Haluch (Hudson, Ohio) finished in second place with a score of 232.58, and freshman Bella Basford (Cincinnati, Ohio) finished in fourth place with a score of 230.33.
Ellsworth finished the 200 IM in second place with a time of 2:07.21, and Daigneault finished in third place with a time of 2:07.66.
In the final event of the meet, Wittenberg, Szoke, Claypoole, and Buroker competed in the 200-yard free relay and finished in first place with a time of 1:33.82.
The Bobcats return to the pool on Nov. 20-Nov. 23 at the TYR ’85 Invite, hosted by Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Va.
Courtesy: Ball State Sports
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State women’s swimming and diving program hosted the Ohio Bobcats at the Lewellen Aquatic Center, posting eight event wins and 21 individual top three placements. In a tightly contested battle, the women fell just short to Ohio, 152-148.
Payton Kelly enjoyed two first place finishes in both the 100 backstroke (54.41) and 100 freestyle (50.29), setting two Lewellen Pool records. Kelly also contributed as anchor for the first place 200 medley relay team, joining Ava Butterfield, Maya McDonald and Anna Keen to combine for a winning time of 1:43.86 to kick off the meet. Kelly has already tallied six individual event wins so far in the 2025-26 season.
Freshman Addy Czarnecki took first in the longest event of the day, touching the wall first with a time of 10:28.79 in the 1000 freestyle to earn her second win in that event this year.
Addie Beasley was the next freshman to capture first, swimming her best time of the season in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.23) and earning her second win of the year in the event.
Capping off the freshman success was Milagros Amione who posted a winning time of 2:04.96 in the 200 individual medley, her second of the year. Amione also earned second in the 200 freestyle (1:53.51). Her winning time in the 200 IM tops her own sixth-best time in program history by 0.02.
The women saw four more individual second place finishes against the Bobcats, with Alexa Von Holtz finishing in the 200 butterfly (2:04.21), McDonald finishing in the 200 breaststroke (2:24.12), and Keen finishing in both the 50 freestyle (23.48) and 100 butterfly (53.97).
Grace Walker completed her second-straight sweep of the boards, scoring 298.65 on the 3-meter board and 273.90 on the 1-meter. Walker’s score on the 3M puts her 10th in program history.
The Ball State women’s swimming and diving squad returns to the Lewellen Aquatic Center tomorrow afternoon (Nov. 8), joining the men to host Bellarmine. The meet serves as a red out, with fans encourage to dress in red and pack the Lewellen Aquatic Center to cheer on the Cardinals. Events begin at 1 p.m. ET and can be followed along on Meet Mobile.
BALL STATE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
200 Medley Relay | Program Record – 1:39.56 by Newkirk, Wright, Keen, Kelly in 2025
1st – Ava Butterfield, Maya McDonald, Anna Keen, Payton Kelly – 1:43.86
3rd – Lauren Fecher, Julia Ofman, Savannah Farlee, Kiley Zoeller – 1:46.60
4th – Aubrey Simmons, Addie Beasley, Alexa Von Holtz, Haley Sakbun – 1:46.96
1000 Freestyle | Program Record – 10:01.21 by Marcella Riberio in 2021
1st – Addy Czarnecki – 10:28.79
3rd – McKenna Potteiger – 10:35.73
6th – Kayla Newman – 10:52.85
200 Free | Program Record – 1:47.27 by Payton Kelly in 2025
2nd – Milagros Amione – 1:53.51
3rd – Ava Butterfield – 1:54.50
5th – Ella Sears – 1:56.08
100 Back | Program Record – 53.52 by Payton Kelly in 2025
1st – Payton Kelly – 54.41
3rd – Lauren Fecher – 57.65
4th – Aubrey Simmons – 57.77
100 Breast | Program Record – 1:00.58 by Bridgette Ruehl in 2013
1st – Addie Beasley – 1:05.23
4th – Julia Ofman – 1:06.91
5th – Maya McDonald – 1:07.03
200 Butterfly | Program Record – 1:58:52 by Alexa Von Holtz in 2025
2nd – Alexa Von Holtz – 2:04.21
3rd – Reagan Graves – 2:06.11
4th – Haley Johnson – 2:08.58
50 Free | Program Record – 22.23 by Payton Kelly in 2025
2nd – Anna Keen – 23.48
3rd – Haley Sakbun – 24.42
4th – Kiley Zoeller – 24.45
3-Meter Diving | Program Record – 347.78 by Caitlin Locante in 2021
1st – Grace Walker – 298.65
7th – Eeva-Liisa Gibson – 219.08
8th – Ella Penny – 170.25
100 Free | Program Record – 48.82 by Payton Kelly in 2025
1st – Payton Kelly – 50.29
5th – Reagan Graves – 53.02
6th – Kiley Zoeller – 53.75
200 Backstroke | Program Record – 1:58.73 by Emily Wisolek in 2013
3rd – Alyssa Messenger – 2:04.56
4th – Ava Butterfield – 2:05.46
5th – Ella Sears – 2:05.77
200 Breaststroke | Program Record – 2:11.77 by Bridgette Rhuel in 2013
2nd – Maya McDonald – 2:24.12
3rd – Addie Beasley – 2:25.78
4th – Julia Ofman – 2:27.92
500 Freestyle | Program Record – 4:48.36 by Marcella Riberio in 2021
3rd – Addy Czarnecki – 5:08.88
5th – McKenna Potteiger – 5:11.91
6th – Callie Tuma – 5:23.31
100 Fly | Program Record – 53.03 by Anna Keen in 2025
2nd – Anna Keen – 55.97
4th – Savannah Farlee – 57.16
6th – Aubrey Simmons – 59.59
1-Meter Diving | Program Record – 305.48 by Caitlin Locante in 2021
1st – Grace Walker – 273.90
5th – Ella Penny – 211.73
7th – Eeva-Liisa Gibson – 194.55
9th – Ava Pavich – 164.55
200 Individual Medley | Program Record – 2:00.85 by Alexa Von Holtz in 2023
1st – Milagros Amione – 2:04.96
4th – Alexa Von Holtz – 2:08.71
5th – Addie Beasley – 2:09.13
200 Free Relay | Program Record – 1:31.38 by Kelly, A. Sakbun, Jones, Payne in 2023
2nd – Anna Keen, Payton Kelly, Ava Butterfield, Kiley Zoeller – 1:34.17
3rd – Haley Sakbun, Aubrey Simmons, Ella Sears, Natalie Marshall – 1:38.16
5th – Lauren Fecher, Alyssa Messenger, Kiran Stauffer, Maya McDonald – 1:38.96
