Ohio vs Denison (Women)
- Saturday, January 21, 2023
- Athens, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Ohio 258, Denison 42
Courtesy: Ohio Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio swimming and diving team (7-2, 4-0 MAC) returned to action Saturday afternoon for its final dual meet of the regular season, defeating Denison, 258-42, on Senior Day inside the Ohio University Aquatic Center.
Prior to the start of the meet, the Bobcats honored its seven seniors, Mollie Brackett (Appleton, Wis), Sienna Breton (Cheshire, Conn.), Maya Conte (Brecksville, Ohio), Emma Fortman (Madeira, Ohio), McKenzie Grau (Mason, Ohio), Madeline Marks (Bentonville, Ark.) and Halli Siwik (Fishers, Ind.).
The meet opened with the 200-yard medley relay, with the Ohio ‘A’ team of freshman Allison Schrank (Blaine, Minn.), junior Ami Hornyak (Debrecen, Hungary), junior Gabrielle Brust (Granville, Ohio) and Grau finishing first with a time of 1:47.57.
In the 1,000-yard freestyle, freshman Lauren Hartel (Arlington, Va.) placed first in 10:17.44. Then in the 200 free, the Bobcats took the top two spots with junior Meg Voigt (Bryan, Ohio) placing first in 1:52.61, followed by junior Caroline Dunigan (Lansdale, Pa.) placing second in 1:53.05.
Brust earned the top spot in the 100-yard backstroke, touching in with a time of 56.66. Fortman finished second in 57.31, while Schrank finished third in 57.93.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Hornyak picked up another first-place finish, touching in with a time of 1:03.31. Freshman Casadie DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio) finished second in 1:03.95, while freshman Alexandra Wayner placed third in 1:05.14.
Marks took the top spot in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing in 2:05.08, while junior Peyton Farrell (Beavercreek, Ohio) finished second in 2:05.61 and sophomore Gabrielle McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa.) placed third in 2:07.25. Grau then took the top spot in the 50 free, touching in at 23.86, followed by Dunigan in second with a time of 24.16. Voigt then placed third, touching in with a time of 24.32.
Grau was back in action in the 100 free, picking up a first-place finish with a time of 51.71. Voigt placed second in 52.80, while Brackett earned a third-place finish with a time of 52.97. Then in the 200 back, Athena Aravantinou (North Bethesda, Md.) finished first in 2:02.98, while junior Riley Bunstine (Alexandria, Ohio) placed second with a time of 2:04.47.
In the 200-yard breaststroke, DiBetta finished first with a time of 2:17.48, while freshman Emily Ellsworth finished second with a time of 2:21.59. Strine added a third-place finish, touching in at 2:22.47. Hartel picked up another first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 4:58.89, while Fortman placed third in 5:05.43.
In the 100 fly, Brust finished first with a time of 55.80, followed by Hornyak in second with a time of 56.71 and Farrell in third, touching in at 57.23. In the 400 IM, sophomore Raphaelle Anglade (Toulouse, France) placed first with a time of 4:30.73, while McKee finished second in 4:32.76. Croaning finished the event in third place with a time of 4:34.13.
In diving, Breton placed first in the 3-meter dive with a score of 295.73, followed by Siwik in second with a score of 274.65. Sophomore Grace Matocha (Magnolia, Texas) earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 254.78.
In the final event of the day, the Ohio ‘B’ team of Brust, Brackett, Voigt and Dunigan finished the 400-yard free relay in first place with a time of 3:28.93.
In the 1-meter event, Siwik picked up the first-place finish with a score of 270.30, while Breton placed second (269.85), followed by Matocha (250.73) in third.
Up next, the Bobcats have a few weeks off competition before heading to Columbus, Ohio Feb. 10-12 for the OSU Winter Invite.
Courtesy: Denison Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio (January 21, 2023) – No. 3-ranked Denison University suffered a 258-42 setback to NCAA Division I Ohio University on Saturday afternoon inside the Ohio University Aquatic Center.
Taryn Wisner earned Denison’s best two finishes of the day. In the first individual event of the meet, the 1000 freestyle, Wisner (10:26.68) and Tara Witkowski (10:28.85) finished back-to-back in second and third place, respectively, and then later on in the meet, Wisner put together another second-place finish as she ended with a time of 5:05.30 in the 500 freestyle.
Quinn Brown finished third in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:53.41 while Claire Moody (2:07.29) and Emma Pritchett (2:09.96) finished back-to-back in third and fourth place, respectively, in the 200 backstroke.
Amber Croonquist was fourth in the 50 freestyle at 24.61 seconds and in the 100 butterfly at 57.78 seconds. Emma Berdelman was right behind Croonquist in the 100 butterfly with a fifth-place time of 58.39 seconds.
Tara Culibrk (53.05), Brown (53.88) and Annie Pfeufer (54.23) finished in order between fourth and sixth place in the 100 freestyle, and Witkowski (4:36.01), Maria Mrosko (4:39.04) and Drue Thielking (4:39.57) did the same in the 400 IM.
Moody was fifth in the 100 backstroke at 59.76 seconds, Thielking was fifth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.64, Mrosko was fifth in the 200 butterfly at 2:10.23, and Esme Wright was fifth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:25.18.
The day started off with the 200 medley relay, which saw Christina Crane, Thielking, Phoebe Ferguson and Culibrk finish in fourth place with a time of 1:47.65.
Lastly, in the 400 freestyle relay, Culibrk, Croonquist, Ferguson and Wright took third place with a time of 3:32.98.
Denison returns to action on Saturday, January 28, when they host Senior Day against North Coast Athletic Conference foe Ohio Wesleyan University and NCAA Division I Youngstown State University in a sprint meet starting at 10 a.m.
