Ohio vs Toledo
- October 11, 2024
- Athens, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Ohio Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio swimming and diving team opened the 2024-25 season on Friday afternoon (Oct. 11), defeating Mid-American Conference opponent Toledo, 227-73, inside the Ohio University Aquatics Center. The Bobcat earned first-place finishes in 15 out of 16 events.
In the first swimming event of the day, the Ohio 200-yard medley relay team of Allison Schrank (Blaine, Minn.), junior Casadie DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio), sophomore Zita Szoke (Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary) and graduate student Caroline Dunigan (Lansdale, Pa.) placed first with a time of 1:42.92.
Senior Gabrielle McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa.) placed first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:24.24, while sophomore Ashley Sallows (Delaware, Ohio) finished second (10:39.37), freshman Melissa Blaine (Cape Coral, Fla.) finished third (10:41.25) and freshman Maddie Berg finished fourth (10:46.77).
Szoke picked up where she left off last year, placing first in the 200 free, touching in with a time of 1:51.75. Sophomore Katie Buroker (Zionsville, Ind.) finished third (1:55.03), while junior Peyton Binns (Hudson, Ohio) placed fourth with a time of 1:56.62.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Schrank picked up the first-place finish, touching the wall in 57.40, while freshman Leah Guess (Hartville, Ohio) placed second (57.84), freshman Sofia Matern (Cincinnati, Ohio) finished third (58.84) and junior Morgan Brown (Roanoke, Ind.) finished fourth (59.37).
DiBetta also picked up where she left off last year, earning a first-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.25. Senior Julia Strine (Shippensburg, Pa.) placed second (1:04.71), while senior Edie Sawyer (Cranberry Township, Pa.) placed third (1:06.08) and junior Emily Ellsworth (Westerville, Ohio) finished fourth in 1:06.66.
In the 200 fly, McKee placed first in 2:03.76, while Blaine finished third (2:20.31), sophomore Isabella Arbaugh (Ann Arbor, Mich.) finished fourth (2:12.09) and Berg in fifth with a time of 2:14.17.
In the 50 free, Dunigan placed first with a time of 24.12, while freshman Jordan Claypoole (Parkersburg, W. Va.) placed third (24.36), followed by junior Alexandra Wayner (Savannah, Ga.) in fourth (24.69) and Buroker in fifth with a time of 24.69.
Szoke picked up the win in the 100 free, touching in at 50.67, while Buroker finished third (52.70) and Dunigan in fourth (53.34). Meanwhile, in the 200 back, Ohio took the top-four spots, with Schrank placing first (2:05.22), Matern in second (2:07.09), freshman Juliana Slaninka in third (2:0735) and Brown in fourth with a time of 2:08.29.
Ohio once again took the top-four spots, this time in the 200 breaststroke, with DiBetta placing first in 2:19.15. Ellsworth finished second in 2:22.37, while Strine finished third (2:23.49) and Sawyer in fourth (2:25.58).
In the 500 free, McKee placed first touching in with a time of 5:04.44. Sallows finished third (5:11.93), while Blaine placed fourth (5:16.20) and Binns placed fifth, touching in with a time of 5:16.50.
In the 100 fly, Claypoole placed second with a time of 56.80, while senior Raphaelle Anglade (Toulouse, France) placed fifth in 59.47.
Ohio picked up a win in the 200-yard IM, with Ellsworth finishing first with a time of 2:09.70. Anglade placed second (2:11.58), while Strine finished fourth (2:14.44) and Brown in fifth (2:15.03).
In the final event of the afternoon, the 400 free relay, the Ohio team of Claypoole, Szoke, Dunigan and Buroker placed first, touching in with a time of 3:28.39.
In diving, sophomore Astrid Pichardo (Guanajuato, Mexico) won the 3-meter event, posting a score of 251.40, while sophomore Stephanie Balthaser (Delaware, Ohio) placed third with a score of 225.15. Then in the 1-meter, Pichardo once again placed first, this time with a score of 259.95, while Balthaser finished second with a score of 240.23.
Up next, the Bobcats head to Normal, Ill. Oct. 18-19 to take on Illinois State. Friday’s meet is set to begin at 5 p.m., while Saturday is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: Toledo Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio – The Toledo women’s swimming and diving team opened up its 2024-25 season against Ohio, falling 227-73 in a dual meet against the Bobcats on Friday. Toledo finished with an individual victory and seven combined runner-up finishes for the meet.
The Rockets got a victory in the 100 butterfly from senior Leah Evans, who touched the wall in 56.59 seconds to take the event by 0.21 seconds. Evans also took a runner-up from the 200 butterfly at 2:08.41.
Two Rockets took individual runner-ups in two different events. Freshman Rosie Richards debuted with second-place finishes in both the 200 free (1:53.61) and the 500 free (5:09.15). Junior Janne Slegers also took second in the 50 free (24.35) and the 100 free (52.48).
Senior Kassie Gutierrez placed second from the 3M diving board with a six-dive score of 235.80. The 400 free relay team of Richards, Slegars, graduate student Nejla Karic and freshman Kenzie Myco each finished rounded out Toledo’s top-two finishes with a time of 3:32.97.
“This meet was a great way to start our dual meets this season,” said Head Coach Jacy Dyer. “It was great to see a lot of the details the team is consistently doing well. It’s even better to see what more needs to be done to improve. We have more work to do, but I’m happy with some of the things we saw today. I’m looking forward to seeing how the team will grow this season.”
