Ohio State vs Kentucky vs Akron
- October 19, 2024
- Columbus, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Women’s Scores
- OSU 224, Akron 76
- OSU 218, Kentucky 80
- Kentucky 173, Akron 128
- Men’s Scores
- OSU 191, Kentucky 107
Courtesy: OSU Athletics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams earned dominant wins at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion to open the season. The women defeated Kentucky, 218-80, and Akron, 224-74. The men earned a victory over the Wildcats, 191-107
Women’s Meet Notes
- The Buckeyes opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay, with the team of Nyah Funderburke, Maria Ramos, Katherine Zenick and Teresa Ivan finishing in 1:39.14.
- Ohio State went 1-2-3-4 in the 1000 free. Freshman Mila Nikanorov picked up her first collegiate win, touching the wall at 9:42.80. Gwen Woodbury (9:58.21), Emma Finlin (10:01.19) and Mia Rankin (10:09.87) followed.
- The Buckeyes took the top four spots in the 200 free, with Sienna Angove earning her first collegiate victory with a time of 1:49.37. Rachel Bockrath (1:49.56), Erin Little (1:49.66) and Tia Lindsay (1:49.74) took the next three spots.
- Funderburke (54.38) and Paige Hall (54.81) finished first and second in the 100 back, respectively.
- Freshman Maria Ramos was the winner of the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.34. Ava DeAngelis finished second with a time of 1:02.76 and Nell Cagle finished third with a time of 1:02.93.
- Jessica Eden placed second in the 200 fly, finishing in 2:02.63.
- Lena Hentschel (347.05) and Paola Pineda Vazquez (345.50) placed first and second on the 3-meter springboard. Both scores are NCAA Zones qualifiers.
- Teresa Ivan (22.99), Zenick (23.06) and Delia Lloyd (23.28) finished 1-2-3 in the 50 free and Little (50.16), Ivan (50.42) and Bockrath (50.90) finished 1-2-3 in the 100 free.
- Lloyd earned her first collegiate win in the 200 back with a time of 1:58.12. Hall finished second with a time of :58.26.
- DeAngelis was the winner of the 200 breast, touching the wall at 2:16.31. Reese Dehen placed third with a time of 2:19.93.
- The Buckeye distance swimmers came out strong again in the 500 free, with Nikanorov (4:50.18), Woodbury (4:54.36) and Finlin (4:55.14) finishing 1-2-3.
- Zenick won the 100 fly with a time of 55.48 and Annie Krusinski finished second, touching the wall at 56.68.
- Pineda Vazquez (313.75), Hentschel (310.05) and Michelle Mazzara (296.20) finished in the top three spots on the 1-meter springboard. All three scores are NCAA Zones qualifiers.
- Angove (4:18.61) swam the top time in the 400 IM as an exhibition swimmer.
- The relay team of Zenick, Ivan, Little and Bockrath swam the best time in the 400 free relay, finishing in 3:20.44.
Men’s Meet Notes
- Ohio State opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay, with the team of Matt Klinge, Karl Helmuth, Evan Fentress and Daniel Baltes finishing in 1:27.51.
- Sam Campbell placed third in the 1000 free with a time of 9:10.03. Mason Edmund finished fourth with a time of 9:26.28.
- Tomas Navikonis, the defending Big Ten champion in the 200 free, turned in the first NCAA B standard time of the season for the Buckeyes. He won the 200 free with a time of 1:34.53. Jordi Vilchez (1:37.71) and TJ Frost (1:39.05) placed second and third, respectively.
- In the 100 back, Cornelius Jahn earned his first collegiate win with a time of 48.94. Martin Perecinsky placed second with a time of 49.15.
- Helmuth (55.49) and Ryland McDaniel (55.60) were the top two finishers in the 100 breast.
- In the 200 fly, Alex Metzler (1:46.65) placed second and Tristan Jankovics (1:47.45) placed third.
- Tyler Read (395.90), Kylie Flory (369.65) and Dom Roberto (328.40) finished 1-2-3 on the 30-meter springboard. All three scores are NCAA Zones qualifiers.
- Baltes was the winner of the 50 free, touching the wall at 19.95. Klinge (20.23) finished second and Mario McDonald (20.61) finished third.
- Navikonis picked up his second win of the day in the 100 free with a time of 43.63. Fentress (44.80) and Baltes (45.16) placed second and third, respectively.
- Perecinsky earned his first collegiate win in the 200 back with a time of 1:46.54. Jahn finished second with a time of 1:48.67.
- Jankovics won the 200 breast, finishing in 1:58.80. Helmuth finished third with a time of 2:02.82.
- Metzler (4:25.85) and Campbell (4:31.41) placed second and third, respectively, in the 500 free.
- Fentress took first place in the 100 fly with a time of 48.13. Klinge finished second with a time of 48.22.
- On the 1-meter springboard, Read (339.30), Roberto (333.80) and Flory (332.60) once again took the top three spots and all three scores are NCAA Zones qualifying scores.
- Jankovics (3:49.73) swam the fastest time in the 400 IM as an exhibition swimmer; it was just 20 milliseconds shy of the NCAA B standard time of 3:49.53.
Up Next
- The Buckeyes host Denison for a dual meet on Friday, Oct. 25 at 5:00 p.m.
Courtesy: Kentucky Athletics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kentucky swimming & diving started their 2024-25 season on the road this afternoon in the season’s first meet featuring both the men’s and women’s teams. Final tallies at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion finished at 191-107 on the men’s side. The women, who also faced Akron alongside the Buckeyes finished 218-80 against the hosts and 172.5-127.5 against the Zips earning their first win of the season.
Despite the rocky scorelines, the Wildcats won six events today with Carson Hick and Ryan Merani earning the top spot on the podium in two events for the men’s side resulting in 36 points towards Kentucky’s total. The women bested the Zips in just about every event, including the 400 IM which Hayden Penny won, for 172 total points in the victory.
Hick took first in the 1000-yard and 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 9:02.15 and 4:24.87 respectively for the victories. Ryan Merani won the 200-yard butterfly (1:45.62) and was a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:06.16) that took the top spot alongside Adomas Gatulis, Jack Haywood, and Bradley Boyd. Levi Sandidge earned his first event win of the season securing a 400-yard IM sweep with a time of 3:52.73. On the women’s side, freshman Hayden Penny won her first event as a collegiate athlete taking the 400 IM in 4:20.26 for the nine points.
UK also placed swimmers in the top three in several other events, including the men’s 200 medley relay, men’s 1000 freestyle (Sandidge 2nd; 9:03.85), men’s 100 backstroke (Devin Naoroz 3rd; 49.18), men’s 100 breaststroke (Jonathan Rom 3rd; 55.99), and women’s 200 butterfly (Billie Sherratt 3rd; 2:03.37).
On the boards, Devynn Bishop and Avery Giese wasted no time posting NCAA zone standard scores, achieving 1-meter and 3-meter marks. Bishop reached the 3-meter mark of 280 points after scoring 284.55 points in a third-place finish while Giese hit the 1-meter mark of 265 points with a score of 265.55 in a fourth-place finish.
Kentucky returns home next Friday, October 25th, for a dual meet with West Virginia. The meet will start at 2 p.m., and admission is free to the public.
Courtesy: Akron Athletics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Akron Swimming and Diving team fell to Ohio State and Kentucky on the campus of Ohio State on Saturday.
Akron fell 224-74 against Ohio State and 172.50-127.50 against Kentucky.
Akron began the day by finishing third in the 200-yard medley relay as Madelyn Gatrall (25.61), Claire Cox (28.76), Abigail Daniel (25.54) and Aislinn Holder (22.96) finished with a time of 1:42.87.
Elle Couture swam the fastest time for Akron in the 1000-yard free with a time of 10:23.05 while Felicia Klintemar paced the Zips in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:53.77.
Claire Cox finished sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.90
Gatrall placed third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.07 while Daniel finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:01.17.
In the 50-yard free, Ada Szwabinska placed fourth with a time of 23.60 and fifth in the 100-yard free with a time of 51.85.
Gatrall paced the Zips in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:02.31 while Madelyn Bosler led Akron in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.88.
The 500-yard free featured Couture finishing with a time of 4:58.02 for fourth place while Callie Parkes finished third in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.69.
The 400-yard IM saw Kendall Craig finish with a time of 4:34.30.
In the 400-yard free relay, Akron’s “Z” team of Szwabinska (51.65), Gatrall (51.57), Rebecca Reid (51.67) and Klintemar (52.01) finished first while the “P” team of Helena Lalkovic (53.61), Parkes (53.28), Couture (54.77) and Alanis Santiago (53.75) finished third.
McKenzie Dunigan led the Blue and Gold in the three-meter diving with a score of 246.45 while Elizabeth Noble led the Zips in the one-meter dive with a score of 244.40.
What’s Next?
The Zips return to the Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium to host Bowling Green on November 1 for a 6 p.m. start.
