Jan. 6, 2007
ATHENS, Ohio - The Ohio women's swimming team won 7-of-16 events and had six season-high performances in its first home loss of the season to in-state foe Ohio State, 163-137, on Saturday. The Bobcats are now 5-2 overall and 4-1 at The Aquatic Center.
Ohio opened the afternoon by winning the 200 medley relay with a season-best time of 1:47.19. Emily Wylam (Yorktown, Va.), Michaela Hahn-Lawson (Painesville, Ohio), Carine Vieira de Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Ashley Marion (London, Ontario) teamed up for the victory.
Souza, Mallory Rico (Mentor, Ohio), Marion and Ilse Petersen (Johannesburg, South Africa) took the crown in the 400 freestyle relay with a season-best finish of 3:31.66.
Wylam won two events for Ohio en route to recording season-high performances in the 100 back with a time of 58.12 and the 200 back with a time of 2:04.84.
Other winners for the Bobcats include Marion winning the 100 free with a season-high time of 52.59. Michaela Hahn-Lawson won the 100 breast with a season-best 1:06.48 finish. Souza finished the 200 free in first place with a time of 1:53.80.
"Today we were good, but not great," said Head Coach Greg Werner. "Unfortunately, we needed to be great today to come away with the victory. All in all it was a good team effort that will pay huge dividends when we return to conference action."
Ohio's next meet will be at Youngstown State on Jan. 12. The Bobcats then travel to Buffalo on Jan. 13 to face the Bulls along with the men's squad.
