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ATHENS, Ohio â€" The Ohio women’s swimming and diving team handed Marshall their first loss of the season, defeating the Thundering Herd by a final of 197.5-107.5. The Bobcats picked up 14 first-place finishes on their way to the victory.
“It feels really good,†head coach Rachel Komisarz-Baugh said. “The 0-3 is not very appealing, so having that one there and having the first win, especially since Marshall did beat us last year. It shows just how quickly we’ve been able to turn around this program and the hard work that the girls have been doing to make it work. The pride that they are now showing when they’re competing says a lot and I’m very proud of them today.â€
The meet kicked off with the 200-yard medley relay, with the Bobcat’s ‘A’ team of senior Addison Ferguson (Westfield Center, Ohio), freshman Mackenzie Hornstra (Naperville, Ill.), junior Laura Dawson (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Eng.) and senior Haley Clark (College Station, Texas) finishing in first place with a final time of 1:46.26.
The next event, the 1,000-yard freestyle, freshman Ana Henderson (Danville, Calif.) finished in second with a final of 10:17.93.
In the third event of the evening, junior Josie Barker (Richmond, N.Yorkshire, Eng.) won the 200-yard freestyle, touching in with a final time of 1:53.12. Freshman Corrin Van Lanen (Green Bay, Wis.) placed second with a final of 1:54.98, and freshman Kimberly Zehnder finished in fifth place, placing with a final time of 1:56.15.
In the 100-yard backstroke, the Bobcats swept the podium with Ferguson finishing in first place (56.58), followed by sophomore Caroline Raley (58.49) in second and Clark in third place, finishing with a final time of 59.26.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, senior Ariel Hodges (Warren, Mich.) came away with a first-place finish, touching in with a final time of 1:08.13. Hornstra also earned a podium spot, finishing in third-place with a final time of 1:09.21.
In the 200-yard butterfly, the Bobcats two the top-two spots, with Dawson finishing in first place with a final time of 2:03.81. Sophomore Elena Patz (Waunakee, Wis.) finished in second place (2:05.35) and freshman Emily Davis (Lexington, Ky.) finished tied for third with a final of 2:07.00.
In the 50-yard freestyle, Van Lanen continued her dominance in the event, winning it for the fourth-consecutive meet, sprinting to the finish in 23.71. Zehnder added a fourth-place finish for the Bobcats, touching in at 24.98.
The Bobcats swept the 100-yard freestyle, with Van Lanen picking up her second victory of the evening, winning the race in 52.39. Barker finished in second place (53.00) and Clark finished in third place with a final of 53.23.
Dawson won her second event of the night when she finished the 200-yard backstroke in 2:01.51. Raley (Mobile, Ala.) picked up a fourth-place finish for the Bobcats, touching in at 2:08.87.
Ohio picked up its eighth-straight first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, with redshirt senior Stephanie Gyurke (Bellevue, Ohio) finishing in 2:25.29.
In the 500-yard freestyle, redshirt senior Bianca Hauzer (Bedfordview, South Africa) finished in second place, touching in with a final time of 5:03.65. Henderson added a fourth-place finish for Ohio, touching the wall at 5:05.55 and Barker finished fifth with a time of 5:08.62.
In the 100-yard butterfly, Junior Carrie Dukes and Patz finished in the top-two spots, with Dukes finishing in first (56.79) and Patz (56.95) placing second.
In the 200-yard IM, Dawson won her third event of the evening, finishing the event in 2:05.79.
In the final event of the night, the Bobcats won the 400-yard freestyle relay with the ‘A’ team of Barker, Clark, Henderson and Van Lanen, finishing the race in 3:30.41. The ‘B’ squad of Hauzer, Zehnder, Dukes and sophomore Katie Lemen (Carmel, Ind.) finished in second place, touching in at 3:37.16.
In the diving events, Redshirt senior Haleigh Bartlett (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) finished in first place in the three-meter event, finishing with a final score of 281.47. sophomore Karrisa Conner (Granite Bay, Calif.) finished in fifth place, finishing with a total score of 196.27. In the one-meter event, Bartlett once again finished in first place, finishing with a final score of 281.02. Conner finished in fifth place with a final score of 177.52.
“I am so proud of Haleigh,†Komisarz-Baugh said. “We redshirted her last year because of injury so for her to be able to come back from that injury and still be dealing with it some now to this day. She can’t practice fully. For her to be as strong and as confident on the boards as she is I’m just so proud of her and she’s done an amazing job.â€
Up next, the Bobcats wrap up their fall slate when they head to Louisville, Ky. to compete in the UofL Invitational on Nov. 20-22.
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