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ATHENS, Ohio— The Ohio swimming and diving team wrapped up their home schedule with wins over Bowling Green, 182-117, and Cleveland State, 242- 48.
"It was great to send our seniors out with a win in their last meet at the OUAC. The entire team came together to compete and have some fun racing before championship season," said head coach
Mason Norman. "The crowd was amazing in the aquatic center and that just makes our team perform so well."
The Bobcats started out strong with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:46.00 from senior Athena Aravanatinou (North Bethesda, Md.), freshman
Julia Strine (Shippensburg, Pa.), sophomore
Gabrielle Brust (Granville, Ohio) and junior
Emma Fortman (Maderia, Ohio).
Strine led the team with two first place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.98) and tied for first place in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.49). Brust added two wins of her own in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.70) and the 100-yard butterfly (55.39).
The Bobcats added several other first places finishes from sophomore
Caroline Dunigan (Lansdale, Pa.) in the 50-yard freestyle (23.87), junior
McKenzie Grau (Mason, Ohio) in the 100-yard freestyle (51.34) and Fortman in the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.05).
In the 400-yard individual medley, the Bobcats took the top three spots with close finishes from junior
Madeline Marks (Bentonville, Ar.), sophomore
Morgan Croaning (Carmel, Ind.) and freshman Gabby McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa.). Marks took the top spot with a time of 4:33.29, followed closely by Croaning with a time of 4:34.11 and freshman Gabby McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa.) placed third with a time of 4:34.65.
The Bobcats ended the meet with a top time in the 200-yard freestyle relay from the quartet of Grau, Dunigan, Fortman and sophomore
Meg Voigt (Bryan, Ohio)
In diving, junior
Halli Siwik (Fishers, Ind.) placed second in the 3-meter dive (272.50) and the 1-meter dive (253.65).
The dive team has one final tune up before the Mid-American Conference Championship against Miami on February 12 in Oxford. The rest of the team will be back in the pool February 23-26 at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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