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HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – The Ohio swimming team returned to action for the first time in 2023 Friday night (Jan. 13), defeating Marshall, 197-97, in Huntington. 
 
Ohio opened the night in the 200-yard medley relay, with the 'A' team of freshman Allison Schrank (Blaine, Minn.), junior Ami Hornyak (Debrecen, Hungary), junior Gabrielle Brust (Granville, Ohio) and junior Caroline Dunigan (Lansdale, Pa.) placing first with a time of 1:43.54.  
 
The 1,000 free saw junior Morgan Croaning (Carmel, Ind.) place first with a time of 10:15.41, while sophomore Gabrielle McKee (Gilbertsville, PA) finished third in 10:26.77. Ohio then took the top three spots in the 200 free, with senior McKenzie Grau (Mason, Ohio) placing first in 1:51.87, followed by senior Emma Fortman (Madeira, Ohio) in second with a time of 1:52.63, while freshman Anna McGrath finished third in 1:52.84. 
 
Schrank placed third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.62. Hornyak was back in action in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing first in 1:03.91. Freshman Casadie DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio) finished second in 1:04.31. Brust then placed first in the 200 fly with a time of 2:04.28, while senior Madeline Marks (Bentonville, Ark.) finished second, touching in at 2:05.20.
 
Ohio once again took the top two spots in the 50 free, with Dunigan finishing first in 23.97, followed by junior Meg Voigt (Bryan, Ohio) in second with a time of 24.28. Ohio followed that up by taking the top three spots in the 100 free, with Grau finished first in 52.16. Dunigan placed second in 52.96, while Voigt placed third with a time of 53.04. 
 
Junior Riley Bunstine (Alexandria, Ohio) finished first in the 200-yard backstroke, touching in with a time of 2:03.46, while graduate student Athena Aravantinou (North Bethesda, Md.) finished third with a time of 2:06.40. DiBetta was back in action in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing first with a time of 2:18.49, while freshman Emily Ellsworth finished second with a time of 2:18.71. 
 
McGrath picked up a first-place finish in the 500 free, finishing the race in 5:03.83, while Fortman finished third with a time of 5:05.64. Burst then returned to action in the 100 fly, earning a first-place finish with a time of 56.32. Junior Peyton Farrell (Beavercreek, Ohio) finished second, touching in with a time of 57.43. 
 
The Bobcats once again picked up the top two spots in the 200 IM, with Hornyak finishing first in 2:05.62, followed by Ellsworth in second with a time of 2:07.36. 
 
The 400-yard freestyle relay 'A' team of Fortman, Voigt, Dunigan and Grau finished first with a time of 3:29.90. 
 
Up next, the Bobcats are back in action on Friday, Jan. 20 when they head to Toledo, Ohio to take on Toledo and Buffalo in a tri-meet. The meet is set to start at 5 p.m. 
 
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