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TOLEDO, Ohio – The Ohio swimming and diving team (6-2, 4-0 MAC) returned to action Friday evening (Jan. 20), picking up two Mid-American Conference victories against Toledo (3-4, 1-3 MAC) and Buffalo (1-3, 1-2 MAC) in a tri-meet hosted by Toledo. Ohio defeated the Rockets, 219-81 and defeated Buffalo, 166-111. 
 
With the two victories, the Bobcats finished the MAC dual season with a perfect 4-0 record. 
 
Ohio opened the night in the 200-yard medley relay, with the Bobcats' 'A' team of freshman Allison Schrank (Blaine, Minn.), junior Ami Hornyak (Debrecen, Hungary), junior Gabrielle Brust (Granville, Ohio) and junior Caroline Dunigan (Carmel, Ind.) finishing second with a time of 1:43.62.
 
Next in the 1,000-yard freestyle, the Bobcats took the top three spots, with freshman Lauren Hartel (Arlington, Va.) placing first in 10:10.95, junior Morgan Croaning (Carmel, Ind.) in second in 10:25.65 and sophomore Gabrielle McKee (Gilbertsville, Pa.) in third with a time of 10:28.44.
 
Senior McKenzie Grau (Mason, Ohio) picked up a second-place finish in the 200 free, touching in with a time of 1:51.74. Senior Emma Fortman (Madeira, Ohio) finished third in 1:52.50, while freshman Anna McGrath placed fourth in 1:52.52. Then in the 100-yard backstroke, Schrank placed third with a time of 57.04, while junior Riley Bunstine (Alexandria, Ohio) finished fourth in 57.20. 
 
Hornyak returned to continue her dominance in the breaststroke this season, placing first in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching in with a time of 1:02.82. Freshman Casadie DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio) placed second in 1:03.89, while sophomore Julia Strine (Shippensburg, Pa.) finished third in 1:04.46. 
 
In the 200 fly, the Bobcats took the top two spots with Brust placing first in 2:01.22, followed by senior Madeline Marks (Bentonville, Ark.) placing second in 2:03.03. Grau and Dunigan picked up a second and third place finish in the 50 free, with Grau finishing second in 23.62, followed by Dunigan in 23.94. 
 
Fortman earned a fourth-place finish in the 100 free, finishing the race in 51.94, while junior Mollie Brackett (Appleton, Wis.) finished fifth in 52.01. 
 
In the 200 back, Bunstine finished third in 2:02.41, while graduate student Athena Aravantinou (North Bethesda, Md.) placed fourth with a time of 2:03.19. Hornyak earned another first-place victory in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:17.03. DiBetta finished second (2:18.24) and freshman Emily Ellsworth (2:18.27) in third. 
 
The Bobcats took the top-three spots in the 500 free, with Hartel finishing first in 4:56.55, McGrath in second (5:03.78) and McKee in third (5:04.78). Meanwhile, Brust placed first in the 100 fly, finishing in 55.07. 
 
The Bobcats took the top three spots in the 200-yard IM, with Hornyak finishing first with a time of 2:04.48. Ellsworth placed second in 2:05.30, followed by Grau in third (2:05.52). 
 
In the final swimming event of the evening, the Bobcats competed in the 200 free relay, with the 'A' team consisting of Dunigan, Fortman, Grau and junior Meg Voigt (Bryan, Ohio) placed second with a time of 1:35.14. 
 
In diving, senior Sienna Breton (Cheshire, Conn.) placed second in the 1-meter dive with a score of 248.78, while sophomore Grace Matocha (Magnolia, Texas) finished fourth with a score of 240.80. In the 3-meter event, sophomore Sophie Cooper (Milford, Ohio) finished fifth with a score of 228.60. 
 
Up next, the Bobcats head back to Athens tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 21, to take on Denison on Senior Day. The meet is set to start at 1 p.m., with Senior Day activities set to start at 1:45 p.m. inside the Ohio University Aquatic Center.
 
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