Ohio Swim and Dive leads Buffalo and Marshall in Season Opening Tri-Meet

Friday, October 24

Athens, Ohio

5 p.m.

121

Marshall

Ohio Swim and Dive leads Buffalo and Marshall in Season Opening Tri-Meet

10/24/2025 8:49:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio swimming and diving team opened the 2025-26 season on Friday afternoon (Oct. 24), taking on MAC opponent Buffalo and Marshall in a tri-meet event. The Bobcats finish day one with a score of 121.00-46.00 versus Marshall and 107.00-60.00 versus Buffalo, taking the lead heading into day two.

The meet started with 3-meter diving, where junior Astrid Pichardo (Guanajuato, Mexico) placed second overall with an overall score of 276.40.

The 200-yard free relay team of freshman Tori Wittenberg (Medford, N.J.), junior Zita Szoke (Serbia, Becej), sophomore Jordan Claypoole (Parkersburg, W.Va.), and junior Katie Buroker (Zionsville, Ind.) placed first with a time of 1:30.78.

In the 1000-yard free, freshman Katrina Kollin (Dublin, Ohio) placed fourth with a time of 10:14.77, and senior Anna McGrath (Lewis Center, Ohio) placed fifth with a time of 10:18.93.

The Bobcats had three top-five finishers in the 200-yard IM, with senior Emily Ellsworth (Westerville, Ohio) finishing in second with a time of 2:02.96, freshman Juliette Daigneault (Scottsdale, Ariz.) finishing in third place with a time of 2:03.12, and freshman Jana Macik (Aldie, Va.) finishing in fifth place with a time of 2:05.72.

Senior Casadie DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio) took the first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:11.51. Ellsworth also finished in the top five with a time of 2:17.51, placing fourth.

Ohio had four finishers in the top-five in the 200-yard backstroke, with the Bobcats taking the first three spots. Sophomore Juliana Slaninka (Mentor, Ohio) finished in first place with a time of 1:58.58, freshman Lily Baumgartner (Ada, Ohio) finished in second place with a time of 1:59.51, junior Melanie Schweikert (Maineville, Ohio) finished in third with a time of 1:59.60, and senior Morgan Brown (Fort Wayne, Ind.) placed fifth with a time of 2:01.71.

In the 200-yard butterfly, Macik was the top Bobcat finisher, placing second with a time of 1:59.07.

The Bobcats swept the top four spots in the 100-yard free, with Szoke being the top finisher for Ohio with a time of 48.03. Wittenburg finished in second with a time of 50.67, junior Katie Buroker (Zionsville, Ind) finished in third place with a time of 51.03, and Claypoole finished with a time of 51.18.

In the final event of the day, the Bobcats placed first in the 400-yard medley relay, with Baumgartner, DiBetta, Szoke, and Wittenburg finishing with a time of 3:38.50.

Ohio returns to the pool tomorrow for day two of the tri-meet with Buffalo and Marshall, with the first event kicking off at 10 a.m., and can be watched on YouTube.

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