LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Ohio swim and dive team wrapped up the final day of competition at the 2025 TYR' 85 Invite on Sunday evening (Nov. 23). The Bobcats concluded the three-day event with 2,768 total points, enough to hold off host Liberty, and claim first place at this year's event.
Liberty finished second with 2,410 points, followed by Campbell in third with 1,427.5 points.
The Bobcats opened the finals this evening with the 1650 free, with senior
Anna McGrath (Lewis Center, Ohio) placing second with a time of 17:04.95, while freshman
Katrina Kollin (Dublin, Ohio) finished fifth in 17:13.19.
Junior
Melanie Schweikert (Maineville, Ohio) placed third in the 200 back, finishing with a time of 1:58.85. Freshman
Lily Baumgartner (Ada, Ohio) finished fourth (1:50.92), while sophomore
Juliana Slaninka (Mentor, Ohio) placed fifth with a time of 2:00.26.
Junior
Zita Szoke (Serbia, Becej) placed first in the 100 free, touching in with a time of 47.65, while freshman
Juliette Daigneault (Scottsdale, Ariz.) placed third with a time of 50.12.
In the 200 breast, senior
Casadie DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio) picked up the first-place finish, touching in with a time of 2:11.03, while senior
Emily Ellsworth (Westerville, Ohio) placed fourth in 2:18.09.
Freshman
Jana Macik (Aldie, Va.) earned a first-place finish in the 200 fly, finishing the race with a time of 1:59.86, while junior
Isabella Arbaugh (Ann Arbor, Mich.) finished in fifth with a time of 2:03.36.
Ohio concluded the night with the 4x100 free relay, with the Ohio 'A' team of Szoke, Daigneault, freshman
Tori Wittenberg (Medford, N.J.) and sophomore
Jordan Claypoole (Parkersburg, W. Va.) placed first, finishing the relay with a time of 3:13.38.
In the platform dive, freshman
Alyssa Kiszczak (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) finished third with a score of 197.18.
Up next, some of the Bobcats will be back in action Dec. 3-6 at the 2025 Toyota US Open in Austin, Texas. The Bobcat divers are back in action Jan. 8-10 at the UB Diving Invite, while the entire Ohio squad is back in action again on Friday, Jan. 16 against Bowling Green. Meet time is set for 5 p.m. at the Ohio University Aquatic Center. It will also be Senior Night.
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