Ohio Swim and Dive Competes at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships

Thursday, March 12

Ocala, Fl.

Prelims: 9:30 a.m. ET/ Finals 6 p.m. ET

CSCAA National Invitational

Ohio Swim and Dive Competes at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships

3/14/2026 9:13:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

OCALA, Florida. – The Ohio swim team traveled to Ocala, Florida, this past week (Mar. 12-14) and concluded their season at the 2026 CSCAA National Invitational Championships, at the FAST Facility. Overall, Ohio finished in 22^nd place, scoring 172 total points.

In the first event, Thursday night, the Bobcats' 200-yard free relay, consisting of freshman Tori Wittenberg (Medford, N.J.), sophomore Jordan Claypoole (Parkersburg, WV), junior Katie Buroker (Zionsville, Ind), and junior Melanie Schweikert (Maineville, Ohio), finished in 7^th place with a time of 1:32.65.

In the 50-yard backstroke, freshman Lily Baumgartner (Ada, Ohio) finished third in the consolation final, 13th overall, with a time of 25.37.

Wittenberg competed in the 50-yard freestyle consolation final, earning a seventh-place finish, 17^th overall, with a time of 23.31.

In finals on Friday night, the Bobcat 200-yard medley relay, consisting of sophomore Leah Guess (Hartville, Ohio), Buroker, Claypoole, and Wittenberg, finished in 28th place with a time of 1:43.68.

Two Bobcats swam in the 100-yard backstroke consolation final, with Baumgartner finishing second in the consolation final, 12^th overall, with a time of 53.97, and Schweikert finishing fifth in the consolation final, 15^th overall, with a time of 54.40.

In the 800-yard freestyle relay, freshman Katrina Kollin (Dublin, Ohio), sophomore Ashlyn Morr (Galena, Ohio), freshman Jana Macik (Aldie, Va), and sophomore Juliana Slaninka (Mentor, Ohio) finished in 14th with a time of 7:23.56.

On the final day of competition, Schweikert started off the night in the 200-yard backstroke final, where she finished in eighth place with a time of 1:57.41.
Macik competed in the 200-yard butterfly final in ninth place with a time of 2:01.78.

In the final event of the night, the 400-yard freestyle relay consisting of Morr, Wittenberg, Claypoole, and Buroker finished in 19^th place with a time of 3:24.28.

To finish out the 2025-2026 season, junior Zita Szoke and senior Casadie DiBetta will compete in the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, March 18-21 at Georgia Tech University. Szoke and DiBetta will both compete in multiple events for the Bobcats.

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