The swimming and diving team finished its regular season this weekend with dual losses to the visiting Grove City College Wolverines (7-3, 7-2 PAC).
The women’s team fought late into the afternoon but eventually suffered a rare dual meet loss, 165.5-134.5 ending their season with an 8-2 record. The women are ranked third in the NCAC.
The men continued to fight despite being the underdog again, but Grove City’s team proved too strong and finished the meet with a lead of 150-133, dropping Wooster’s record to 2-8, sixth place in the NCAC.
The meet started promisingly with a big win by the 200 yard medley relay team consisting of Mariah McGovern ’14, Caroline Hanson ’13, Melissa Haug ’12 and Adriana Hoak ’14, in a time of 1:54.77. In the individual events, Kate Hunt ’13 was the only winner of two events, winning both the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly.
The women also had three individual event winners: Samira El-Adawy ’13 in the 100 yard backstroke, Melissa Haug ’12 in the 200 yard fly and Alyse Marquinez ’11 winning by 1.25 points in the one yard dive.
The men’s team swam and dove well and was highlighted by two of their most successful athletes ó Peter Parisi ’13 and Luke Knezevic ’12. Parisi won two of his best events of the 2010-11 season, dominating the 100 yard breaststroke and the 100 yard fly with times of 59.46 and 51.62, almost matching his school records.
Knezevic, coming off his award winning season where he took home NCAC Diver of the Year, is peaking at the right time, winning both the one meter and three meter events with scores of 299.55 and 280.80 respectively.
The Scots will now turn their sights to the NCAC Championships in on Feb. 10-12, hoping to send a few individuals or teams to the Division III National Championships on March 23 in Knoxville, Tenn.