The menís and womenís swimming and diving teams split another dual-meet with Ohio Northern University, after splitting with Wittenberg University last Saturday.
The Scots traveled to Ada, Ohio, and hopped in the pool with the Polar Bears last Saturday in their third dual-meet action of the young 2009-2010 season. The womenís team came away with its third victory of the season (165-135), but the menís side fell again at the hands of Ohio Northern (168-132).
The female Fighting Scots outpaced the Polar Bears with significant contributions coming from four swimmers, each of which contributed two individual wins to the total effort in the Wooster win. The impressive efforts of two first-years, Samira El-Adawy í13 and Kate Hunt í13, led the Scots to their third victory. El-Adawy earned victories in the 100 and 400 individual medleys with times of 56.38 and 4:48.15 respectively.
The underclassmenís influence was evident, continuing with the sibling effort of Priscilla Haug í12 and Melissa Haug í12, who each won two races apiece against the Polar Bears. Melissa took home first place in the 200 butterfly and the 500 freestyle while her sister Priscilla earned first in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke. The eight total victories helped create a 30 point divide between the Scots and Ohio Northern.
The menís side, though not victorious against the Polar Bears, was marked by impressive individual efforts in the pool last Saturday. Despite the loss, Ryan Radtke í10 made an important point about the loss saying, ìswimming is unique in the sense that going into the end of the year the dual-meet record doesnít matter at all.”
Sophomore Luke Knezevic í12 continued his dominance on the diving side of the swimming and diving team with victories in the one and three meter dives against Ohio Northern. Knezevic took home third place last season in the NCAC Championship last season, which earned him all-conference honors as a first-year.
Logan LaBerge í10 kept his winning traditions going with two individual victories to lead the male swimmers.† LaBerge won the 100 and 200 backstroke events last Saturday with times of 54.84 and 1:58.33 in the two races.
The two teams will travel today and tomorrow for the Veale Classic at Case Western Reserve University. The Friday dual-meet action is against an NCAC opponent, Oberlin College.