Men Finished Third at the 2006 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships
BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College women's swimming and diving team placed second and the men finshed third overall at the 2006 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by John Carroll University in University Heights.
The women scored 140 total points for runner-up honors behind host school John Carroll who tallied 159 points. Ohio Northern was third with 128 points, Wilmington finished fourth at 62 points and Mount Union was fifth with 47 points. The B-W men scored 116 points, two points behind JCU in second place with 118. Ohio Northern took top team honors with 158.5 points, Mount Union was fourth at 96.5 and Wilmington finished fifth with 43.5 points.
For the women, sophomore Stephanie Markley (Mansfield/ Senior), sophomore Ambica Iyengar (Bangalore, INDIA/ Mount Carmel College), freshman Mallory Hoffman (Gahanna/ St. Francis DeSales) and senior Emily Wood (Carrolton) combined efforts to win the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:42.73. Other top performances for the women include a third place finish in the 100-yard freestyle by Hoffman in a time of 56.36 seconds. Iyengar also finished third individually in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:23.36. In the one-meter diving, junior Katie Krzywicki (Brook Park/ Midpark) placed third with 313.40 points.
The men had one indivdual OAC Champion in junior DJ Mosiniak (Toledo/ St. Francis DeSales) in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.63 seconds. Other All-OAC performers include freshman Sean Sonnenberg (Napoleon) who finished second in the 1650-yard free in a time of 17:02.26. Junior Alex de la Pena (Elyria/ Catholic) posted a second place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:02.87. Rounding out the top performances was a 400-yard freestyle relay team composed of junior Luke Grilli (Londonderry, N.H./ Londonderry), sophomore Dave Fournier (Perrysburg/ St. John's), de la Pena and Mosiniak completed the event in a time of 3:14.41.
The Yellow Jacket men's and women's swimming and diving teams will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 18 when they travel to University Circle for the Veale Invitational. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu . To contact Head Coach Mike Gallagher, please call him in the pool at 440-826-2387, FAX him in the men's athletic department at 440-826-2192 or e-mail Coach Gallagher at mgallagh@bw.edu.
2006 OAC Swimming and Diving Championships
on Saturday, February 11, 2006 in University Heights, Ohio
FINAL RESULTS
Final Women's Team Standings: John Carroll University -- 159; Baldwin-Wallace College -- 140; Ohio Northern University -- 128; Wilmington College -- 62; Mount Union College -- 47
200 Medley Relay: Ohio Northern University (Williams, Ewald, Dickey, Mallory), 1:52.72; 400 IM: Iyengar (BWC), 4:53.25; 100 Butterfly: Gombash (BWC), 1:00.0; 200 FREE: Gilmour (JCU), 1:58.81; 100 Breast: Ewald (ONU), 1:07.59; 100 Backstroke: Williams (ONU), 1:02.77; 3 Meter Diving: Nowak (JCU), 436.95; 800 Freestyle Relay: Baldwin-Wallace College (Hoffman, Markley, Iyengar, Wood), 8:13.02; 200 FR: Baldwin-Wallace College (Markley, Baker, Ritchey, Wood), 1:42.56; 500 FREE: Gilmour (JCU), 5:20.42; 200 IM: Hoffman (BWC), 2:17.60; 50 FREE: Wood (BWC), 25.59; 400 MR: Ohio Northern University (Williams, Ewald, Dickey, Wilson), 4:09.21; 1650 Free: Gilmour (JCU), 18:35.19; 200 Back: Flatter (WIL), 2:16.69; 100 Free: Gilewicz (JCU), 56.23; 200 Back: Ewald (ONU), 2:27.19; 200 Fly: Dickey (ONU), 2:18.32; 1-Meter Dive: Nowak (JCU) 352.35; 400 Free Relay: Baldwin-Wallace College (Markley, Iyengar, Hoffman, Wood), 3:42.73
Final Men's Team Standings: Ohio Northern University -- 158.5; John Carroll University -- 118; Baldwin-Wallace College -- 116; Mount Union College -- 96.5; Wilmington College -- 43
200 FREE: Baldwin-Wallace College (Fournier, Meyer, De la Pena, Mosiniak), 1:26.90; 500 FREE: Sonnenberg (BWC), 4:51.89; 200 IM: Frankle (ONU), 1:58.31; 50 FREE: Mosiniak (BWC), 21.26; 400 MR: Ohio Northern University (Leitnaker, Frankle, Andrerson, Peyton), 3:35.32; 200 Medley Relay: Ohio Northern University (Hiskey, Frankle, Anderson, Kuhn), 1:38.40; 400 IM: Frankle (ONU), 4:19.01; 100 Butterfly: White (JCU), :52.62; 200 FREE: Pearson (MUC), 1:45.56; 100 Breast: Frankle (ONU), :59.29; 100 Backstroke: Peylon (ONU), :55.94; 1 Meter Diving: Hulseman (JCU), 440.90; 800 Freestyle Relay: Mount Union College (Opacich, Pearson, Maclary, Smith), 7:16.77; 1650 Free: Frankle (ONU), 16:53.95; 200 Back: Leitnaker (ONU), 2:00.96; 100 Free: Mosiniak (B-W), 47.63; 200 Back: Frankle (ONU), 2:10.24; 200 Fly: McHugh (WIL), 2:00.60; 3-Meter Dive: Hulseman (JCU) 425.60; 400 Free Relay: Ohio Northern (Kuhn, Leitnaker, Miller, Peyton), 3:12.85
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