Break Trip to Rivera Beach, Florida
BEREA, OHIO—The Baldwin-Wallace College men's and women's swimming and diving teams each claimed a victory today (Tuesday, January 3, 2006) against Morningside (Iowa) College on its annual Winter Break trip to Florida. The Yellow Jacket women beat Morningside, 127-82, and the men won, 121-72.
With their victory, the Yellow Jacket women improved to 6-3 overall. Nine B-W women won individually as well as having two triumphant relay teams. Winning individually were senior Emily Wood (Carrollton) in the 200-yard freestyle, junior Sarah Anders (North Ridgeville) in the 50-yard backstroke, senior Stephanie Zurca (Aurora/ Twinsburg) in the 50-yard breaststroke, junior Sara Gombash (Perrysburg/ Toledo Notre Dame) in the 100-yard butterfly, freshman Kate Ritchie (White Oak, Pa./ McKeesport) in the 100-yard free, freshman Mallory Hoffman (Gahanna/ Mount Carmel College) in the 100 back, sophomore Stephanie Markley (Mansfield/ Senior) in the 100-yard breaststroke, freshman Kelly Frahlich (Stow) won the 50-yard free and sophomore Ambica Iyengar (INDIA) in the 100-yard individual medley. Swimming on the winning 200-yard medley relay team were Anders, Zurca, Gombash and Markley. Swimming on the winning 200-yard free relay team were Wood, Ritchie, freshman Kelsie Baker (Dover) and Iyengar.
With its victory, the B-W men improved to 6-3 overall. Seven B-W men won individually as well as one relay team. Winning individually were freshman Sean Sonnenberg (Napoleon) in the 200-yard freestyle, Mathias in the 50 and 100-yard breaststroke events, junior D.J. Mosiniak (Toledo/ St. Francis de Sales) in the 50 and 100-yard free events, junior Luke Grilli (Londonderry, N.H./ Londonderry) in the 100 back, and junior Alex de la Pena (Elyria/ Catholic in the 100-yard individual medley. Swimming on the winning 200-yard free relay team were Grilli, Mosiniak, Sonnenberg and sophomore Dave Fornier (Perrysburg/ Toledo St. John's).
The Yellow Jacket swimmers and divers return from Florida on Sunday, January 8. B-W's next meet is on Friday, Jan. 13 when it travels to Ashland, Ohio to compete against NCAA Division II Ashland University at 6:00 p.m. The next home meet is on Saturday, Dec. 14 when B-W hosts nonlegaue foe Westminster (Pa.) College in the B-W Natatorium in the Lou Higgins Center at 1:00 p.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.
Final Women's Results: Baldwin-Wallace College —127, Morningside(Ia.) College -- 82
200 Medley Relay: Baldwin-Wallace (Anders, Zurca, Gombash, Markley), 2:01.76; 200 Free: Wood (B-W), 2:08.46; 50 Back: Anders (B-W), 31.49; 50 Breast: Zurca (B-W), 34.15; 100 Fly: Gombash (B-W), 1:04.27; 50 Free: Frahlich (B-W), 26.50; 100 Free: Ritchie (B-W), 1:01.38; 100 Back: Hoffman (B-W), 1:08.79; 100 Breast: Markley (B-W), 1:13.94; 50 Fly: Shope (M), 32.67; 100 IM: Iyengar (B-W), 1:09.97; 200 Free Relay: Baldwin-Wallace (Wood, Ritchie, Baker, Iynegar), 1:52.94.
Final Men's Results: Baldwin-Wallace College — 121, Morningside(Ia.) College -- 72
200 Medley Relay: Morningside, 1:50.98; 200 Free: Sonnenberg (B-W), 1:55.49; 50 Back: Anderson (M), 29.00; 50 Breast: Mathias (B-W), 33.14; 100 Fly: Raquel (M), 58.10; 50 Free: Mosiniak (B-W), 23.42; 100 Free: Mosiniak (B-W), 53.46; 100 Back: Grilli (B-W), 59.84; 100 Breast: Mathias (B-W), 1:14.92; 50 Fly: Disalbo (M), 27.23; 100 IM: de la Pena (B-W), 59.16; 200 Free Relay: Baldwin-Wallace (Grilli, Mosiniak, Sonnenberg, Fournier), 1:36.27.
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