BEREA, OHIO -- Both of the Baldwin-Wallace College men's and women's swimming and diving teams lost to Ohio Northern University in duals meets, scores were 145-86 on the men's side and 132-111 on the women's side.
Despite their loss, several member of the women's team won individual and team events. Finishing the meet strong with a win was the 200-yard freestyle relay, team members consisting of sophomore Katie Ritchey (White Oak, Pa./ McKeesport), senior Sarah Anders (North Ridgeville), freshman Ryan Reynolds (Westerville/ South) and junior Ambica Iyengar (Bangalore, India/ Mount Carmel College), in a time of 1:45.66. Winning individually for the Yellow Jackets were, Reynolds in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:52.43, senior Katie Klaus (Huron/ Senior) in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:41.14, sophomore Mallory Hoffman (Gahanna/ St. Francis DeSales) in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:02.26, senior Sara Gombash (Perrysburg/ Notre Dame) in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.76 and senior Katie Krzywicki (Brook Park/ Midpark) in the 3-meter dive with a point total of 188.95.
Also winning their last event of the meet was the men's 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:31.15, with team members freshman Vicent Colwell (Parma/ Normandy), freshman Jordan Irwin (Westerville/ South), senior Mark Harris (Manasquan, N.J./ Wall Township) and sophomore Sean Sonnenberg (Napoleon). Winning individual events were Sonnenberg in both the 1000-yard and 500-yard freestyle races in times of 10:29.35 and 5:02.42, respectively, senior Alex de la Pena (Elyria/ Catholic) in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:28.61 and senior Luke Grilli (Londonderry, N.H./ Londonderry) in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.39.
The Yellow Jacket swimming and diving teams will resume competition on Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 15-17 when they travel to Akron, Ohio to compete at the OAC Conference Championship Meet held at the University of Akron. The meet begins at 11:00 a.m.
FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please call 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. You also can contact Head Coach Sara Gildea by phone at 440-826-2387, by FAX at 440-826-2192 or by e-mail at sgildea@bw.edu .
College Swimming and Diving Results:
Baldwin-Wallace College at Ohio Northern University
on January 20, 2007 at Ada, Ohio
FINAL MEN'S TEAM RESULTS: Ohio Northern University -- 145, Baldwin-Wallace College -- 86
FINAL MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 200-yard Medley Relay: ONU (Peyton, Lange, Anderson, Miller), 1:40.99; 1000-yard Freestyle: Sonnenberg (BWC), 10:29.35; 200-yard Freestyle: Kuhn (ONU), 1:48.07; 50-yard Freestyle: Peyton (ONU), 22.52; 400-yard IM: de la Pena (BWC), 4:28.61; 1-meter Dive: Brandt (ONU), 182.80 points; 100-yard Butterfly: Miller (ONU), 56.64; 100-yard Freestyle: Kuhn (ONU), 48.92; 100-yard Backstroke: Grilli (BWC), 56.39; 500-yard Freestyle: Sonnenberg (BWC), 5:02.41; 3-meter Dive: Brandt (ONU), 189.35 points; 100-yard Breastroke: Anderson (ONU), 1:02.42; 200-yard Freestyle Relay: BWC (Colwell, Irwin, Harris, Sonnenberg), 1:31.15.
FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS: Ohio Northern University -- 132, Baldwin-Wallace College -- 111
FINAL WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 200-yard Medley Relay: ONU (Shumate, Ewald, Moore, Randall), 1:54.21; 1000-yard Freestyle: Klaus (BWC), 11:41.14; 200-yard Freestyle: Hoffman (BWC), 2:02.26; 50-yard Freestyle: Moore (ONU), 25.72; 400-yard IM: Reynolds (BWC), 4:52.43; 1-meter Dive: Shigle (ONU), 200.30 points; 100-yard Butterfly: Gombash (BWC), 59.76; 100-yard Freestyle: Moore (ONU), 55.76; 100-yard Backstroke: Hubber (ONU), 1:03.35; 500-yard Freestyle: Randall (ONU), 5:34.00; 3-meter Dive: Krzywicki (BWC), 188.95 points; 100-yard Breastroke: Ewald (ONU), 1:09.73; 200-yard Freestyle Relay: BWC (Ritchey, Anders, Reynolds, Iyengar), 1:45.66.
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