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The Yellow Jacket women's swim team finish third and the men sixth at the Wooster Invitational

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College women's swim team finished third out of nine teams while the men finished sixth out of nine teams on Saturday, December 6, the final day of the Wooster Invitational.

The women were led by Senior Marynda Yocum (Canal Winchester/Pickerington) who won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.70. In addition Yocum placed 4th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:17.73) and 6th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.82). Juniors Lisa Fox (Copley) placed 8th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:20.81) and Lindsay Alexander (Ashland) placed 6th in the 100-yard breastroke (1:13.89). Sophomore  Emily Wood (Carrollton) placed 8th in the 50-yard feestyle (26.51) and 7th in the 200-yard breastroke (2:40.73). Stephanie Zurca (Twinsburg) placed 7th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.58). Freshman Sara Gombash (Perrysburg/Notre Dame) broke the school record in the 200-yard butterfly and placed 4th with a time of 2:13.84 and finished 5th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.63. Freshman Julie Stancliff (Erie, Pa./ McDowell) won both the 1-meter (353.15) and 3-meter (372.65) diving events. Fellow freshman diving teammates, Katie Krzywicki (Brook Park/Midpark) placed 3rd and 2nd and Nicole Bucci (South Connesville, Pa./Connellsville Area) placed 5th and 4th in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, respectively. The women also placed 4th in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:55.82, including team members Fox, Zurca,  Gombash, and Wood. Additionally, Yocum, Zurca, Gombash, and Kristen Showalter (Bowling Green) teamed up to place 4th in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 4:13.46.

For the men, Senior Scott Roberts (Sandusky/Perkins) placed 7th in the 100-yard butterfly (54.03), 6th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.79), and 7th in the 200-yard  individual medley (2:05.49). Junior Keith DeVore (Mansfield/Ontario) placed 7th in the 100-yard breastroke with a time of 1:02.66. Freshmen D.J. Mosiniak (Toledo/DeSales) placed 2nd in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.12 and Luke Grilli (Londonderry, N.H.) placed 8th in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:51.47. In addition, the men's 200-yard medley relay team came in third (1:40.47).  The team members included Grilli, DeVore, Roberts, and Mosiniak.

The Yellow Jacket swimming and diving team will not be action until January 1 when they make the annual trip to West Palm Beach, Fla.  B-W will then travel to Bethany (W.Va.) College on January 10 for a dual meet beginning at 1:00 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact the B-W SID Office and Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by calling (440) 826-2327. The sports information office also can be reached by FAX machine by calling ( 440) 826-2329 or you can reach SID Kevin Ruple via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To reach B-W Head Coach Michael Gallagher, please call him at (440) 826-2387, FAX him at (440) 826-2192 or e-mail him at either mgallagh@bw.edu or bwswim@bw.edu.  

 


 

Final Team Scores (Women)
1. Wooster 1943
2. Case Western Reserve 1355
3. Baldwin-Wallace 1213
4. Westminster (Pa.) 1108
5. Ashland 751
6. Salem International 554
7. Lycoming 337
8. Penn State Behrend 314
9. Oberlin 261

 

Final Team Scores (Men)

1. Case Western Reserve 1636
2. Ashland 1273
3. Wooster 1030
4. Westminster (Pa.) 1006.50
5. Salem International 908.50
6. Baldwin-Wallace 718
7. Oberlin 498
8. Penn State Behrend 308
9. Lycoming 307