Freshman Nolan Huey leads Men's Swimming and Diving in 167-121 loss at John Carroll

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Freshman Nolan Huey recorded three first place finishes as the Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team fell to John Carroll Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears move to 1-1 overall and 1-1 in the OAC, while the Blue Streaks improve to 2-0, 1-0.

"Today was a great testament to keeping the end in mind," said head coach Peggy Ewald. "We knew going into today's meet that we'd have a big challenge of back-to-back meets with a short turn around time. Doing so prepares us for the end of the season championships. Little wins can lead to big things.....little failures can lead to growth and big things.....as the season continues to press on, we will learn which side of this loss we are on.

"This is a humbling experience for our guys. At the same time it is a great chance to emphasize that for our team, it was best to push outside the comfort zone to look further down the road to what we need in preparation for conference."

Huey finished first in the 1,000 free in 10:12.84, the 100 back in :54.45, and the 500 free in 4:51.18 to lead Northern.

Huey also teamed up with freshman Ryan Groehl (Marysville/Marysville), sophomore Gabe Rastatter (Springfield/Kenton Ridge), and freshman Grant Pfeifer (Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) to finish second in the 400 free relay in 3:28.60.

Senior Eric Chen (Mason/Mason) and junior Ian Simpson (Strongsville/Strongsville) also posted first place finishes for Northern.

Chen won the 100 free in :48.61, while senior Logan Pfeifer (Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) took third in :49.02.

In the 200 back, Simpson took first in 2:02.77.

Simpson also finished second in the 100 back in :54.89.

Sophomore Pete He (Mason/Mason) finished second in the 200 free in 1:50.48, while Chen finished third in 1:51.44.

He also took second in the 100 fly, finishing in :53.41.

The team of Simpson, He, Logan Pfeifer and sophomore Anthony Ferrell (Canton/Glen Oak) would take second place in the 200 medley relay in 1:37.75.

In the 100 breast Ferrell finished second in 1:00.61, while junior Thomas Golba (Kettering/Archbishop Alter) finished third in 1:01.68.

Ferrell would finish the day with a second place finish in the 200 breast in 2:14.70 and a third place finish in the 200 IM in 2:07.79.

Golba also finished third in the 50 free in :22.26 and the 200 breast in 2:17.95.

Logan Pfeifer would also finish second in the 50 free in :22.13.

Senior John Raker (Lebanon/Lakota West) posted a pair top-2 finishes as he took second in the 200 fly in 2:03.49, and finished second in the 200 IM in 2:05.95.

"While dual meets are tests to the lessons we are learning in practice, I feel the score may not reflect all that we have learned from this meet," said Ewald.

Northern returns to action Nov. 4-5, as it travels to Calvin (Mich.) to compete in the two-day invitational