Men's Swimming and Diving: Wilmington (0-1 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall, 0-0 OAC)
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, 6 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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Friday's Meet: The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team will open its 2022-23 season Friday at home against OAC foe Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center ... The Polar Bears return 13 lettermen from last year's squad that went 4-0 against conference foes and placed second at the OAC Championships ... That group is headlined by a quintet of All-OAC performers from a season ago in fifth-year senior Jackson Stanley, senior Calob Cope, junior Charlie Spyker and sophomores Holden Cubberley and Brady Horgan ... Cubberley returns after a standout freshman season in 2021-22 that included OAC titles in both the 1- and 3-meter diving competitions and OAC Diver of the Year and CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team accolades ... Cubberley, ONU's first conference champion in 1- and 3-meter diving since 2016, broke the school record in the 3-meter diving competition with 500.50 points for 11 dives ... He went on to place ninth on the 1-meter board and fifth on the 3-meter board at the NCAA Division III Regional Championships, which qualified him for the national championships in both competitions. At the NCAA Division III Championships, he placed 18th on the 1-meter board and 19th on the 3-meter board. He'll be looking to build off those performances this season ... Spyker returns after earning CSCAA Scholar All-American Second Team and Academic All-OAC honors and qualifying for the NCAA Division III Regional Championships last season. He was an All-OAC performer with a third-place showing in 1-meter diving, and he proceeded to place 25th in the event at the regional meet. He was also All-Conference in the 200 medley and 400 medley relays and is a team captain this season ... Cope, a team captain and three-year letterman, is a seven-time All-OAC honoree. He has earned All-Conference accolades in the 400 IM in three straight seasons and the 500 free and 1650 free the past two seasons ... Cope's career-best times in the 1000 free and 1650 free are second-best all-time at ONU, and he holds the third-best mark in school history in the 500 free ... Stanley, a three-year letterman, is a five-time All-OAC performer. He was part of ONU's 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay teams that earned All-Conference status last season and the 200 and 400 medley relay teams in 2020-21 ... A team captain, Stanley currently holds the second-best time in school history in the 100 fly, just 0.39 seconds off the all-time record ... Horgan rounds out Northern's group of returning All-OAC swimmers from last season. He earned the first three All-Conference accolades of his career as a member of the 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 400 medley relay teams in 2021-22.
Schedule of Events
Distances in Yards
1-2. 200 Medley Relay
3-4. 1000 Free
5-6. 200 Free
7-8. 100 Back
9-10. 100 Breast
11-12. 200 Fly
13-14. 50 Free
15-16. Meter Diving
17-18. 100 Free
19-20. 200 Back
21-22. 200 Breast
23-24. 500 Free
25-26. 100 Fly
27-28. 3 Meter Diving
29-30. 200 IM
31-32. 200 Free Relay
ONU head coach Austin Veltman: Veltman is in his fifth season at Ohio Northern, boasting an overall record of 16-11, a winning percentage of .593.