Cubberley completes sweep of diving events as Men's Swimming and Diving finishes third at Calvin (Mich.) Quad Meet

Cubberley completes sweep of diving events as Men's Swimming and Diving finishes third at Calvin (Mich.) Quad Meet
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November 4, 2023

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Junior Holden Cubberley (Celina) swept the diving events by winning the 3-meter diving competition on Saturday to lead the Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team to a third place finish on Saturday on the final day of the two-day Calvin (Mich.) Quad Meet at the Venema Aquatic Center.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (4-1 overall, 2-1 OAC).
  • Venue: Venema Aquatic Conter - Grand Rapids, Mich.

Saturday's Highlights

  • The Polar Bears finished third with 630.5 points over the meet's 20 events.
  • Cubberley scored 463.80 points over 11 dives to win the 3-meter diving competition, finishing first of seven divers.
  • Sophomore Aiden Magoolaghan (Hinckley/Highland) led the Polar Bear swimmers on Saturday with a fourth place finish in the 100 back in :56.29. He was also on all three of ONU's top-finishing relay teams on the day.
  • Senior Charlie Spyker (Harrod/Shawnee) was fifth in the 100 back in :56.62 and was eighth in the 200 back in 2:07.12.
  • Sophomore Long Huynh (Billings, Mt./West) was fifth in the 200 fly in 2:00.63 and was eighth in the 400 I.M. in 4:24.76.
  • Freshman Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland) was fifth in the 1650 free in 17:36.39.
  • Sophomore Tyler Edmonds (Youngsville, La./Southside) has a pair of seventh place finishes - in the 400 I.M. in 4:24.58 and the 200 breast in 2:16.70.
  • Sophomore Simon Bopple (Cleveland/Shaker Heights) was seventh in the 200 back in 2:07.03.
  • Junior Brady Horgan (New Richmond/McNicholas) was eighth in the 100 free in :48.64.
  • Sophomore Selby Wilt (Findlay) finished 10th in the 100 free in :49.24.
  • Freshman Evan Miller (Cincinnati/La Salle) was 10th in the 20 fly in 2:09.73.
  • The morning began with the 200 medley relay team of Magoolaghan, sophomore Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder), Wilt and Horgan finished fifth in 1:38.14.
  • Herbert, Edmonds, Magoolaghan and Spyker wrapped up the morning session with a seventh place finish in 7:30.86.
  • Wrapping up the meet Saturday afternoon, Magoolaghan, junior Brandon Parkins (DuPont, Wash./Steilacoom), Edmonds and sophomore Isaac Reddy (Maryland Heights, Mo./Pattonville) was fifth in the 400 free relay in 3:18.40.
  • Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 2053.5 points, Carthage (Wis.) was second with 827 points and Albion (Mich.) was fourth with 247 points.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 20 events over three sessions, including 13 individual races, five relays and 2 diving events.
  • There were 6 events on Friday, eight on Saturday morning and six more in the final session on Saturday afternoon.
  • The meet is the fifth of 11 regular season contests for Ohio Northern.
  • Austin Veltman is now 27-14 in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up the fall portion of their schedule Nov. 17-19 at the Wabash (Ind.) Invitational.