Men's Swimming and Diving moves up into second place after second day of OAC Championships

Men's Swimming and Diving moves up into second place after second day of OAC Championships
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February 15, 2024

AKRON — The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team moved up into second place on the second day of the 2024 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet on Thursday night.

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The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (8-4 overall)
  • Venue: Ocasek Natatorium - Akron, Ohio
  • Ohio Northern is in second place out of six teams with 187 points after six of the 20 events over a four-day span.
  • John Carroll leads the team standings with 290.5 points. Mount Union is third with 185 points, Baldwin Wallace is fourth with 140.5 points, Wilmington is fifth with 138 points and Heidelberg is sixth with 5 points.

Meet Highlights

  • The Polar Bears opened the meet by earning All-Conference accolades in the 200 free relay, as sophomores Selby Wilt (Findlay), Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder), Isaac Reddy (Maryland Heights, Mo./Pattonville) and junior Brady Horgan (New Richmond/McNicholas) touched in second place in 1:22.91.
  • In the 500 free, freshman Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland) placed sixth in 4:15.15.
  • Freshman Tyler Edmonds (Youngsville, La./Southside) was seventh in the 200 I.M. in 1:56.15.
  • Horgan and Clark tied for fourth in the 50 free in :21.19.
  • ONU ended the meet by finishing third in the 400 medley relay. Sophomore Simon Bopple (Cleveland/Shaker Heights), Clark, sophomore Long Huynh (Billings, Mt./West) and Wilt combined to touch in 3:29.01.

Notables

  • The meet consists of 20 events, including 13 individual races, five relays and two diving events.
  • The top three individuals and top two relays in each event earn All-Conference honors.
  • The top 16 finishers in each individual event and the two diving events score team points.
  • There were five events contested on Thursday.
  • Ohio Northern has won 12 OAC Championships titles since 2005.
  • Austin Veltman is 31-17 in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The third day of competition will begin Friday with prelims at 10 am and finals at 6 pm.