Women's Swimming & Diving clinches winning season after tying Ohio Wesleyan, falling at No. 2 Kenyon in double dual meet Friday night

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team tied Ohio Wesleyan 117-117 and fell at No. 2-ranked Kenyon 195-46 on Friday night at the Steen Aquatic Center.

The Polar Bears move to 5-2-1 overall and clinch a winning dual meet season. The Lords improve to 3-3 and the Battling Bishops move to 4-3-1.

Kenyon also defeated Ohio Wesleyan 145-79.

Junior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.) led Ohio Northern with three top-5 finishes.

She was fourth in the 100 fly in 1:02.16, was fourth in the 100 back in 1:03.84 and was fifth in the 200 free in 2:05.18.

Senior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) and freshmen Marissa Taylor (Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell) and Claire Kaiding (Waterford, Mich./Brandon) each had a pair of top-5 finishes on the day.

Veon was third in the 100 breast in 1:09.81 and was fifth in the 50 free in :25.60.

Taylor was third in the 200 free in 2:02.47 and was fifth in the 500 free in 5:34.80.

Kaiding was third in the 1-meter diving with 163.75 points and was fourth in the 3-meter diving with 141.10 points.

Sophomore Libby Sartschev (Parma/Normandy) was second in the 3-meter diving with 163.70 points for six dives and sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) won the 200 I.M. in 2:17.08

The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season with a double dual meet at NCAA Division II foe Hillsdale (Mich.) with No. 20-ranked Case Western Reserve at 1 p.m. on Saturday.