Women's Swimming & Diving: Ohio Northern (5-4-1 Overall) at OAC Championships
Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 15-17, 2018 - Ocasek Natatorium, Akron, Ohio
OAC Championships Meet: Ohio Northern is looking for its eighth OAC Championships title in program history Thursday-Saturday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium ... ONU won its first title in 2007 and then won six consecutive crowns from 2009-14 ... The championships consists of 13 swimming events, two diving events and five relays over a 3-day span ... Prelims will begin at 10 am each day, with the finals at 6:30, 6 and 5:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, respectively ... The top three individuals and the top two relay teams in each event will earn All-OAC honors ... Each swimmer is allowed to compete in three individual races and up to four relays ... ONU finished in third place in the OAC Regular Season standings this season with a 2-2 record ... Senior Sydney Veon leads the OAC in the 100 free (:53.46) and is second in the 50 free (:24.48) and the 100 breast (1:06.75) ... Veon earned All-OAC honors in all three events a year ago ... Sophomore Lauren Halle is the defending OAC champion and currently leads the OAC in the 200 fly (2:13.26) ... She also earned All-OAC honors in the 400 I.M. a year ago ... Thsi season, she is ranked second in gthe 400 I.M. (4:40.77) and third in the 200 I.M. (2:12.23) ... Freshman Marissa Taylor leads the OAC in the 200 back (2:09.81), is second in the 200 I.M. (2:12.068) and is third in the 400 I.M. (4:41.09) ... Sophomore Libby Sartschev was second in the 3-meter diving a year ago to earn All-OAC kudos ... Junior Kierra Watson was All-Conference in the 200 I.M. and the 100 back in 2017.
Schedule of Events
Distances in Yards
Thursday, Feb. 15 (10 am/6:30 pm)
1. 200 Free Relay Men
2. 200 Free Relay Women
3. 500 Free Men
4. 500 Free Women
5. 200 I.M. Men
6. 200 I.M. Women
7. 50 Free Men
8. 50 Free Women
9. 400 Medley Relay Men
10. 400 Medley Relay Women
Friday, Feb. 16 (10 am/6 pm)
11. 200 Medley Relay Men
12. 200 Medley Relay Women
13. 400 I.M. Men
14. 400 I.M. Women
15. 100 Fly Men
16. 100 Fly Women
17. 200 Free Men
18. 200 Free Women
19. 100 Breast Men
20. 100 Breast Women
21. 100 Back Men
22. 100 Back Women
23. 800 Free Relay Men
24. 800 Free Relay Women
25. 1-Meter Diving Men
26. 3-Meter Diving Women
Saturday, Feb. 17 (10 am/5:30 pm)
27. 1,650 Free Men
28. 1,650 Free Women
29. 200 Back Men
30. 200 Back Women
31. 100 Free Men
32. 100 Free Women
33. 200 Breast Men
34. 200 Breast Women
35. 200 Fly Men
36. 200 Fly Women
37. 3-Meter Diving Men
48. 1-Meter Diving Women
39. 400 Free Relay Men
40. 400 Free Relay Women
ONU head coach Peggy Ewald: Ewald is in her 14th season at ONU and is the program's all-time winningest coach with an 85-75-1 women's dual meet record, a winning percentage of .531. She has been named OAC Women's Coach of the Year five times and had guided the Polar Bear women to seven OAC Championships crowns and 10 OAC Regular Season titles.
