Mara Brown leads Women's Swimming and Diving on first day of Calvin (Mich.) Quad Meet

Mara Brown leads Women's Swimming and Diving on first day of Calvin (Mich.) Quad Meet
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November 3, 2023

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Junior Mara Brown (Fremont/Ross) led the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team on day one of the two-day Calvin (Mich.) Quad Meet at the Venema Aquatic Center.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (3-3 overall, 2-1 OAC).
  • Venue: Venema Aquatic Center - Grand Rapids, Mich.

Meet Highlights

  • Brown was fourth in the 200 I.M. in 2:18.31 and was on both of ONU's top finishing relay teams.
  • Junior Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame) placed ninth in the 200 I.M. in 2:24.04.
  • In the 50 free, freshman Ashleigh Nelson (Byron Center, Mich.)  was 14th in :26.18 and junior Annie Richters (Troy/Miami East) placed 17th in :26.68.
  • Senior Kaitlyn Sullivan (Kettering/Fairmont) was 16th in the 500 free in 5:48.66, followed closely in 17th by senior Katie Bend (Carmel, Ind.) in 5:48.96.
  • The 200 free relay of Nelson, senior Shelby Starkey (Bellefontaine), Richters and Brown opened the meet with a seventh place finish in 1:46.03.
  • The 200 medley relay of Starkey, Brown, freshman Melina Roberts (Westlake) and Nelson ended the day by placing seventh in 4:17.39.
  • Calvin (Mich.) leads the team standings with 642 points, Carthage (Wis.) is second with 225 points and Albion (Mich.) is third with 143 points.

Notables

  • The meet consists of 20 events, including 13 individual races, five relays and 2 diving events.
  • The meet is the fifth of 11 regular season contests for Ohio Northern.
  • Austin Veltman is now 23-23 in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will compete in eight events Saturday morning at 10 am and the final six events Saturday afternoon at 4:30 pm.