Freshman Abby Leatherman leads Women's Swimming and Diving to third place finish at Wabash (Ind.) Invitational

Freshman Abby Leatherman leads Women's Swimming and Diving to third place finish at Wabash (Ind.) Invitational
November 24, 2024

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. —  Freshman Abby Leatherman (Findlay/Van Buren) had four top-5 finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team to a third place finish at the Wabash (Ind.) Invitational Friday-Sunday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall, 2-1 OAC).
  • Ohio Northern finished 3rd of 7 teams with 758 points.
  • DePauw (Ind.) won with 1697 points, Franklin (Ind.) was second with 1015 points and Albion (Mich.) was fourth with 688 points.
  • Venue: Crawfordsville High School Aquatic Center - Crawfordsville, Ind.

Meet Highlights

  • Leatherman finished second in the 200 fly in 2:16.05, was third in the 100 breast in 1:08.10, was fourth in the 200 I.M. in 2:14.09 and was fifth in the 200 breast in 2:32.67.
  • Freshman Kate Kalmanowicz (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) was second in the 200 fly in 2:16.05 and was seventh in the 500 free in 5:29.43.
  • Freshman Lila DeLong (New Albany) was fourth in the 200 free in 2:01.89 and was sixth in the 500 free in 5:28.69 and the 1650 free in 19:18.20.
  • Senior Mara Brown (Fremont/Ross) was fifth in the 100 I.M. in 1:03.22 and was seventh in the 100 fly in 1:00.55.
  • Freshman Gillian Yoder (Waterville/Anthony Wayne) was fifth in the 1-meter diving with 375.17 points.
  • Senior Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mt. Notre Dame) was seventh in the 200 fly in 2:25.51.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 20 events, including 13 individual races, two diving events and five relays.
  • Austin Veltman is 28-29 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will be off for the holidays and will return to action Jan. 11 with an OAC dual at Mount Union.