Brown, Leatherman each three events to lead Women's Swimming and Diving to tri-meet sweep of Bluffton and Ohio Wesleyan

Brown, Leatherman each three events to lead Women's Swimming and Diving to tri-meet sweep of Bluffton and Ohio Wesleyan
January 17, 2025

ADA — Senior Mara Brown (Fremont/Ross) and freshman Abby Leatherman (Findlay/Van Buren) won three events to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team to a tri-meet sweep of Bluffton and Ohio Wesleyan on Friday night.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (4-2 Overall), Ohio Wesleyan (2-6 overall), Bluffton (Not Available).
  • Ohio Northern 213, Bluffton 34.
  • Ohio Northern 180, Ohio Wesleyan 105.
  • Ohio Wesleyan 198, Bluffton 41.
  • Venue: Lima YMCA - Lima, Ohio.

Meet Highlights

  • Brown won the 50 free in :26.41 and Leatherman won the 100 free in :57.60.
  • Both ladies were part of ONU's winning 200 medley and 200 free relay teams.
  • They joined with freshman Kate Kalmanowicz (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) and senior Annie Richters (Troy/Miami East) to win the 200 medley relay in 1:57.38.
  • The 200 free relay team of Leatherman, freshman Teagan Stermer (Bradenton, Fla./Christian), Brown and Richters won in 1:44.85.
  • Stermer also won the 50 back in :29.78.
  • Kalmanowicz won the 100-yard fly in 1:03.23.
  • Freshman Gillian Yoder (Waterville/Anthony Wayne) won two separate the 1-meter diving events, scoring 125.55 points in the 5 voluntary dive event and with 185.05 in th 6 optional dive event.
  • Senior Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mt. Notre Dame) 400 I.M. in 5:02.71.
  • Freshman Liv Elliott (Marysville/Stem Early College) won the 1000 free in 12:51.67.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 16 events, including 12 individual races, two 1-meter diving events and two relays.
  • ONU won 10 of the 15 events on the evening.
  • Austin Veltman is 30-30 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will turn around quickly and host Baldwin Wallace on Saturday in a 1 pm Ohio Athletic Conference meet at the ONU Sports Center Natatorium.