No. 17 Men's Swimming & Diving wins 21st consecutive OAC regular season meet with 150-91 victory at Mount Union

By Tim Glon

ALLIANCE — Junior Christian Garlock swept the freestyle sprint events to lead the No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern men's swimming & diving team to a 150-91 victory at Mount Union on Saturday.

The Polar Bears improve to 8-0 overall and are 4-0 in OAC action and extended their OAC regular season winning streak to 21 meets.

The Purple Raiders fall to 6-3, 3-1.

Ohio Northern won 10 of the 13 events in the meet.

Garlock won the 50 free in :22.16 and touched first in the 100 free in :48.25.

Five other Polar Bears won events on the afternoon.

Senior Marc Anderson won the 100 back in :56.08, junior Jordan Breitigam won the 100 fly in :52.67, sophomore Spencer Franzoi won the 200 I.M. in 2:08.07 and freshman Connor Wood won the 100 breast in 1:02.05.

Junior Kyle Rex won the 1-meter diving with 310.65 points in 11 dives.

Anderson, senior Drew Keriazes, Breitigam and junior John Beaschler won the 400 medley relay in 3:37.31.

Beaschler, Anderson, Keriazes and Garlock combined to win the 200 free relay in 1:31.00.

The Polar Bears will return to action Friday with a dual at Kenyon and will wrap up the home portion of their schedule next Saturday with a 1 pm battle with Baldwin Wallace on Senior Day at the ONU Sports Center.

Northern can win its seventh consecutive OAC regular season title with a victory over BW.