Men’s Swimming & Diving begins season with second-place finish at Kenyon Relays 

By Bud Denega 

GAMBIER — The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team began its season Saturday at the Kenyon Relays. The Polar Bears placed second as a team with 60 points, while host Kenyon won the meet, scoring 104 points. 

The 200-yard backstroke relay — of Jackson Stanley, Chris Walton, Connor Rettammel and Justin DeLano — led the way, taking fourth with a time of 1:42.57. The 200-yard breaststroke relay — of Dillon Brady, Ian Kogucki, Dagan Sorensen and Pat Reed — also placed fourth, clocking in at 1:52.01.

The 3x500-yard freestyle relay — of Rettammel, Walton and Calob Cope — touched sixth with a time of 15:37.27, and the 500-yard crescendo relay — of Zach Ayres, Noah Curry, Logan Randall and Cope — placed seventh, logging a time of 4:20.74. 

The 200-yard butterfly relay — comprised of Ayres, DeLano, Jack Kessler and Stanley — finished eighth after registering a time of 1:36.80, while the 200-yard medley relay — consisting of DeLano, Kogucki, Stanley and Curry — rounded out ONU's top-10 finsihes, touching 10th with a time of 1:38.55.

The mixed 200-yard medley relay — made up of DeLano, Abby Schauer, Stanley and Megan Lubinski — finished third in a time of 1:46.43. 

Northern travels to Wilmington for a dual meet Friday at 6 p.m.