Men's Swimming and Diving: Ohio Northern (7-2 Overall) at OAC Championships
Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 15-18, 2023, - Ocasek Natatorium, Akron, Ohio
This Week's Championships: The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team travels to Akron this week for the 83rd annual Ohio Athletic Conference Championships … The meet will be held at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium … Preliminary races Thursday, Friday and Saturday will begin at 10 a.m. each day … The finals will begin on Wednesday night at 7:45 pm with the 800-yard free relay ... Five more event finals will begin at 6:30 pm on Thursday, seven more on Friday at 6 pm and the final seven on Saturday at 5:45 pm ... The top 16 swimmers will score team points in each event ... The top 8 qualifiers after the prelims will compete for the league title and the next eight qualifiers will compete in the consolation race for places 9-16 ... The top three finishers in the 15 individual events and the top two relay teams in each of the five relay events will earn All-Conference honors ... Freshman Holden Cubberley is the defending champion and the top seed in both the 1-meter diving (482.00 points) and 3-meter diving (488.00 points) ... Senior Jackson Stanley is seeded in the 200 fly (:49.94) ... Stanley is a 5-time All-OAC honoree ... Senior Calob Cope is a 7-time All-OAC performer and is seeded fourth in the 400 I.M. (4:12.66) and the 1650 free (10:12.00 for the 1000) ... Sophomore Brady Horgan is seeded third in the 100 free (:47.01) and is fourth in the 50 free (:21.23) and is a 3-time All-OAC honoree ... Four freshmen are also seeded in the top four, led by Nathan Clark, who is second in the 100 breast in :59.64 and is third in the 200 breast in 2:15.81 ... Selby Wilt is seeded second in the 50 free in :21.13 ... Carter Detwiler is seeded third in the 200 free in 1:44.00 and Tyler aedwards is seeded fourth in the 200 breast in 2:15.88 ... Junior Evan Sailor also returns as an All-OAC honoree.
Schedule of Events (Distances in Yards)
Wednesday
- 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday
- 200 Freestyle Relay
- 500 Freestyle
- 200 Individual Medley
- 50 Freestyle
- 400 Medley Relay
Friday
- 200 Medley Relay
- 400 Individual Medley
- 100 Butterfly
- 200 Freestyle
- 100 Breaststroke
- 100 Backstroke
- Diving
Saturday
- 1,650 Freestyle
- 200 Backstroke
- 100 Freestyle
- 200 Breaststroke
- 200 Butterfly
- Diving
- 400 Freestyle Relay
ONU head coach Austin Veltman: Veltman is in his fifth season at Ohio Northern, boasting an overall record of 22-13, a winning percentage of .629.
