Men's Swimming and Diving opens 2024 OAC Championships with third place finish in 800-yard free relay
February 14, 2024
AKRON — The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team opened the 2024 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet with a third place finish in the 800-yard free relay in 7:02.23 on Wednesday night.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (8-4 overall)
- Venue: Ocasek Natatorium - Akron, Ohio
- Ohio Northern is in third place out of 6 teams with 32 points after one the 20 events over a four-day span.
- John Carroll won the event and leads the team standings with 40 points. Mount Union is second with 36 points, Wilmington is fourth with 30 points, Baldwin Wallace is fifth with 28 points.
Meet Highlights
- Freshman Tyler Edmonds (Youngsville, La./Southside), freshman Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland), sophomore Aiden Magoolaghan (Hinckley/Highland) and junior Brady Horgan (New Richmond/McNicholas) were third in the 800 free relay in 7:02.23.
Notables
- The meet consists of 20 events, including 13 individual races, five relays and two diving events.
- The top three individuals and top two relays in each event earn All-Conference honors.
- Ohio Northern has won 12 OAC Championships titles since 2005.
- Austin Veltman is 31-17 in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears.
Up Next
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The second day of competition will begin Thursday with prelims at 10 am and finals at 6:30 pm.