Senior Sydney Veon wins four times as Women's Swimming & Diving defeats Mount Union 160-120
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team posted a 160-120 victory over Mount Union in a rare Sunday afternoon meet at the ONU Sports Center Natatorium.
The Polar Bears improve to 3-1 overall and are 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference with the victory, while the Purple Raiders fall to 4-2, 1-2.
Senior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) led the Polar Bears with four victories on the afternoon.
In a span of about 10 minutes, Veon won the 100 breast in 1:08.63 and the 50 free in :25.66. Later in the meet she won the 100 free in :56.56.
The Polar Bears began the afternoon by winning the 200-meter medley relay as the team of junior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.), Veon, sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton), and freshman Marissa Taylor (Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell) won the event in 1:54.20.
Taylor won the 200 free in 2:02.18 and the 500 free in 5:32.53
Halle swept the fly events, winning the 100 fly in 1:02.14 and the 200 fly in 2:18.19.
Sophomore Libby Sartschev (Parma/Normandy) swept the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events unopposed with 164.35 points and 162.70 points, respectively.
Freshman Avery Manbeck (Aldie, Va./Champe) won the 1,000-yard free in 11:41.55.
"Great day for us today," Ewald said. "We made some effective gains and swam tired yet fast. To turn around from our training trip in 48 hours and race this well, it is promising. We have more work to execute over the remainder of regular season. Tap the force of energy, we will!
The meet was originally scheduled for Saturday but was moved due to a winter storm that came through the area on Friday.
The Polar Bears will take to the road next Friday night with a final OAC match of the season at Baldwin Wallace in the annual battle for the Golden Kickboard.
