Women's Swimming & Diving: Ohio Northern (4-5 Overall, 2-2 OAC) at OAC Championships
Thursday-Saturday, February 13-15, 2020 - Akron Ocasek Natatorium, Akron, Ohio
Thursday-Saturday's Meet: The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team travels to Akron for the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships … The meet will be held on the campus of the University of Akron inside the Akron Ocasek Natatorium … Preliminary races Thursday, Friday and Saturday will begin at 10 a.m. each day … Thursday's finals will commence at 6:30 p.m., while Friday's and Saturday's finals will start at 6 and 5:45 p.m., respectively … The Polar Bears own a 4-5 overall record, which includes a 2-2 mark in OAC competition … ONU has defeated Wilmington and Mount Union, while it has fallen to Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll … Freshman Shelby Starkey has paced the Polar Bears this season … She has won a total of nine events this season … Fellow freshman Abby Schauer has posted eight first-place finishes during the 2019-20 season, and junior Marissa Taylor boasts five victories this season … Northern accumulated 636 points at last year's OAC Championships, placing them third … The Polar Bears have won seven OAC titles in school history, the last one coming in 2014.
Schedule of Events (Distances in Yards)
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
- 800 Freestyle Relay
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 second season at Ohio Northern, boasting an overall record of 8-9.
