Women's Swimming and Diving finishes fourth in 800-yard free relay on brief Day 1 of 2023 OAC Championships
By Tim Glon
AKRON — The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team opened the 2023 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships with a fourth place finish in the 800-yard free relay on Wednesday evening at the Ocasek Natatorium at the University of Akron.
Seniors Gabbie Grant (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview) and Shelby Starkey (Bellefontaine), sophomore Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mt Notre Dame) and junior Katie Bend (Carmel, Ind.), touched fourth in 8:12.42.
John Carroll won the race and leads the team standings with 40 points after the first of 20 events over a four-day span.
Mount Union is second with 36 points, Baldwin Wallace is third with 32 points and Wilmington is fifth with 28 points.
The second day of competition will begin Thursday with prelims at 10 am and finals at 6:30 pm.