Freshman Ashleigh Nelson wins three times, leads Women's Swimming and Diving in 128-103 setback at Baldwin Wallace

ADA — Freshman Ashleigh Nelson (Byron Center, Mich.) won three events to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team in a 128-103 loss at Baldwin Wallace its Ohio Athletic Conference regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (6-6 overall, 2-3 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (9-2 overall, 3-1 OAC)
• Venue: BW Natatorium - Berea, Ohio

Meet Highlights

• Nelson swept the sprint free events and was on ONU's winning 400 free relay squad.
• She won the 50-yard free in :26.58, the 100 free in :58.58 and joined junior Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame), junior Morgan Fernandez (Huber Heights/Wayne) and junior Annie Richters (Troy/Miami East) to win in 4:00.76.
• Senior Katie Bend (Carmel, Ind.) swept the distance free events, winning the 1000-yard free in 11:41.47 and the 500 free in 5:45.60.
• Senior Shelby Starkey (Bellefontaine) won the 200 back in 2:15.09.

Notables

• The meet consisted of 13 events, including nine individual races, two relays and two diving events.
• Ohio Northern won six of the 13 events.
• The meet is the 10th of 11 regular-season contests for Ohio Northern.
• Austin Veltman is now 26-27 in his sixth season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season on Jan. 27 at Grove City (Pa.)