BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's swimming and diving team defeated Bluffton University and Heidelberg University in a tri-meet in the BW Natatorium inside the Lou Higgins Center.
BW (4-4, 1-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) defeated Bluffton (1-5) in a non-conference meet by a final score of 150-12. The Yellow Jackets upended Heidelberg (2-6, 0-3 OAC) in an OAC meet by a final score of 125-49.
Individuals
- Senior Academic All-OAC freestyler Kevin Meyer (Mentor) won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:58.33 and the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:22.97
- Senior stroker Nolan Szuch (Springboro) won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:00.41 and the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2:16.35
- Junior stroker Michael Gruber III (Sagamore Hills/Nordonia) won the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 11:37.75
- Sophomore stroker Danny Murphy (Herndon, Va./South Lakes) won the 100-yard butterfly in a time 54.92 and of took second in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 23.50
- Sophomore Mason Carnahan (Willard) won the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:07.47
- Freshman Xavier Hatfield (North Royalton) was third in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 56.82
Diving
- Freshman Malcom Thompson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) won the 1-meter and 3-meter with 292.05 and 306.75 points, respectively
Relays
- The 200-yard medley unit of Szuch, Carnahan, Murphy and Meyer won in a time of 1:45.84
- The 400-yard freestyle squad of Gruber, Thompson, junior stroker Alex Cooper (Columbus/Thomas Worthington) and Hatfield finished second in a time of 4:15.72
BW is back in action on Saturday, January 17 when it closes out the home portion of its schedule with an OAC and Seniors' Day meet against Ohio Northern University at 1 p.m.
