Eagle Men, Women Top Mount Union On Senior Night

Senior Night at the Messerly Natatorium was a success for Ashland University's men's and women's swimming and diving teams on Friday (Jan. 16) night, as the Eagle women beat Mount Union (162-80), and the AU men did the same (130-107).
 
Winning twice on Friday were senior Joey Lenczyk in men's 1-meter (273.90 points) and 3-meter diving (282.65), and junior Riley Hunt in women's 1-meter (235.20 points) and 3-meter diving (279.75).
 
Single individual event winners were senior Nick Girz in the men's 200-yard freestyle (1:44.79), senior Colleen Cox in the women's 50 free (25.20 seconds), senior Robin Falk in the men's 200 individual medley (1:57.21), junior Hannah Yemec in the women's 200 butterfly (2:16.44), junior Evan Kemp in the men's 200 fly (2:01.24), junior Payton O'Toole in the women's 100 free (54.13 seconds), sophomore Yasmim Tomita in the women's 200 backstroke (2:10.56), junior Grant Brown in the men's 500 free (5:01.32), and sophomore Brooke Patel in the women's 200 breaststroke (2:35.77).
 
Ashland also won all four relays on Friday.

• The women's 200 medley relay of Tomita, Cox, Yemec and O'Toole (1:50.35).
• The men's 200 medley relay of junior Colin Pham, Girz, Falk and senior Andrew Oates (1:34.92).
• The women's 200 free relay of Cox, juniors Juliana Pignato and Blair Pichola, and O'Toole (1:41.83).
• The men's 200 free relay of senior Cole Huebner, Oates, freshman Trei Durstine and Girz (1:26.74).

COMING UP
Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. at Bluffton.