On Saturday (Oct. 10), Ashland University's men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in the second and final day of the Oberlin Early Invite – coming away with several first-place finishes.
A newcomer, junior
Caden Davis, not only won the men's 100-yard butterfly in 49.62 seconds, but that time puts him at No. 7 in program history in the event. Davis then went on to win the men's 200 fly in 1:52.38 – putting him at No. 6 in program history in that event.
Junior
Yasmim Tomita won the women's 100 backstroke in 58.60 seconds, then teamed up with seniors
Juliana Pignato and
Hannah Yemec and sophomore
Katelyn Claugus to take the women's 800 freestyle relay (8:03.91). Tomita then would win the women's 200 back, as well (2:06.75).
Senior
Riley Hunt won a pair of diving events on Saturday – women's 3-meter (231.25 points) and 1-meter (211.05 points). Freshman
Sam Wolfe debuted in men's 3-meter diving, and won with 207.80 points, and sophomore
Joselyn Hensley took the women's 200 fly in 2:14.41.
SECOND PLACE
- Freshman Christian Correa Hammer in the men's 200 fly (1:53.19, eighth-best in program history).
- Yemec in the women's 100 fly (59.17 seconds).
- Tomita in the women's 200 free (1:58.61).
- Senior Colin Pham in the men's 100 back (52.24 seconds).
- Senior Blair Pichola in the women's 200 breaststroke (2:33.06).
- The women's 200 medley relay of Tomita, Pichola, Pignato and freshman Tessa Crum (1:49.77).
- The women's 400 free relay of Crum, Pignato, Yemec and senior Payton O'Toole (3:38.25).
THIRD PLACE
- Sophomore Macey Wade in women's 3-meter diving (183.85 points) and 1-meter diving (174.75 points).
- Sophomore Altin Rowland in men's 3-meter diving (182.25 points).
- Wolfe in men's 1-meter diving (170.55 points).
- Senior Rachel Stanchek in the women's 400 individual medley (5:01.23).
- Pichola in the women's 100 breaststroke (1:10.27).
- Pham in the men's 200 back (1:57.33).
- O'Toole in the women's 100 free (54.38 seconds).
- Pignato in the women's 200 fly (2:16.46).
- The men's 200 medley relay quartet of Pham, junior Ethan Baker, Davis and sophomore Ryan McEvilly (1:34.25).
- The men's 800 free relay of Hammer, sophomore Lincoln Shirley, sophomore Lucas Leibrand and Pham (7:11.14).
- The men's 400 free relay of Pham, Hammer, Davis and McEvilly (3:10.55).
The Eagle women compiled 768 team points for a second-place finish to Case Western Reserve (1,191.5), and the AU men were third with 619.5 points (CWR 1,455.5, Mount Union 714).
Ashland's men and women will go to Walsh for a Great Midwest Athletic Conference dual at 6 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 16).
