Walsh's men's and women's swimming and diving teams played host to the program's first-ever home meet on Friday (Oct. 16) night, but Ashland University's teams were the ones celebrating at the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
The Eagle men topped the Cavaliers, 189-29, and the AU women took a 193-45 decision from Walsh.
Senior
Payton O'Toole won a pair of individual events, the women's 100-yard freestyle (55.51 seconds) and 200 free (2:01.01). She also was a member of two winning relay events – the women's 200 medley relay, along with junior
Yasmim Tomita and seniors
Blair Pichola and
Hannah Yemec (1:53.69), and the women's 400 free relay, together with Yemec, freshman
Tessa Crum and Pignato (3:44.65).
Senior
Juliana Pignato won both the women's 200 individual medley (2:19.83) and 500 free (5:37.34), and senior
Riley Hunt took women's 1-meter (240.80 points) and 3-meter (253.70) diving.
Junior
Caden Davis touched the finish first in both the men's 100 butterfly (50.77 seconds) and 100 backstroke (55.49 seconds), sophomore
Altin Rowland took top honors in men's 1-meter (170.50 points) and 3-meter (212.20 points) diving, and sophomore
Lincoln Shirley won the men's 200 free (1:51.02) and 500 free (5:07.47).
Davis teamed up with senior
Colin Pham, junior
Ethan Baker and sophomore
Ryan McEvilly to win the men's 200 medley relay in 1:38.13, and the men's 400 free relay quartet of Pham, freshman
Christian Correa Hammer, junior
Daniel Correa Hammer and sophomore
Lucas Leibrand won in 3:19.01.
Singular individual wins were earned on Friday night by
Christian Correa Hammer in the men's 1,000 free (10:34.67), McEvilly in the men's 50 free (22.36 seconds), Leibrand in the men's 200 IM (2:06.05), Baker in the men's 100 breaststroke (1:02.31), Yemec in the women's 100 fly (1:01.53), Tomita in the women's 100 back (1:01.18), freshman
Alec Adams in the men's 100 free (51.15 seconds), sophomore
Katelyn Claugus in the women's 1,000 free (11:34.26), and senior
Rachel Stanchek in the women's 100 breaststroke (1:16.48).
The Eagles' 2026-27 home opener at the Messerly Natatorium will be Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. vs. Edinboro.
