TicketsOXFORD – The Cincinnati swimming and diving program split its dual meet against Miami (OH) on Friday afternoon at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center. The women's team earned a 188-112 victory over the RedHawks, while the men's team fell 135-165. Cincinnati won the combined team standings, 323-277.
The Bearcats opened the meet with a victory in the women's 200-yard medley relay, as Asiata, Worrell, Mardis and Aarsvold finished in 1:41.62, improving their winning time against NKU by 0.32 seconds. The Bearcat women went on to claim 11 event victories, including 10 individual swimming and diving event wins.
Senior Lindi Worrell led the way with three individual victories, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.08), 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.32) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.67). Freshman Macartney Mahler added a win in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 2:02.55 in her collegiate debut, while Libby Michel claimed the 400-yard individual medley in 4:20.61. Cincinnati also earned wins from Kate Mardis in the 100-yard freestyle (51.79) and McKenzie Jenny in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.46). Danielle Asiata won the 100-yard butterfly in 55.81.
On the diving side, the women swept the top three spots in the 1-meter event, led by Campbell Lively (256.28), Maria Colombo (245.78) and Langley Petersen (230.03). Colombo and Petersen also finished first and second, respectively, in the 3-meter event, with scores of 274.35 and 265.58.
The Bearcat men recorded five individual swimming event victories, led by Kyle Bumgardner, who won three events: the 100-yard breaststroke (54.89), 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.55) and 400-yard individual medley (3:57.12). Aiden Gerst also claimed a win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.31), as did Conner Hogan in the 50-yard freestyle (20.42).
Several Bearcat men added top-three finishes in the pool. Sawyer Tapp placed second in both the 100-yard backstroke (48.77) and 100-yard butterfly (49.95), while Owen Chiles finished second in the 100-yard freestyle (45.27). Connor Bennett took third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:01.50.
On the boards, sophomore Noah Green won the men's 3-meter event with a score of 326.03 and placed third in the 1-meter event (277.13). Junior Kael Kropf added a third-place finish in the 3-meter event with a score of 311.78.
// SECOND MEET IMPROVEMENTS
Freshman McKenzie Jenny led the Bearcats' time improvements from the season opener against Northern Kentucky last week, dropping 4.29 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle to finish in 5:03.46. Tiernan Moore improved by 1.90 seconds in the men's 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:10.62, while Connor Bennett dropped 1.29 seconds in the same event and improved by 0.47 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke.
// NEXT UP
The Bearcats return to action Oct. 23-24, traveling to Morgantown, West Virginia for a tri-meet against WVU and Delaware.
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