MEDIA RELEASE__The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team improved to 7-0 on the season with a 181-118 victory over NCAA Division II Ashland on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (7-0 overall); Ashland (6-4 Overall).
• Venue: ONU Sports Center Natatorium — Ada, Ohio.

Meet Highlights

• Junior Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland) won the Polar Bears' first event of the day placing first in the 1000-yard free in 10:16.07. He also won the 500  free in 4:54.65.
• Senior Nathan Clark won the 100 fly in :52.39 and the 100 yard breast in :58.68.
• Senior Long Huynh won the 200 fly in 1:59.18.
• Senior Selby Wilt (Findlay) won the 50 free in :21.32.
• Senior Simon Bopple (Cleveland/Shaker Heights) won the 200 back in 2:03.61.
• Freshman Liam Donovan (Dublin/Coffman) won the 200 breast in 2:14.94.
• Senior Tyler Edmonds (Youngsville, La./Southside) won the 200 IM in 2:03.03.

Notables

• The meet consisted of 16 events, including 12 individual races, two diving events and two relays.
• The Polar Bears won 9 of the 12 individual events.
• This meet was ONU's latest home opener in the modern era of Polar Bear swimming and diving, dating to the 1990 season.
• Northern's 7-0 start is the best in program history.
• Austin Veltman is 43-20 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season on Saturday, Jan. 31, at home against Mount Union at 1 pm.