ONU men's swimming and diving completes first undefeated regular season
FROM ONUSPORTS.COM__The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team ifinished off its first undefeated regular season in program history and celebrated Senior Day with a 186-108 victory over Mount Union on Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (8-0 overall, 4-0 OAC); Mount Union (5-4 Overall, 3-1 OAC).
- Venue: ONU Sports Center Natatorium — Ada, Ohio.
Meet Highlights
- Senior Selby Wilt (Findlay) won four events on the day to pace the Polar Bears.
- Individually, Wilt won the 50-yard freestyle in :21:43 and the 100 free in :47.31.
- He was also on ONU's winning 200 medley and 400 free relay teams.
- Junior Nathan Herbert (Medina/Highland) won the 1000 free in 10:16.66 and the 100 breast in :58.34.
- Senior Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder) won the 500 free in 4:53.83.
- Sophomore Chase McCluskey (Pickerington/North) won the 200 free in 1:46.83.
- Senior Long Huynh (Billings, Mt./West) won the 200 fly in 1:59.46.
- Senior Max Etheridge (Ashley/Hayes) won the 1-meter diving with a score of 156.90.
- Freshman Braedon McMillen (Westlake) won the 3-meter diving with 190.75 points.
- Senior Aiden Magoolaghan (Hinckley/Highland), Clark, McCluskey and Wilt won the 200 medley relay in 1:34.87.
- The 400 free relay team of Wilt, freshman Kyler Jablonski (Lebanon/Dayton Christian), senior Isaac Reddy (Maryland Heights, Mo./Pattonville) and Clark won in 1:34.87.
Notables
- The meet consisted of 16 events, including 12 individual races, two diving events and two relays.
- The Polar Bears won 10 of the 12 individual events, both relays and swept the diving events.
- Northern finished it's first undefeated season in program history.
- Northern's 8-0 is the best in program history.
- Austin Veltman is 44-20 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action Feb. 18-21 at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
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