The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team defeated Ohio Wesleyan 157-84 and fell at No. 3-ranked Kenyon 179-64 on Friday night at the Steen Aquatic Center.
The Polar Bears move to 7-1 overall and clinch their 11th consecutive winning dual meet season. The Lords improve to 2-3 and the Battling Bishops fall to 5-4.
Kenyon also defeated Ohio Wesleyan 153-79.
Senior Braden Kuhn (Tiffin/Columbian) won the 3-meter diving in an NCAA Regional qualfying score of 279.60 points to lead Ohio Northern. He also finised second in he 1-meter diving with 252.80 points.
Junior Anthony Ferrell (Canton/Glen Oak) posted a second place finish in the 100 breast in 1:28.47.
The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team tied Ohio Wesleyan 117-117 and fell at No. 2-ranked Kenyon 195-46 on Friday night at the Steen Aquatic Center.
The Polar Bears move to 5-2-1 overall and clinch a winning dual meet season. The Lords improve to 3-3 and the Battling Bishops move to 4-3-1.
Kenyon also defeated Ohio Wesleyan 145-79.
Junior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.) led Ohio Northern with three top-5 finishes.
She was fourth in the 100 fly in 1:02.16, was fourth in the 100 back in 1:03.84 and was fifth in the 200 free in 2:05.18.
Good fortune awaited Susan Putt who was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, which was telecast Thursday evening. Susan, a retired ONU English professor, won a trip to Iceland and cash prizes that totaled $24,168.
She mentioned Ohio Northern as her former place of employment and cheerily said, “Go ‘Bears” when host Pat Sajak introduced her. She acknowledged her husband Harold, a retired math prof, along with her sister Judy and friends Becky and Linda who were in the audience to root her on.
Susan was the overall winner so she chose “Place” category for the bonus round.
PAULDING - Host Paulding raced to an early 23-point lead and made it stand up in a 63-40 win over Ada in Northwest Conference boys basketball action Friday night.
The purple and gold drop to 3-13 overall and 1-3 in the NWC with the defeat. The Panthers improved to 6-8 and 4-1 in league play after the victory.
Ada fell behind 27-4 early in the second period and trailed 42-20 at halftime. After intermission, the Bulldogs were outscored only 21-20.
Twenty-nine percent field goal shooting and 26 turnovers helped doom the Bulldogs.