Men's Swimming and Diving sweeps Ohio Wesleyan, Bluffton in tri-meet

DELAWARE — The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team defeated Ohio Wesleyan and Bluffton in a tri-meet Friday night.

The Basics

• Ohio Northern finished first of three teams.
• Records: Ohio Northern (5-0 overall).
• Ohio Northern beat Ohio Wesleyan 141-81 and Bluffton 192-2.
• Venue: Meek Aquatic and Recreation Center - Delaware, Ohio).

Meet Highlights

• Senior Selby Wilt (Findlay) won the 50-yard freestyle in :21:47.
• Sophomore Reid Thomas (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) was first in the 500 free in 5:08.
• Senior Simon Bopple (Cleveland/Shaker Heights), sophomore Austin Peace (Eaton), senior Nathan Clark (Cleves/Elder), and Wilt were second in the 200 yard medlay relay inf 1:37.
• Freshman Owen Weiss (Strongsville) was first in the 1000 free in 10:48.
• Freshman Braedon McMillen (Westlake) was first in the 1-meter dive with 130.55 points.
• Clark, freshman Kyler Jablonski (Lebanon/Dayton Christian), sophomore Chase McCluskey (Pickerington/North), and freshman Isaac Reddy (Maryland Heights, Mo./Pattonville) won the 200 free relay.

Notables

• The meet consisted of 13 events, including nine individual races, two diving events and two relays.
• Austin Veltman is 41-20 in his seventh season as head coach of the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action Nov. 21 with a three day Invitational at Wabash (Ind).