Women's Swimming and Diving finishes fourth in 800-yard free relay on opening night of OAC Championships
By Tim Glon
AKRON — The Ohio Northern women finished fourth in the 800-yard free relay on the opening night of the 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday night at Ocasek Natatorium.
The Polar Bears are in fourth place out of five teams after the first of 20 events with 30 points.
John Carroll leads with 40 points and Mount Union is second with 34.
Freshman Hannah Eversole (Cincinnati/Mt Notre Dame), sophomore Katie Bend (Carmel, Ind.), junior Shelby Starkey (Bellefontaine) and junior Gabbie Grant (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Lakeview) finished in 8:06.08.
JCU won the race in 7:56.08.
The top three finishers in individual events and top two finishers in relays earn All-Conference honors.
The first complete day of the Championships will get underway on Thursday with prelims at 10 am.