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Men’s Swimming and Diving Defeat Division II Malone

Nathan Onchuck
Nathan Onchuck

BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's swimming and diving teams defeated Division II Malone University in a non-conference dual meet in the BW Natatorium inside the Lou Higgins Center.

The Yellow Jacket men defeated Malone by a score of 121-91.

Leading the men today was junior Jacob Burk (Bowling Green) placing first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a wall touch of 10:40.48. Burk placed second in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:05.54 and in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career-best time of 1:06.29. Sophomore Tyler Thompson (Brecksville-Broadview Heights) finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 59.78. Thompson placed second in the 200-yard individual medley with a wall touch of 2:06.61. Thompson was also on the 200-yard relay team consisting of freshman Alexander Morrow (Winchester,VA/Millbrook), Nathan Onchuck (Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South), and senior Sean Rudolph Jr. (Warrensville Heights) that finished first with a seasons best time of 1:41.59. Rudolph also placed second in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 57.10.

Onchuck also swam strongly for the Yellow Jackets today as he had a first place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a wall touch of 22.91, and a third place finish in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 52.62. Freshman, Kevin Hartenstein (Hermintage, Pa./Hickory) had a career best in the 200-yard freestyle, in a time of 1:56.17.

Diving strongly today for the men's team was Da'Qeayce Swain (Dayton/David H Pointz) with a career best score of 144.70 in the 1-meter dive.

BW returns to action on Friday when they host Ohio Northern University in an Ohio Athletic Conference dual meet in the BW Natatorium inside the Lou Higgins Center at 6 p.m.