BEREA, OHIO - The Baldwin Wallace University men's and women's swimming and diving teams each lost to visiting Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College this afternoon (Saturday, November 14, 2009) at the BW Natatorium. The men lost 175-125 and the women fell 134-103.
On the men's side, the 400-yard medley relay team of freshman Louis Runge (Avon), junior Ryan Musille (Canton/ GlenOak), junior Matt Diamond (Ashtabula/ Lakeside), and senior Jordan Irwin (Westerville/ Westerville South) opened with a first-place finish of 3:46.34.
Musille also placed first individually in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.66 and the 100-yard freestyle (50.73).
Junior four-time All-American diver Todd Richert (North Royalton) won both one-meter diving events with 183.70 and 319.25 points, respectively.
The Yellow Jacket 200-yard free relay team of senior Vince Colwell (Parma/ Normandy), sophomore Nic Null (Shelby/ Mansfield St. Peter�s), senior Mark Andrasek (Parma/ Normandy) and Musille closed out the meet with a first-place finish of 1:30.04.
Gabby Parker
On the women's side, junior Lauren Schaefer (Westlake) won the 100-yard freestyle in 58.48, freshman Gabby Parker (Girard, Pa./ Villa Maria Academy) was first in the 500-yard freestyle (6:07.65) and freshman Hillary Stahl (Granville) placed first in the 400-yard individual medley (5:39.24).
The 200-yard freestyle team of Parker, Schaefer, sophomore Katie Cvelbar (South Euclid/ Regina), and freshman Kelsey Richards (Wadsworth) also placed first in a time of 1:47.49.
Freshman Julie Pinter (Broadview Heights/ Brecksville-Broadview Hts.) won both one-meter diving events with 159.00 and 221.85 points, respectively.
The BW swimmers and divers will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 20 when they travel to Alliance to swim against OAC rival Mount Union College at 6:00 p.m. Then on Saturday, Nov. 21, BW travels to Oberlin for a tri-match with Oberlin and Wittenberg at 3:00 p.m.
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