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Men's Swimming and Diving Wins Road Meet Against Ohio Wesleyan

Austin Olsavsky
Austin Olsavsky

DELAWARE, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's swimming and diving team win their first road meet against Ohio Wesleyan University in a non-conference dual meet at Ohio Wesleyan inside the Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center.

BW (4-0) won nine of the 11 events, had five runner-up finishers as it defeated Ohio Wesleyan by a final score of 151.5 - 62.5. 

The Yellow Jackets individual highlights included: 

  • Freshmen Ethan McKinney (Indianapolis, Ind. / Herron) placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 11:22.50. 
  • Junior Austin Olsavsky (Medina) won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:50.01 and 100-yard freestyle in a time of 50.26.
  • Freshman Tyson Swihart (Sarasota, Fla. / Sarasota Military Academy) took second in the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2:10.84.
  • Freshmen Jason Tafoya (El Paso, Texas / El Paso) won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 56.57.
  • Freshman Austin Kingsley (Northport, N.Y.) won the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:00.74
  • Freshman Tommie McQueary (Batavia/Bethel Tate) won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 53.30 and the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:02.66
  • Sophomore Mason Kooyman (Concord Township / Chardon) took first in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 23.11.

BW relays were highlighted by:

  • The 200-yard medley relay of Tafoya, McQueary, freshmen Luke Minick (Stow / Archbishop Hoban) and Kooyman won in a time of 1:42.58.
  • The 400-yard freestyle squad of Kingsley, Swihart, Olsavsky, freshmen Gavin Skwirut (Latrobe, Pa. / Greater Latrobe), won in a time of 3:22.34.

 Diving for the Yellow Jackets was freshmen Jason Heisler (Saline, Mich. / Saline) as he won the 1-meter dive with 235.85 points.

 The Yellow Jackets return to the pool on Saturday, November 5th as it hosts Penn State Behrend for a non-conference meet at BW Natatorium inside Lou Higgins Rec Center.