BEREA, OHIO - Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference pick Sean Sonnenberg (Napoleon) and sophomore All-American diver Todd Richert (North Royalton) set school records as the Baldwin Wallace University men's swimming and diving team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference and Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll University, 144.50-98.50, today (Saturday, January 24, 2009) at the Natatorium inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center in Berea. The women lost, 157-82.
With its win, the BW men improved to 6-3 overall and 3-1 in the OAC, while the women dropped to 1-8 overall and 0-4 in the OAC.
Sonnenberg was a double winner, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:08.11, which broke his own school record of 10:13.77 set last year, and the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:58.40. Richert broke two of his records with his victories in the one-meter voluntary dive and the one-meter optional dive. Richert's scores of 199.45 in the voluntary and 318.40 in the optional broke records he set last season of 194.48 and 311.03.
Other individual winners for the BW men were senior Nick Gattozzi (Strongsville), juniors Jordan Irwin (Westerville/Westerville/ South) and Vince Colwell (Parma/ Normandy), and sophomores Hector Diaz (El Paso, Texas/ Cathedral) and Matt Diamond (Ashtabula/ Lakeside). Gattozzi won the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:04.17. Irwin took the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.90, Colwell won the 100-yard backstroke in 57.14, Diaz won the 200-yard IM in 2:06.71, and Diamond was victorious in the 100-yard butterfly in 56.04. The 200-yard medley relay team of Colwell, Diamond, and sophomores Roman Koval (Parma/ Padua Franciscan) and Ryan Musille (Canton/ GlenOak) won in a time of 1:42.56.The women's team was led by freshman Jessica McClarren (Bucyrus/ Senior), who won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:05.22. The 200-yard freestyle relay team, comprised of seniors Kate Ritchey (White Oak, Pa./McKeesport), Kelly Frahlich (Stow/Stow-Monroe Falls) and Kelsie Baker (Dover) and freshman Tara Stitzlein (Millersburg/West Holmes), won in a time of 1:51.26.
The BW swimmers and divers are back in action next Saturday, Jan. 31 when they travel to Meadville, Pennsylvania to take on Allegheny College at 1:00 p.m. The Yellow Jackets also host the 2009 OAC Championship Meet on Thursday through Saturday, February 19-21 at the University of Akron. To learn more information about the event, please log onto the Internet at www.bw.edu/athletics/sd/09oacchampionships.
FOR MORE Baldwin Wallace University Sports Information, please call Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple at 440-826-2327 and/ or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu or contact Assistant SID Nick Minerd by phone at 440-826-2780 and/ or e-mail him at nminerd@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Sara Gildea, please call her at 440-826-2387 or e-mail her at sgildea@bw.edu. You can access all of the latest BW sports information by visiting our athletics Web site at www.bw.edu/.athletics.
FINAL MEN'S TEAM SCORES: Baldwin Wallace -- 144.50, JOHN CARROLL -- 98.50.
200-Yard Medley Relay: Vince Colwell, Roman Koval, Matt Diamond, Ryan Musille (BW), 1:42.56; 1000-Yard Freestyle: Sean Sonnenberg (BW), 10:08.11 (school record); 200-Yard Freestyle: Jordan Irwin (BW), 1:53.90;50-Yard Freestyle: Alex Vereshchagin (JCU), 22.49; 200-Yard IM: Hector Diaz (BW), 2:06.71; 1- Meter Dive:Todd Richert (BW), 199.45 (school record); 100-Yard Butterfly: Matt Diamond (BW), 56.04; ; 100-Yard Freestyle: Alex Vereshchagin (JCU), 49.17; 100-Yard Backstroke: Vince Colwell (BW), 57.14; 500-Yard Freestyle: Sean Sonnenberg (BW), 4:58.40; 1-Meter Optional Dive: Todd Richert (BW), 318.40 (school record); 100-Yard Backstroke: Nick Gattozzi (BW), 1:04.17; 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Alex Vereshchagin, David Perchinske, Eric Davis, Tony Russo (JCU), 1:32.59.
FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES: JOHN CARROLL -- 157, Baldwin Wallace -- 82.
200-Yard Medley Relay: Samantha Mossman, Melissa Fillmore, Katie Mathews, Heather Gilmour (JCU), 1:59.35; 1000-Yard Freestyle: Heidi Benson (JCU), 11:10.40; 200-Yard Freestyle: Liana Sved (JCU), 2:03.70;50-Yard Freestyle: Heather Gilmour (JCU), 26.79; 200-Yard IM: Samantha Mossman (JCU), 2:21.99; 1- Meter Dive: Deanna Graber (JCU), 158.20; 100-Yard Butterfly: Jessica McClarren (BW), 1:05.22; 100-Yard Freestyle: Heather Gilmour (JCU), 57.57; 100-Yard Backstroke: Brittany Krauth (JCU), 1:04.10; 500-Yard Freestyle: Heidi Benson (JCU), 5:23.40; 1-Meter Optional Dive: Deanna Graber (JCU), 193.40; 100-Yard Backstroke: Melissa Fillmore (JCU), 1:13.87; 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Kate Ritchey, Kelly Frahlich, Tara Stitzlein, Kelsie Baker (BW), 1:51.26.
