Final Day Results | Final Overall Results
BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University men and women's swimming and diving teams finished the final day (Saturday, February 20) of the 2011 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium in Akron. The men's team finished third and the women finished fourth.
Highlighting the final day of competition were senior 6-time NCAA Division III All-American diver Todd Richert (North Royalton) and sophomore 2-time All-American Julie Pinter (Broadview Heights/ Brecksville-Broadview Hts.) being tabbed as the OAC Male and Female Diver of the Year, respectively, for the second consecutive year. In addition, school records were set in the men's 1-meter dive, women's 200-yard backstroke and women's 3-meter dive.
Richert who won the 1-meter dive with a score of 514.60 points and broke his own previous record. The 1-meter title also marked the fourth straight time that Richert won that crown. Add his two titles in the 3-meter event, and he ended his OAC career as a six-time conference champion and 3-time OAC Diver of the Year. He will compete at the 2011 NCAA Division III National Meet from March 23-26 at the University of Tennessee.
The Yellow Jacket women were led by a school and OAC record-breaking performance by Pinter in the 3-meter event. She earned a record score of 524.20 points to capture the 3-meter title for the second straight year. Pinter has won four OAC titles in the past two years, and will join Richert at the University of Tennesse for the national meet in March.
In addition for the Yellow Jackets, freshman Emma Gerdes (Avon) finished second in the 200-yard backstroke in a record time of 2:09.18. Gerdes performance allowed her to surpass the previous 15 year-old school record of 2:10.59 held by Jill Vogstadt from 1996.
Todd Richert
The top three individuals and the top two relay teams in each event earn All-OAC honors. Top All-OAC finishers of the day for the men were Richert, Pinter, and Gerdes.
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Men's Results
Ohio Northern 339, John Carroll 202, Baldwin Wallace 148, Mount Union 130, Wilmington 46
1650 Freestyle: 1. Jimmy Ranallo (JCU), 16:34.41
200 Backstroke: 1. Ryan Bender (ONU), 1:55.02
100 Freestyle: 1. Alex Vereshchagin (JCU), :45.89
200 Breaststroke: 1. Drew Keriazes (ONU), 2:09.49
200 Butterfly: 1. Erik Arent (ONU), 1:55.71
1-Meter Diving: 1. Todd Richert (BW), 514.60
400 Freestyle Relay: 1. JCU (Alex Vereshchagin, Jimmy Ranallo, Nick Holvey, Brendan Schloendorn), 3:04.46
200 Medley Relay: 1. ONU (Joey Bechtel, Drew Keriazes, Marc Anderson, Andy Garlock), 1:34.52
400 Individual Medley: 1. Ryan Bender (ONU), 4:10.39
100 Butterfly: 1. Marc Anderson (ONU), :50.49
200 Freestyle: 1. Anders Samuelson (ONU), 1:41.84
100 Breaststroke: 1. Ryan Musille (BW), :57.76
100 Backstroke: 1. Joey Bechtel (ONU), :52.78
3-Meter Diving: 1. Todd Richert (BW), 476.85
800 Freestyle Relay: 1. JCU (Alex Vereshchagin, Drew Edson, Jimmy Ranallo, Brendan Schloendorn), 6:55.15
200 Free Relay: 1. JCU (Brendan Schloendorn, Alex Vereshchagin, Jimmy Ranallo, Eric Davis), 1:24.28
500 Freestyle: 1. Rob Brocious (MtU), 4:39.93
200 Individual Medley: 1. Drew Keriazes (ONU), 1:55.20
50 Freestyle: 1. Brendan Schloendorn (JCU), :20.90
400 Medley Relay: 1. Ohio Northern (Max McClary, Drew Keriazes, Marc Anderson, Anders Samuelson), 3:27.68
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Women's Results
Ohio Northern 308, Mount Union 205, John Carroll 140, Baldwin Wallace 131, Wilmington 62
1650 Freestyle: 1. Michelle Eggers (ONU), 18:22.54
200 Backstroke: 1. Julia Adams (JCU), 2:06.27
100 Freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Early (ONU), :53.50
200 Breaststroke: 1. Kasey Manko (ONU), 2:24.39
200 Butterfly: 1. Lindsey Rayhill (ONU), 2:09.23
3-Meter Diving: 1. Julie Pinter (BW), 524.20
400 Freestyle Relay: Mount Union (Courtney Gabel, Taylor Harrison, Jennie Ciccantelli, Alyson Kolesar), 3:36.17
200 Medley Relay: 1. Baldwin Wallace (Emma Gerdes, Angela Musille, Gabby Parker, Lauren Schaefer), 1:50.44
400 Individual Medley: 1. Lacey Shumate (ONU)
100 Butterfly: 1. Lindsey Rayhill (ONU), :58.90
200 Freestyle: 1. Alyson Kolesar (MtU), 1:55.07
100 Breaststroke: 1. Hannah Bukowy (ONU), 1:05.96
100 Backstroke: 1. Julia Adams (JCU), :57.79
1-Meter Diving: 1. Julie Pinter (BW), 490.40
800 Freestyle Relay: 1. ONU (Michelle Eggers, Kaitlyn Early, Lindsey Rayhill, Mackenzie Hoffman), 7:52.83
200 Freestyle Relay: 1. ONU (Cassie Fennell, Mackenzie Hoffman, Kaitlyn Early, Alison Garbash), 1:38.28
500 Freestyle: 1. Alyson Kolesar (MtU), 5:09.53
200 Individual Medley: 1. Julia Adams (JCU)
50 Freestyle: 1. Cassie Fennell (ONU), :24.63
400 Medley Relay: 1. Ohio Northern (Lacey Shumate, Kasey Manko, Lindsey Rayhill, Kaitlyn Early), 3:59.13
