Ohio Teams Down Xavier

ATHENS, Ohio, January 19. THE Ohio men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated Xavier Friday afternoon at The Aquatic Center. The men won by a score of 137-119 to improve 4-1 on the season. The women won by a score of 153-102 to advance to an 8-2 overall record.

"Tonight's meet was very important," said Head Coach Greg Werner. "We're winding down the season and there is only a handful of opportunities left before we decide on our conference championship team."

The Bobcats will host their last home meet of the season tomorrow against conference rival Miami at 1 p.m. The `Cats will then close out the regular season with two meets on the road. The women travel to Marshall on Jan. 23 and both the men and women compete at Ball State on Jan. 27. Afterwards the MAC Championships begin with the women starting on Feb. 14 and the men on Feb. 22.

"Our philosophy here at Ohio swimming and diving is the championships," said Werner. "That's where we want to be and that is where we want to be the best, it's what we prepare for. We put people in different positions tonight so we could get some looks to evaluate whose going to be the strongest roster for us at the end of the year."

Freshman diver Lindsay Hamilton (Saskatchewan, Canada) set new school records in the one-meter and three-meter diving event. Hamilton earned a score of 282.30 in the one-meter diving event. The former record of 271.40 was set by Amy Butler in 1986. In the three-meter diving event, Hamilton's 316.65 finish broke Danielle Biggs record score of 288.70 set in 1995.

Ashley Wulf (Danville, Calif.) won two events for the Bobcats. Wulf took first place in the 100 breast (1:07.73) and the 200 breast (2:25.49).

Ali Howell (State College, Pa.) finished first in the 1000 free (10:54.12). Ilse Petersen (Johannesburg, South Africa) won the 200 free (1:53.43). Carine Vieira de Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) won the 100 back (1:00.48). Sigal Simsolo (Kibbutz Yakum, Israel) took the top spot in the 50 free (25.23) and the 200 back (2:07.00). Caitlin Drozin (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) won the 100 free (53.95). Joellen Kralik (Hudson, Ohio) won the 200 breast (2:25.49) and Emily Wylam won the 100 fly (58.59).

On the men's side Robert Ihasz (Akron, Ohio) won the 100 back (53.27). Brandon Stakleff (Akron, Ohio) won the 100 breast (1:01.06). Luke Herlehy (Batavia, Ill.) won the 200 fly (1:55.07). Cy Moser (Parkersburg, W. Va.) won the 50 free (21.87). Tyler Post (Coldwater, Ohio) took the first place in the 100 free (48.57). Jason Reutter (Crown Point, Ind.) won the 200 breast (2:14.94). Jim Bayne (San Antonio, Texas) won the 500 free (4:51.28) and Andrew Belton took the top spot in the 100 fly (53.17).

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