Ohio State Women, Kentucky Men Ahead in Dual

Ali Galyer. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Ohio State freshman diver Camryn McPherson had the best performance of her young and bright Buckeye career on Friday evening at the Lancaster Aquatic Pavilion in Lexington, Ky. McPherson put on a diving clinic in the one meter and three-meter diving competitions to come away with a pair of golds on day one of the triangular meet against Kentucky and Toledo.

The Buckeyes lead Kentucky 79-71 and Toledo 127-22. The OSU men trail Kentucky 76-74.

McPherson scored more than 300 points in each of her events. She started the afternoon off with a win on the one-meter with a tally of 305.60 and closed out the day with gold on three meter with a combo score of 302.00. Joining McPherson as a champion on the diving boards was Stephen Romanik. A native of Northfield, Ohio, Romanik scored a six-dive score of 337.05 for the title on the three-meter board.

In the swimming pool, a pair of Buckeyes swept the top spots in the 200 butterfly. Meg Bailey used a readout of 1:58.37 to glide to a first-place finish for the women, and on the men’s side, Henrique Painhas (1:48.42) edged teammate Michael Salazar (1:48.82) for the win.

For Kentucky, senior Isaac Jones picked up the first victory of the day, winning the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 15:16.04.

A big performance on men’s 3-meter resulted in a 1-2-3 sweep for Kentucky, led by freshman Chase Lane who recorded a personal-best score of 384.30. Sophomore Kevin Frebel was second in the event with a 351.15 and senior Stephen Jou third with a score of 340.75.

Three sophomores from the men’s team picked up wins on Friday. Connor Blandford earned a victory in the 200 backstroke, touching the wall with at time of 1:48.23. Jason Head went 45.04 in the 100 freestyle to edge out Ohio State’s Nathan Christian by .03 seconds. Glen Brown rounded out the UK victories, winning the 200 breaststroke in 2:00.63.

Ali Galyer won the 200 backstroke. The sophomore turned in a time of 1:54.44, just ahead of her teammate Bridgette Alexander who was second in 1:56.93.

Sophomore Asia Seidt picked up a big win in the 100 freestyle, going an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 49.24.

Kentucky continued to see success in the women’s breaststroke events as freshman Bailey Bonnett led the Wildcats in a 1-2-3 sweep of the 200 breast.

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