By: Brendon Reese
OBERLIN, Ohio – Mount Union's women's swimming and diving team finished in third place at the Oberlin Early Invitational on Saturday evening.
The Purple Raiders finished with a team score of 582, Case Western Reserve won the event with a team score of 1192.5.
Top Finishers
- 200-yard medley relay: team consisting of freshman Zoe Wilkson (Kettering / Dayton Regional Stem School), junior Riley McCombs (New Middletown / Springfield Local), sophomore Tanya Hensley (Oregonia / Lebanon) and sophomore Chloe Parr (Brunswick) finished in fourth place with a time of 1:53.75
- 400-yard individual medley: sophomore Grace Blachly (Powell / Olentangy Liberty) finished in eighth place with a time of 5:15.88
- 200-yard freestyle: freshman Julia Ratti (Bethel Park, Pa. / Bethel Park) finished in third place with a time of 2:00.28 and freshman Reagan Sherry (Brunswick) finished in eighth place with a time of 2:05.42
- 100-yard breaststroke: McCombs won the event with a time of 1:07.69
- 100-yard backstroke: Wilkson finished in third place with a time of 1:00.73 and sophomore AJ Sliman (Amherst / Marion L. Steele) finished in eighth place with a time of 1:02.50
- 800-yard freestyle relay: team consisting of McCombs, sophomore Rydell Reif (Buffalo, N.Y. / Sweet Home), Wilkson and Ratti finished in third place with a time of 8:20.11
- 200-yard backstroke: Wilkson finished in second place with a time of 2:08.95, Sliman finished in fourth place with a time of 2:16.74 and Sherry finished in sixth place with a time of 2:17.83
- 100-yard freestyle: Ratti finished in eighth place with a time of 55.53
- 200-yard breaststroke: McCombs won the event with a time of 2:29.72
- 400-yard freestyle relay: team consisting of Sliman, Ratti, Parr and McCombs finished in third place with a time of 3:44.91
Team Scores
- Case Western Reserve 1191.5, 2. Ashland 768, 3. Mount Union 582, 4. Oberlin 446.5, 5. Westminster 177.5, 6. Walsh 173, 7. Malone 96.5, 8. Wittenberg 85
The Raiders return to action on Thursday, October 15 when they host Saint Vincent in their home opener at 6 p.m. in Hammond Natatorium.
