By: Brendon Reese
BEREA, Ohio – Mount Union's men's swimming and diving team defeated Baldwin Wallace 162-59 in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon.
Top Finishers
- 200-yard medley relay: team consisting of senior Angelo Lawrence (Mooresville, Ind. / Center Grove), sophomore Trey Nickoli (Lexington), sophomore Ethan Harvey (Macedonia / St. Ignatius) and senior Evan Kemp (North East, Pa. / North East) won the event with a time of 1:38.21 and the team consisting of junior Will Collins (Fairfax, Va. / Woodson), sophomore Brenton Fowler (Reynoldsburg), senior Daniel Claxton (Georgetown, Guyana / West Demerara Secondary) and sophomore Leo Iacovetta (Mayfield) finished second with a time of 1:39.36
- 1000-yard freestyle: freshman Jacob Packard (Ashland) won the event with a time of 11:22.31 and junior Andrew Popovic (Twinsburg) finished second with a time of 11:35.47
- 200-yard freestyle: senior Cameron Burnett (Canfield) won the event with a time of 1:49.25, sophomore Isaac Tennant (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Moon) finished second with a time of 1:50.01 and Collins finished third with a time of 1:52.36
- 50-yard freestyle: Claxton finished second with a time of 22.96
- 400-yard individual medley: Iacovetta won the event with a time of 4:30.37
- 1-meter dive: junior Jake Dedomenic (Norton) finished second with a score of 96.25
- 200-yard butterfly: Kemp won the event with a time of 1:59.48
- 100-yard freestyle: Harvey won the event with a time of 46.33, which broke the Baldwin Wallace pool record that was set in 2021, Burnett finished second with a time of 50.35 and Popovic finished third with a time of 51.03
- 200-yard backstroke: Lawrence won the event with a time of 2:02.38, sophomore Joe Hathaway (Lexington) finished second with a time of 2:05.55 and freshman Carter Kibler (Austintown / Fitch) finished third with a time of 2:10.75
- 500-yard freestyle: Tennant won the event with a time of 5:03.79
- 200-yard breaststroke: Nickoli won the event with a time of 2:16.20, while freshman Joe Patrick (Hubbard) finished second with a time of 2:29.74 and sophomore Nate Campbell (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Northgate) finished third with a time of 2:32.51
- 200-yard freestyle relay: team consisting of Kemp, Claxton, Collins and Harvey won the event with a time of 1:27.39 and the team consisting of Lawrence, Iacovetta, Hathaway and Popovic finished second with a time of 1:30.99
The Raiders are on the road again next when they head to Wooster on Thursday, December 3 for the first day of the Wooster Invitational at Wooster High School.