Tiger Men Win One And Lose One In Weekend Dual Meets

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Blake Troxel

Wittenberg's men's swimming and diving team competed twice and the women took to the pool once last week, all against NCAC opponents. The results were a 122-112 loss for the men against Wabash on Friday and a pair of big wins over Oberlin on Saturday.

Against Oberlin, the men got particularly strong performances from junior Steve Rader (Concord, Ohio/St. Ignatius) in the 200-yard freestyle and 200 butterfly. He won both events. Also putting together outstanding times in the meet were sophomore Blake Troxel (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell), who had a first in the 200 breaststroke and a second in the 200 Individual Medley, junior Steven Barry (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River), who finished second in the 200 breast and junior Kyle Dunaway (Warren, Ohio/Howland), who took second in the 500 free with a time of 5:21.73.

On the women's side against Oberlin, top times were turned in by freshman Leslie Banas (Huntington Woods, Mich./Mercy) in the 1,000 free (she won the event by 40 seconds), freshman Betany Yeakley (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) in the 200 free, freshman Becca Searcy (Shelbyville, Ky./Shelby County Bloomington) in the 200 IM, junior Nicole Kinzeler (Centerville, Ohio/Alter) in the 200 backstroke and the 50 free, junior Courtney Galliger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) in the 50 free and junior Jessica Forsberg (Wickliffe, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) in the 50 free. Galliger, Kinzeler and Forsberg swept the 50 free.

Against Wabash, individual winners included Rader, Troxel, junior Matt Werbach (Painesville, Ohio/Hawken) and junior Alex Berger (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay). The meet was tight down to the end, with the Little Giants' diving performance playing a key role since Wittenberg does not have any competitors in men's diving currently.

Next: 11/23 vs. Hiram, 1 p.m.