Senior Day Sees Sweep Of Hiram Terriers

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams celebrated their seniors in style with a no-doubt dual-meet sweep of the visiting Hiram Terriers.

The men won by a 200-59 count to improve to 6-1 in dual meets while the women took a 204-52 victory on the way to a 5-2 record.

The Tigers dominated from the start, winning nearly every event.

Freshman Kelsey Gregory (Eaton, Ohio/Eaton) won the 200 butterfly for the women on a personal season- and collegiate-best time of 2:17.68. Senior Jared Crum (Galveston, Ind./Lewis Cass) did the same for the men in the 100 freestyle with a 50.41.

Gregory also swam to first place in the women's 100 butterfly, and freshman Andrew Tengen (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills) also won two events by bringing his collegiate-best time in the men's version down to 57.04 from 57.23, and swimming away with the 200 butterfly.

Freshman Julia Valentine (Columbus, Ohio/Thomas Worthington) had an exceptional meet, winning the 200 and 100 breaststrokes and swimming a leg of the winning 200 medley relay. Junior Dani Lacy (Louisville, Ky./Louisville Collegiate School) also swam a leg of the relay and counted two individual victories in the 50 and 100 freestyle races. Sophomore Amy Schulz (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) and freshman Samantha Petruzzi (Medina, Ohio/Medina) balanced out the relay team, with Schulz adding a win the 100 backstroke. Rounding out the Tiger women with multiple wins was junior Margaret White (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) in the 200 and 500 free.

For the men, junior Stephen Stuthers (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) and senior James Dumstorf (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) were very busy. Stuthers won the 100 and 200 backstroke events and Dumstorf won the 200 breaststroke and the 50 free, and the two combined with senior A.J. Burt (Wyoming, Ohio/Wyoming) and freshman Kyle Smith (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) to win the 200 medley relay.  Burt also took a win in the 100 breaststroke. Senior Ed Young (Shaker Heights, Ohio/University School) rounded out the Tigers with multiple victories with wins in the 500 and 1,650 freestyles.

Swimming in the exhibition 200 freestyle relay for the men and earning the best time were Dumstorf, Crum, Stuthers and Burt, while for the women the quarter of sophomore Emily Faas (Mason, Ohio/Mason), senior Allie Fisher (Tinley, Ill./Victor J. Andrew), sophomore Maggie Simmons (Ashland, Ohio/Ashland) and Lacy did the same.

The Tigers tackle the first of two remaining dual meets for the season when they travel to Centre College in Danville, Ky., for a 1 p.m. meet on Saturday, Jan. 17.

John Strawn '07