Stone's School Record Leads Strong Final Day For Tigers At NCACs

GRANVILLE, OH - After four grueling days and nights at the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championships, Wittenberg's men's and women's swimming and diving teams performed well to close out the 2025-26 season. Wittenberg's men placed ninth in the team competition with 173 points, while the Tiger women placed seventh with 579.5 points.

Kenyon's men and Denison's women won the team titles. The Owls and Big Red rank among the top 10 teams in NCAA Division III again this year, and both teams advanced numerous competitors to next month's NCAA Division III Championships.

For Wittenberg's women, Teagan O'Connor (Fort Wayne, IN / Carroll) qualified for the A final race and finished an impressive sixth in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:08.64. Shania Stone (Cincinnati, OH / Princeton) reached her second A final race of the week in the 100-yard Individual Medley, and she went on to place eighth in a time of 1:01.58. That time was just .32 off her personal-best time recorded in the event prelims. That time of 1:01.26 broke a school record.

Stone was also a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay that recorded a time of 3:44.23 to finish sixth. She was joined on that relay by Lily Cook (Rensselaer, IN / Rensselaer Central), Bekah Lebold (Mount Vernon, OH / Mount Vernon), and McKenna Clark (Waynesville, OH / Carroll).

Other scoring performances for the women included Kylie Paumi (Lexington, KY / Lafayette), who placed 10th in the 3-meter diving, Clark in 17th in the 100-yard freestyle, Annie Gammon (Cincinnati, OH / Cincinnati Country Day) in 19th in the 1650-yard freestyle, Krenna Rahr (Monongahela, PA / Ringgold) in 19th in the 200-yard breaststroke, Elisabeth Josellis (Warsaw, IN / Warsaw Community) in 20th in the 1650-yard freestyle, Lebold in 20th in the 100-yard Individual Medley, Cook in 20th in the 200-yard backstroke, Jade Paumi (Lexington, KY / Lafayette) in 21st in the 100-yard Individual Medley, Lebold in 21st in the 100-yard freestyle, and Allison Browning (Hillsboro, OH / Hillsboro) in 24th in the 100-yard freestyle. Lebold's time of 1:06.62 and Paumi's time of 1:07.35 in the 100 IM both rank in the top 10 in program history.

For Wittenberg's men, the top finisher on the day was Aidan Dannenfelser (Cincinnati, OH / St. Xavier) in 22nd place in the 100-yard Individual Medley, followed by Mason Steen (Leroy, OH / Riverside) in 23rd in the 200-yard breaststroke. Dannenfelser's time of 1:02.65 ranks in the top 10 in program history.

Written By: Ryan Maurer