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Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving
The 2009-10 season was the inaugural year of competition for the Malone men's and women's swimming & diving teams, which were led by head coach Monica Bragg. After Coach Bragg resigned this spring, Alex Keyser was hired in late June as a full-time head coach for both the men's and women's programs.
The teams will continue to use the C.T. Branin Natatorium, a spectacular facility here in Canton, as its home site for practices and competitions.
Recruitment for these teams continues. Come and be a part of our newest sport at Malone University!
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Women's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Breaks School Record At NAIA Nationals; Wagner Competes In 1650 Free
The Malone University women's swimming & diving 200 yard freestyle relay unit of Aubrey Hower (Fr., Ashland H.S.), Ashley Kuhn (Fr., North Royalton H.S.), Katie Radnich (Fr., Meadville, PA) and Michelle Wagner (Fr., Wadsworth H.S.) competed in the preliminaries of the event on Friday at the NAIA National Championships in St. Charles, Missouri (hosted by Lindenwood University) after qualifying for the national meet with a time of 1:54.59 at the Kenyon College Invitational on February 20th. Although the team did not qualify for the finals of the event at the national meet, the squad did break its own school record by nearly half a second by posting a time of 1:54.17.
In addition to the relay unit competing at nationals, Wagner also competed in the grueling 1650 yard freestyle race on Saturday and finished 33rd with a time of 20:29.12.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Team Finishes Second Among 14 Teams At Kenyon Meet; Women’s 200-Yard Freestyle Relay Team And Wagner in 1650 Freestyle Qualify For NAIA Nationals
The women tallied 247 points as Denison University won the women’ s team title with 441 points. SUNY-Geneseo was third with 243, Wittenberg University took fourth at 208 and Kenyon rounded out the top five with 139.
For the men, Denison also won the men’s team title with 443.5 points, SUNY-Geneseo was second at 262, Kenyon placed third at 181.5, Wittenberg came in fourth at 179.5 and Ashland University rounded out the top five at 130.
The most exciting part of the women’s meet for Malone was when the Pioneers’ 200-yard freestyle relay unit of Aubrie Hower (Fr., Ashland H.S.), Ashley Kuhn (Fr., North Royalton H.S.), Katie Radnich (Fr., Meadville, PA) and Michelle Wagner (Fr., Wadsworth H.S.) posted an NAIA national qualifying time of 1:54.59. They will compete at the NAIA National Championships in St. Charles, Missouri March 3-6.
In addition, Wagner also qualified for NAIA nationals in the grueling 1650-yard freestyle event as she posted a time of 20:18.43. She also placed seventh in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 6:09.33.
Kuhn paced the women in the 50-yard free with a time of 28.98 seconds while Wagner was tops for the team in the 100-yard free at 1:05.78. In the 200 freestyle event, Kuhn posted a time of 2:30.84.
In the women’s 100-yard butterfly, Hower collected a time of 1:12.72 and also posted a time of 2:40.30 in the 200-yard butterfly. In the 100 breaststroke, Radnich clocked a time of 1:21.28 and also notched a time of 2:59.40 in the 200 breast. Kuhn posted a 1:17.32 in the 100-yard backstroke while Radnich led the team in the 200 back in a time of 2:37.21. In the 200-yard individual medley, Hower paced the squad with a fourth-place finish in 2:36.41.
In the women’s relay events, the 200-yard medley relay team of Catherine Kennedy (Fr., Wadsworth, OH), Radnich, Hower and Wagner swam a time of 2:12.09. In addition, the 400-yard freestyle relay unit of Kuhn, Kennedy, Radnich and Wagner posted a time of 4:26.42.
For the men’s team, Chris Neal (Fr., Canton Central Catholic H.S.) led the way for the squad in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.97 seconds. In the 100-yard butterfly, Mason Geib (Fr., Massillon Wash. H.S.) clocked a 59.74 seconds and also collected a time of 2:15.09 in the 200 fly event. Erik Sjoberg (Fr., Hodgdon, ME) swam a time of 1:19.21 in the 100-yard breaststroke event and also pocketed a time of 2:51.35 in the 200 breast. In the 100-yard backstroke, Neal touched the pad at 1:03.01 and posted a 2:22.45 in the 200 back. In the 200-yard individual medley, Geib finished in a time of 2:15.39.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Team Wins One of Two At Notre Dame; Pioneer Men Lose To Host Falcons
The Malone University men’s and women’s swimming
& diving teams competed at a Notre Dame (OH) College meet last Saturday
with the women’s team coming away with one victory in two attempts, with a
88-35 win over Ursuline College and a 101-53 loss to Notre Dame, while the
Pioneer men’s squad lost to the host Falcons 106-42. In addition, four new school records were
set.
Casey Meeson (Fr., Lakewood H.S.) posted two of the four records himself as he
swam a winning time of 5:21.73 in the 500-yard freestyle and also notched a
time of 11:35.65 (2nd place) in the 1000-yard freestyle event. Chris Neal (Fr., Canton Central Catholic
H.S.) also pocketed a record for the men as he posted a time of 1:05.23 (3rd
place) in the 100-yard backstroke. For
the Malone women, Aubrey Hower (Fr., Ashland H.S.) collected a school record in
the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:40.65 (3rd place).
For the women’s team, in the freestyle events, Katie Radnich (Fr., Meadville,
PA) took third in the 50-yard free in 30.06 seconds while Catherine Kennedy
(Fr., Wadsworth, OH) placed fifth in 30.74 seconds. In the 100 free, Michelle Wagner (Fr., Wadsworth
H.S.) finished second in 1:04.91 while Ashley Kuhn (Fr., North Royalton H.S.)
came in fourth at 1:11.79. Kuhn took
fourth in the 200 yard free in 2:33.14 while Elishah Wilthew (Fr.,
Garrettsville, OH) finished sixth in 3:10.68.
In the 100-yard butterfly, Wagner swam a third-place time of 1:14.17 while
Hower was right behind in fourth in 1:15.47.
Radnich finished third in the 100-yard backstroke event with Wilthew
taking fifth in 1:40.89. In the 200-yard
breaststroke event, Radnich won the event with a time of 3:03.60 while Kennedy
took third in 3:15.76.
In women’s relay action, the Malone women’s 200-yard freestyle relay unit of
Kuhn, Kennedy, Hower and Wagner won the event in a time of 2:02.54.
In the men’s competition, Neal placed third in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.81
seconds. Erik Sjoberg (Fr., Hodgdon, ME)
finished third in the 200-yard free in 2:30.15.
In addition to Meeson’s school-record mark in the 500 free, Mason Geib
(Fr., Mass. Washington H.S.) took second in the event in 5:36.44.
In the 100-yard butterfly, Geib posted a third-place time of 1:01.97 and in the
100-yard breaststroke, Sjoberg captured first place in a time of 1:19.60.
In the relay events, the men’s 200-yard medley relay team of Neal, Sjoberg,
Geib and Meeson finished second in a time of 1:57.20.
Swimming & Diving Teams Compete At Denison Meet
The Malone University men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams competed at a Denison University dual meet this past Friday. Both Pioneer teams were unable to post a win as Denison took the men’s meet 122-34 and also captured the women’s meet 115-56.
In the women’s meet, Ashley Kuhn (Fr., North Royalton H.S.) finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle event in 30.48 seconds while Elishah Wilthew (Fr., Garrettsville, OH) placed sixth in 37.61. In the 100 free, Kuhn was second (1:10.36) while Wilthew took third (1:24.27). Katie Radnich (Fr., Meadville, PA) finished third in the 200-yard free in 2:26.50 while Wilthew was fourth in 3:05.59. In the grueling 500-yard freestyle event, Michelle Wagner (Fr., Wadsworth H.S.) came in fourth (6:11.64) while Kuhn placed fifth (7:18.71).In the women’s 100-yard butterfly, Aubrie Hower (Fr., Ashland H.S.) took fourth in a time of 1:13.80 while Kennedy took fourth in the 100 backstroke in 1:21.23. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Radnich came in second in 1:24.51 and Kennedy placed third in 1:31.67. In the 200-yard individual medley event, Wagner grabbed a second-place finish in a time of 2:40.84 while Hower took third in 2:41.10.
In the women’s relay events, the 200-yard medley relay team of Kennedy, Radnich, Hower and Wagner won the event in a time of 2:16.87 while the 200 freestyle relay unit of Radnich, Wagner, Kuhn and Hower also captured first in a time of 2:01.11.
In the men’s meet, Casey Meeson (Fr., Lakewood H.S.) placed fourth in a time of 24.18 seconds while Chris Neal (Fr., Canton Central Catholic H.S.) took fifth in 25.96. Neal also took second in the 100-yard free event in 56.45 seconds. In the 200 free, Erik Sjoberg (Fr., Hodgdon, ME) placed second in 2:31.46 and in the lengthy 500-yard freestyle race, Meeson was fourth in 5:29.39.
Mason Geib (Fr., Massillon Wash. H.S.) finished second in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:08.19 while Sjoberg took fourth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:19.85. In the 200-yard individual medley, Geib placed fourth in a time of 2:22.05.
In the men’s relay events, the 200-yard medley relay team of Neal, Sjoberg, Geib and Meeson finished third in a time of 1:57.03. In addition, the men’s 200 freestyle relay team of Neal, Geib, Sjoberg and Meeson captured first place in a time of 1:47.28.
Swimming & Diving Teams Compete At Hiram Meet; Women Pick Up Win Over Ursuline
The Malone University men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams competed at a Hiram College meet last Saturday as the men’s team lost a close head-to-head matchup with Hiram by the score of 65-53 while the women’s squad also lost a close contest to Hiram 40-33 but defeated Ursuline College 48-21.
For the women’s team, in the free style events, Ashley Kuhn
(Fr., North Royalton H.S.) took second in the 50 meters in 34.24 seconds while
Elishah Wilthew (Fr., Garrettsville, OH) was third in 37.93. In the 100 free, Katherine Radnich (Fr.,
Meadville, PA) took first in 1:17.85 while Kuhn was second in 1:19.09. Aubrie Hower (Fr., Ashland H.S.) finished
second in the 200-meter freestyle in 2:39.84 while Catherine Kennedy (Fr.,
Wadsworth, OH) took fourth in 2:47.17.
In the 100-meter butterfly, Hower placed second in a time of 1:23.07 while
Michelle Wagner (Fr., Wadsworth H.S.) finished third in 1:23.76. In the 200-meter individual medley, Wagner
won the event in a time of 3:01.56. In
the 100-meter breaststroke, Radnich took third in a time of 1:34.42 while
Kennedy placed fifth in 1:49.22.
In the relay events for the women, Malone’s 200-meter freestyle relay team of
Kuhn, Wilthew, Hower and Wagner finished first in a time of 2:20.74.
In the 100-meter butterfly, Geib finished second in 1:09.95 while Neal took second in the 100-meter backstroke event in a time of 1:14.38. Sjoberg captured first place in the 100-meter breaststroke in a time of 1:32.39.
In the men’s relay events, the Malone team of Neal, Sjoberg, Meeson and Geib won the 200-meter freestyle relay in a time of 2:01.33.