Men's Swimming & Diving

Women's Swimming and Diving finishes sixth, Men place ninth at NCAC Championships

Posted: Feb 17, 2024

GRANVILLE — The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams concluded competition at the four-day North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison University on Saturday. The Tiger women finished sixth in the team standings for their best showing since 2016, while the men placed ninth.

The Basics

NCAC Swimming and Diving Championships site: https://northcoast.org/tournaments/?id=42
Venue: Trumbull Aquatics Center - Granville, Ohio
Day 4 Events: Men's 1650 free, 100 IM, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay; Women's 3-meter diving, 1650 free, 100 IM, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay
The Wittenberg women scored 560 points and finished in sixth place of eight teams, while the men scored 345.5 points and finished in ninth place of nine teams.
Kenyon won the men's team title with 1,889 points and the women's team title with 2,039.5 points.

Wittenberg Highlights - Prelims

Senior Zach Parkman (Lancaster, Ohio/Fisher Catholic) finished eighth in the men's 200 fly in 1:56.02.
Freshman Sophie Paskiet (Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula) finished ninth in the women's 200 breast in 2:31.83.
Senior Mackenzie Schuld (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River) finished 10th in the women's 200 fly in 2:19.87.
Sophomore Shania Stone (Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton) finished 13th in the women's 100 free in 55.35 seconds. Sophomore McKenna Clark (Waynesville, Ohio/Carroll) was 16th in 56.79 seconds, and freshman Rebekah Lebold (Mount Vernon, Ohio/Mount Vernon) was 19th in 58.97 seconds.
Lebold finished 20th in the women's 100 IM in 1:11.13. Junior Jenna Hallett (Delta, Ohio/Delta) was 23rd in 1:13.15.
Sophomore Jon Wasky (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) finished 18th in the men's 200 back in 2:12.88.
Sophomore Mason Steen (Leroy, Ohio/Riverside) finished 24th in the men's 100 free in 49.34 seconds.

Wittenberg Highlights - Finals

Competing in the A final of the women's 200 breast, Paskiet finished eighth in 2:30.00.
Competing in the A final of the men's 200 fly, Parkman finished eighth in 1:55.72.
Schuld finished 10th in the women's 200 fly in 2:16.63.
Stone finished 13th in the women's 100 free in 54.36 seconds. Clark was 15th in 55.97 seconds, and Lebold was 20th in 59.16 seconds.
Sophomore Addy Payne (Sidney, Ohio/Sidney) finished 17th in the women's 1650 free in 19:58.05.
Wasky finished 18th in the men's 200 back in 2:11.83.
Lebold placed 20th in the women's 100 IM in 1:10.46, and Hallett was 23rd in 1:12.04.
Steen placed 26th in the men's 100 free in 49.75 seconds.
The men's and women's 400 free relays closed out the evening and the meet. The women's team of Clark, Lebold, Paskiet and Stone placed seventh in 3:49.28. The men's team of Parkman, Steen and sophomores Drew Vincent (Fleming, Ohio/Warren) and Owen Gabel (New Bremen, Ohio/New Bremen) placed ninth in 3:22.17.

Quote - Head coach Sam Benedict

"I'm truly speechless and amazed by what the team accomplished this weekend. The student-athletes worked incredibly hard, and it was incredible to see it all pay off. Our women finished sixth, which was their best finish since 2016. The men finished ninth, scoring significantly more points than last year. Every person on the team, for the first time, qualified for at least one individual final swim, and everyone received at least one personal- or season-best time. I'm incredibly proud of these individuals and the way they carried themselves and represented Witt and WSD."