Tigers Perform Well In Dual Meets Against Quality Competition

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Steve Rader

Wittenberg competed in back-to-back swimming and diving dual meets last weekend, and performed quite well against quality competition.

On Friday the Tigers hosted a tri-meet with Ohio Wesleyan University and Wilmington College. The Wittenberg men defeated Ohio Wesleyan, 61-42, and Wilmington, 76-18, while the women also posted a pair of convincing wins, defeating Ohio Wesleyan, 83-28, and Wilmington, 92-19.

First-place finishers in the tri-meet included freshman Becca Searcy (Shelbyville, Ky./Shelby County Bloomington) in the 100-yard freestyle 500 free, junior Nicole Kinzeler (Centerville, Ohio/Alter) in the 200 free, junior Courtney Galliger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) in the 50 free, freshman Betany Yeakley (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 backstroke, sophomore Catherine Gray (Ft. Thomas, Ky./Highlands) in the one-meter diving, freshman Amy Conner (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) in the 100 breaststroke and junior Holly Erikson (St. Paul, Minn./Central) in the three-meter diving. On the men's side, blue ribbons were awarded to junior Brandon Morris (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) in the 1000 free, junior Matt Werbach in the 200 free and junior Steve Rader (Concord, Ohio/St. Ignatius) in the 200 IM and the 100 back.

On Saturday they faced much stiffer competition from defending national champion Kenyon and lost both the men's and women's competition by scores of 146-105 and 154-143 respectively. Rader captured first place finishes in the 200 butterfly and 100 butterfly and junior Kyle Dunaway (Warren, Ohio/Howland) pulled off a win to lead a Tigers sweep in the 400 IM. Kinzeler took the top spot in the 100 free, Galliger claimed first in the 100 back, Searcy won the 200 breast and 200 free and Yeakley took the prize in the 200 back.

Next: 11/15 vs. Wabash (men)
11/16 at Oberlin (both teams)