
Addy Payne and the Tigers won almost every event in a dual meet win at Bluffton. | Photo by John Coffman
Posted: Jan 13, 2024
Lima, Ohio - The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams returned to competition after an extended winter break that included a training trip to sunny Florida and made the most of the opportunity, defeating host Bluffton in a meet at the Lima YMCA.
The Tiger women won 142-53 and the Tiger men won 119-21.
Event victories were numerous for the Tigers. On the women's side:
- Addy Payne (Sidney, OH / Sidney) won the 1000-yard freestyle,
- McKenna Clark (Waynesville, OH / Carroll) won the 200-yard freestyle, the 200-yard backstroke, the 100-yard butterfly,
- Sophie Paskiet (Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula) won the 100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard breaststroke,
- Shania Stone (Cincinnati, OH / Princeton) won the 100-yard breastroke, the 100-yard freestyle,
- Mackenzie Schuld (Rocky River, OH / Rocky River) won the 200-yard butterfly, the 500-yard freestyle, and the 200-yard IM.
For the Tiger men:
- Jon Wasky (Kettering, OH / Fairmont) won the 1000-yard freestyle, the 200-yard backstroke,
- Drew Vincent (Fleming, OH / Warren) won the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard freestyle,
- Owen Gabel (New Bremen, OH / New Bremen) won the 100-yard backstroke, the 50-yard freestyle, the 500-yard freestyle,
- Mason Steen (Leroy, OH / Riverside) won the 100-yard breaststroke, the 200-yard breaststroke,
- Zach Parkman (Lancaster, OH / Fisher Catholic) won the 200-yard butterfly, the 100-yard butterfly.