Day two of the 2017 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championship at the UIC Natatorium in Chicago came to a close Thursday night with Oakland’s men’s and women’s team holding the team lead.
Brie Hines of UIC opened the finals competition with a new meet record in the 500 Freestyle with a winning swim of 4:49.22. In the men’s 500 Freestyle, Oakland took the top two spots with freshman Micah DeJonge (4:29.58) and senior Jacob Pearson (4:30.21) touching the wall first.
Patricia Aschan of Oakland met the NCAA B Standard with her win in the women’s 200 Individual Medley. Her event-winning time of 2:00.72 was more than two seconds faster than the next-best time. Oakland’s Tuomas Kiviluoma won the men’s 200 IM in 1:46.88, one of three times to meet the NCAA B Standard during the event. Tommi Wolst of Cleveland State (1:48.23) and Aleksander Danielewski of Oakland (1:48.8) also met the B Standard.
The 50 Freestyle was a family affair, with Oakland’s Holly Morren setting a new women’s meet record (22.58) in here win and her brother Jeremiah Morren (19.81) took top honors in the men’s – his third consecutive Horizon League championship.
Joe Smith of Oakland earned the top podium spot in the men’s 1 Meter diving competition. Smith racked up 340.6 points to meet the NCAA A Standard.
In the evening’s relays, Oakland’s foursome of Katie Colwell, Arynn DeLeeuw, Amber Lefler and Holly Morren won the women’s 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:30.5. Wright State’s men recorded a 1:21.59 to earn full team points for the Raiders.
Day three of the championship begins with preliminary action at 10 a.m. Finals begin at 5:30 p.m. CT and will be streamed live on ESPN3.
Team scores after day two:
WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES
1. Oakland 271.5
2. Milwaukee 254.5
3. Green Bay 160
4. UIC 153.5
5. Youngstown State 148
6. Cleveland State 140.5
7. Wright State 134
8. Valparaiso 44
MEN’S TEAM SCORES
1. Oakland 311.5
2. UIC 227
3. Cleveland State 190
4. Wright State 151.5
5. Green Bay 144
6. Milwaukee 140
7. Valparaiso 74
