Denison Press Release
GRANVILLE, Ohio-- Top-ranked Denison men's swimming & diving defeated ninth-ranked Carnegie Mellon 159-130 on Senior Day from the Trumbull Aquatics Center. The Big Red placed first in nine events, as eight different individuals accounted for DU's victories.
In the sprint freestyle events, Zach Wagner led Denison with a time of 21.14 in the 50 free. Kenny Fox followed right behind in 21.15. In the 100 free, Max Howes led the field with a winning time of 46.43 while Stuart Hohm checked in at 46.73. In the 200 free, Hohm was victorious in 1:41.94 while Ryan Stevenson checked in second at 1:42.78.
Jack Lindell won the 200 backstroke, touching in 1:52.87. He also posted a time of 1:55.60 while swimming exhibition in the 200 IM.
In the 100 backstroke, it was Jason Wesseling and Bebe Wang who went 1-2 respectively in the standings. Wesseling touched in 51.67 and Wang ended with a time of 53.18.
Aaron Saccurato was the winner in the 200 butterfly after a time of 1:55.43 and Matthew Hedman held down the top spot in the 1,000 free after a time of 9:43.88.
The first win of the day came in the 200 medley relay as Wesseling, Tiernan Foster-Smith, Liam Marsden-Readford and Max Howes combined for a winning time of 1:32.94.
At the diving well, Max Levy swept the 3-meter and 1-meter boards. Both competitions were 11-dives and Levy finished the 3-meter with a score of 533.05 and won the 1-meter with a score of 566.03. Brian Allen placed second on both boards as well. In the 3-meter he finished with a score 517.20 while totaling 504.38 on the 1-meter board.
Prior to the start of the meet, Denison recognized its five senior members, Brian Allen, Max Howes, Max Levy, Jack Lindell and Tim Smith.
GRANVILLE, Ohio-- The second-ranked Denison women's swimming & diving team racked up 12 wins resulting in a 174-115 win over 12th ranked Carnegie Mellon from the Trumbull Aquatics Center.
First-year standout KT Kustritz swept both breaststroke events and senior Campbell Costley won the 1,000 free and the 500 free. Kustritz won the 100 breaststroke by more than four seconds after touching in 1:03.78. In the 200 breast she opened up a six-second lead on the competition after a time of 2:20.22.
In the 500 free, Costley logged a time of 5:02.73 and Caroline Colville checked in second with a time of 5:14.23. In the 1,000 free, Costley and Hannah Rusinko went 1-2 in the standings. Costley won the race with her time of 10:19.84 and Rusinko finished in 10:38.54.
Carolyn Kane logged an individual win on Senior Day as she posted a 23.92 to win the 50 free. Carly Olsakovsky followed in second in 24.75.
In the 200 fly, Halli Garza came close to her season-best time in the event as she logged a winning 'B' cut time of 2:02.73. Her best time this season is 2:02.48.
Senior Alex Elizeus won the 200 free in 1:57.73 and Casey Kirby took first in the 100 backstroke, touching in 58.65.
Kirby, Kustritz, Angela Le and Kane made up the winning 200 medley relay as they logged a 'B' cut time of 1:45.53. That group's best time this year is 1:42.86 set in December.
In the 100 free, Le beat Gabriella Nutter to the wall with a time of 53.59. Nutter took second in 53.61. The 200 backstroke was DU's final swimming win as Erica Hsu touched in 2:06.74.
In diving, Allison Fitzgerald logged the top scores on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. In the 11-dive competition, Fitzgerald totaled a score of 455.48 on the 1-meter and 433.88 on the 3-meter. Her score on the 3-meter was a season-best. Sarah Lopez took second on the 1-meter with a score of 399.98 which was also an 11-dive best score for the senior in 2016-17. The second-best score on the 3-meter board belonged to Emma Weber at 432.98. That was just shy of her season-best total of 441.23 set against DePauw.
Prior to the start of the meet, Denison recognized seniors Campbell Costley, Alex Elizeus, Katherine Hennigan, Carolyn Kane, Elizabeth Kane and Sarah Lopez.
