Men's & Women's - Ohio Northern University

The Ohio Northern men’s swimming
and diving team won its fifth consecutive
OAC Championships crown in 2009.
Senior George Chesney was named
the OAC men’s Diver of the Year and
earned Honorable mention All-America
honors at the NCAA III Championships in
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sophomore Michael Schultz was
named the OAC Men’s Swimmer of the
Year and also competed at the NCAA
Championships meet in the distance free
events.
The Polar Bears (9-5 overall,
4-0 OAC) won the 5-team meet with
303 points, defeating second-place
Baldwin-Wallace by a whopping 101
points.
Ohio Northern also won the OAC
Regular Season title with a perfect 4-0
record.
The Polar Bears won 14 of the 20
events, setting 14 school and eight OAC
records in the process.
ONU won four of the five relays,
setting OAC and ONU records in the 200
free (1:25.20), 400 free (3:01.17), 800 free
(6:52.55) and 400 medley (3:31.69) relays.
The Ohio Northern women’s swimming
and diving team won its second Ohio
Athletic Conference Championships crown
in the last three seasons by claiming the
2009 OAC Championships meet.
The Polar Bears (8-7 overall, 4-0
OAC) won the title with 310 points, defeating
second place John Carroll by 95.5.
ONU won 15 of the 20 events, setting
7 OAC records and 9 school records in the
process.
Peggy Ewald and her staff were named
the OAC Women’s Coaching Staff of the
Year.
Northern dominated the relays, winning
the 200 free relay (1:40.31), the 400
free (3:38.17), the 800 free (7:55.71), the
200 medley relay (1:49.38) and the 400
medley relay (4:02.62).
All five relays set OAC records and all
but the 400 free relay were ONU records.
Freshman Michelle Eggers was
named the OAC Women’s Swimmer of the
Year, as she swept the distance events by
winning the 200 free (1:56.94), the 500 free
(5:10.69) and the 1650 free (18:04.16).
Eggers won five titles overall, as she
was part of the 400 and 800 free relay
teams.
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The Polar Bears also surpassed the
NCAA “B” Cut in the 400 and 800 free
relays.
Northern also had three pool records
and had seven NCAA qualifying performances.
Schultz was named the OAC Men’s
Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive
season, sweeping the 200, 500 and
1650 free events.
Schultz won six OAC crowns and
qualified for the NCAA Championships
with OAC records and NCAA qualifying
marks in the 200 (1:40.79), 500 (4:28.33)
and 1650 (15:45.82) freestyle events.
He set the Ocasek Natatorium records
in the 1,000 (9:33.63) and 1,650 free events
and surpassed the NCAA “A” Cut in both
the 500 and 1650 free.
Chesney defended his 3-meter diving
OAC crown and was named the OAC
Men’s Diver of the Year.
He won the 3-meter with 484 points
and was All-OAC with a second place
finish in the 1-meter with 466.50 points.
He surpassed the NCAA “B” cut in both
events.
Senior Brett Kuhn won the 50 free in
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Freshman Alison Garbash also won
five OAC titles. She won the 50 free in an
ONU record and NCAA “B” Cut time of
:24.08 and was part of the 200 and 400 free
relay and 200 and 400 medley relay teams.
Junior Katherine Moore swept the
100 and 200 fly titles, winning in :58.84
and 2:13.98, respectively.
Her time of :58.40 in the prelims was
an OAC and ONU record and NCAA “B”
Cut time.
Moore is now a 12-time OAC Champion
and a 17-time All-OAC swimmer in the
free and fly events. She had previously won
the 50 and 100 free in 2007 and the 100 fly
in ’08.
Moore also set the ONU and OAC
record in the 100 fly, swimming a :58.40 in
the prelims
Sophomore Hannah Bukowy also
won four events, claiming the 200 breast in
2:29.37 and the 200 free, 200 medley and
400 medley relays.
She swept the 100 and 200 breast
OAC titles last year. She is an 8-time OAC
Champion and has earned All-OAC honors
in 12 events.
Freshman Sarah Fiffick won four
events, claiming the 100 free in :54.37 and
an ONU record and NCAA “B” Cut time
of 21.09. He won four OAC titles overall
and ends his career with an ONU record 15
OAC titles to his credit. He earned All-
OAC honors in 24 events in his career.
Freshman Ryan Bender won the 200
I.M. in 1:57.39 and the 200 back in 1:55.27
and finished the weekend with four OAC
titles to his credit.
Sophomore Garrett Dauch won the
100 fly in :50.95, setting OAC and ONU
records and surpassing the NCAA “B” Cut
in the process. In all, he won three OAC
titles on the weekend.
Dauch also set an OAC and ONU record
in the 100 back, as he was clocked in
:53.59 in the first leg of Northern’s winning
400 Medley Relay team.
Senior Jeb Deal won the OAC crown
in the 100 breast in :59.95 and was on
ONU’s winning 400 medley relay team.
Sophomore Ryan Oberst won the 200
breast in 2:12.90 and was also on ONU’s
winning 200 free relay squad.
Freshman Anders Samuelson was on
all four of Ohio Northern’s winning relay
teams.
as a part of ONU’s 200, 400 and 800 free
relays.
Junior Jillian Huber won three events
and defended her OAC title in the 200 IM,
winning in 2:11.93.
She was also on the winning 400 and
800 free relay teams.
Huber is now a 7-time OAC champ
and a 15-time All-OAC honoree.
Junior Lacey Shumate, who was the
2007 OAC Swimmer of the Year as a freshman,
won the 400 I.M. for the third consecutive
year, claiming the title in 4:46.38.
She was also on the winning 400 medley
relay team and is now a 12-time OAC
Champion and a 17-time All-OAC award
winner.
Sophomore Cassandra Fennell was
on the winning 200 free and 200 medley
relay teams.
She is now a 2-time OAC champion
and a 5-time All-OAC honoree.
Freshman Kaitlin Early was part of
Northern’s winning 800 free relay squad.
Junior Terri Lynn Shigle earned All-
Conference honors in the diving events,
finishing second in the 1-meter with 375.80
points and finishing third in the 3-meter
diving with 325.40 points.
www.ONUSports.com 17 2009-10 Swimming & Diving Media Guide