Trey Schopen

Nell Kacmarek

The College of Wooster swimming and diving teams rebounded from yesterday's split against the University of Mount Union with decisive victories over Ohio Wesleyan University, as the men prevailed, 128-86, and the women won, 160-74, on Saturday afternoon at Pfeiffer Natatorium in Delaware, Ohio.

On the women's side, the Fighting Scots placed first in 10 events, highlighted by triple-winner Emma Fikse, who put in winning efforts in the 1000 freestyle (10:58.95) and 500 freestyle (5:18.47) before teaming up with senior Jamie Hibbs, junior Maggie Layde and first-year Avery Pearson for a first-place showing in the 400 freestyle relay (3:46.86).

Aside from Fikse, four Wooster women finished with double-win honors, as Hibbs tacked on a first-place finish in the 100 freestyle (55.59), while Layde hit the wall first at 2:16.94 in the 200 butterfly. In the diving events, sophomore Morgan Day claimed first-place on the one- and three-meter boards with respective six-dive scores of 192.15 and 202.20.

Rounding out the double-winners was first-year Alison Hsu, who put in a winning effort in the 200 individual medley (2:20.16) and 200 backstroke (2:17.10).

Springing onto the scene was first-year Nell Kacmarek, who won the 200 freestyle with a 2:01.68 to lead the top-three Wooster trio, along with Anna McGlade (2:04.43) and Mady Ferguson (2:07.59).

First-year Trey Schopen highlighted the men's outing with a personal-best 1:54.56 in the 200 butterfly, marking nearly a two-second improvement upon his previous top time to move him into fifth-place on the program's top-10 list. The current record holder in that event, sophomore Garrett Layde, claimed first-place in the 200 individual medly (2:02.56) before teaming up with sophomores Cameron Gelwicks, Ryan Campbell and Griffin Campbell for a winning effort in the 400 freestyle relay (3:14.68).

Both Campbells, along with Schopen and senior Conner Gelwicks came from behind to edge Ohio Wesleyan by two hundredths-of-a-second (3:36.23) and win the 400 medley relay. Gelwicks led a Wooster trio in the 200 backstroke (2:02.45), rounded out by first-years Eli Samuelson and Hunter Pierson, while sophomore Max Koch won the 1000 freestyle in 10:09.93.

Senior diver Aaron Salzman recorded a six-dive score of 150.25 in the one-meter dive.

The Scots return home in a dual meet against John Carroll University on Friday, Jan. 20, at 5:30 p.m. at Timken Natatorium.