GRANVILLE, Ohio – Junior Ollie Bream broke The College of Wooster's oldest standing swim event record to headline night three of the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships, which are taking place through Saturday at Denison University's Trumbull Aquatics Center. Both Wooster's men and women sit in fourth through three days of action.

Nineteen-time All-American Debbie King's 400 individual medley time of 4:30.28 stood atop the program record board from 1994 until Bream's 4:29.68 on Friday night. Bream, who placed sixth in the championship final, lowered her time from prelims by nearly two seconds. Junior Mariam Zayour joined Bream with a top-10 program time. Zayour's 4:40.68, which was 11th at NCAA Div. III's preeminent conference meet, is the 10th-fastest time in program history. Sophomore Emma Humbert's 4:41.52, sophomore Lacey Mindock's 4:57.55, and first-year Molly Sterrett's 5:03.74 all ranked within the top-18 in the conference.

Later, junior Hallie Findlan, first-year Charlotte Helm, junior JP Timken, and senior Maddie Becker just missed on all-conference honors in the 200 freestyle relay. Their fourth-place time of 1:37.32 was edged out by DePauw University's 1:36.91 for the final all-conference spot. On the men's side, sophomore Callum Glover, sophomore Boston Sullivan, junior Ryan Gross, and sophomore Flynn Cowie raced to the fifth-place time of 1:24.06.

Wooster's other top-five individual NCAC finish came from sophomore Leo Edmonds-Doberenz in the one-meter diving competition. Edmonds-Doberenz scored 329.55 points, a total that was backed up by sophomore Noah McDonald's sixth-place score of 312.70 points.

Senior Josh Pearson took seventh in the men's 400 individual medley with a time of 4:04.51. Becker rounded out the championship-final qualifiers in the 100 breaststroke, where she placed seventh at 1:07.08.

Junior Isaac Shaker backed Pearson up in the 400 individual medley, winning the consolation final with a time of 4:05.87, which trials just Pearson's school-record time of 4:00.30 from 2022 on the program leaderboard. Junior Tucker Andrewjeski (11th, 4:12.29) and sophomore Matt Kaley (13th, 4:17.09) also scored for Wooster in the consolation final.

Bellefleur debuted on Wooster's top-10 list in the 100 breaststroke in prelims, then cut even more time in finals (1:07.49). Bellefleur's clip is the ninth-best in program history and was the 11th-place time at the conference meet. Sophomore Ainsley Rogers scored a 17th-place finish at 1:12.20, while junior Teagan McCullough's 1:14.09 was the winning time in the bonus heat.

Sullivan's 57.81, which won the men's 100 breaststroke consolation final, is the second-best time in program history, trailing Peter Parisi's 56.87 from 2013. First-year Ryan Stokes nearly logged a sub-minute time in the event en route to a 15th-place showing (1:00.52).

Eleventh-place finishes marked the top showings for Wooster's 200 freestyle swimmers. On the men's side, Glover's 1:42.63 marked a career-best and it is the third-best time in program history. Will Laubacher, who placed 12th, moved into the top-10 in the event at Wooster with a 1:43.77, which ranks ninth. Junior Ryan Gross, who made Wooster's top-10 list for the 200 freestyle as a first-year, won the bonus heat with a time of 1:44.75.

Senior Emma Connors delivered the women's 11th-place 200 freestyle finish at 1:57.52. Sophomore Bailey Nickols stopped the watch at 2:01.90 for a 15th-place finish, while first-year Kate Peck (17th, 2:02.28) also scored in the consolation final.

Will Laymon turned in one of the eight times added to the top-10 program list on Friday. The sophomore's 52.97 in the 100 backstroke ranked 12th, and right behind were juniors Max Likins and Aiden Lentz. Likins posted a time of 53.18, while Lentz's clock reading came in at 53.90. Laymon's time is the seventh-best in program history.

Helm (11th, 1:00.09), Findlan (13th, 1:00.90), and first-year Tara McGovern (15th, 1:02.10) scored for the women in the 100 backstroke.

First-year Becca Murray went 1:01.05 to place 11th in the 100 butterfly. Further down, McGovern's 1:02.84 marked the 16th-place time. On the men's side, Likins led with the 15th-place time of 52.81. Laymon's 54.04 won the bonus heat.

Denison has a miniscule 1,293-1,283 lead over Kenyon College heading into the final day of competition. Wabash College sits in third at 846.5 points, while Wooster (758 points) and Oberlin College (667 points) round out the top five. On the women's side, Denison leads Kenyon 1,286.5-1,268.5. DePauw's 815 points are 50 better than Wooster's fourth-place haul of 765.

Prelims get started at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, with diving starting at noon and finals at 6 p.m.