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Two School Records Fall on Final Night of NCAC Champs

Tucker Andrewjeski, Wooster swimming & diving GRANVILLE, Ohio – Two school records, a NCAA Div. III "B" cut, and 14 Fighting Scots in individual championship finals were the big highlights on the final day of the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships for The College of Wooster. Wooster's men and women both placed fourth at NCAA Div. III's preeminent conference championship.

Junior Tucker Andrewjeski shattered an already-held 200 breaststroke record, swimming a 2:05.43. Andrewjeski, who placed fifth, entered the day with a 2:06.48, lowered the record to 2:06.40 in prelims, then cut nearly a second off it in finals. Sophomore Boston Sullivan trimmed nearly four seconds off his prelim swim of 2:10.01 to win the consolation final at 2:06.24. Sullivan's time is the second-best in the event in program history. First-year Ryan Stokes, who placed 12th at 2:08.65, now owns the fifth-best 200 breaststroke time in program history. Junior Parker Robinson's 2:16.30 marked the 18th-place time.

Juniors Ollie Bream and Hallie Findlan logged Wooster's highest individual finish of the night with fourth-place showings in the 200 butterfly and 100 freestyle, respectively. Bream's 2:05.22 was her second NCAA Div. III "B" cut of the week. Findlan's 51.74 was just off the "B" cut standard of 51.46, but it stands as the second-best time in program history, trailing 20-time All-American Kayla Heising's NCAC winning time of 51.24 from the 2003 conference championships.

Junior JP Timken swam in two championship finals on Saturday. The time of 17:29.09 in the 1,650 freestyle marked a collegiate-best by nearly 20 seconds, as Timken's previous best mark was 17:48.03. The seventh-place 17:29.09 shot Timken up from 10th to third on the program's top-10 list, while her 10:35.05 1,000 split is also third all-time. Timken went 2:17.92 to place ninth in the 200 butterfly.

Senior Emma Connors followed Timken in the 1,650 freestyle standings with the eighth-place time of 18:01.14. Sophomore Lacey Mindock's 18:23.15 was 11th, first-year Kate Peck went 18:40.34 for a 12th-place showing, and sophomore Bailey Nickols' 18:50.73 ranked 13th. First-year Becca Murray followed Bream and Timken in the 200 butterfly at 2:21.27, which was the 12th-place time. First-year Molly Sterrett's 16th-place time of 2:24.29 rounded out the Scots scoring in the 200 butterfly championship and consolation finals.

Senior Josh Pearson (1:53.04) and junior Isaac Shaker (1:53.47) gave the Scots two championship final scorers in the 200 butterfly, taking sixth and seventh, respectively. Shaker's time is the fourth-fastest in program history. Of note, all four top times in the event have been posted since 2017. At the time when alumnus Garrett Layde broke the record, it was the final one held by Stan McDonald, the 1979 NCAA Div. III 100 butterfly national champion.

Wooster received key points from sophomore Matt Kaley (12th, 1:58.63), senior Garrett Morris (14th, 2:00.23), and first-year Philipp Drappatz (18th, 2:05.40) in the 200 butterfly consolation final.

Senior Maddie Becker lowered her 100 individual medley record to 58.88 in prelims, then swam that exact time in finals. The sixth-place finisher was backed up by junior Izzy Bellefleur's 1:03.52 (11th). Bellefleur, who cracked the program's top-10 list, was one of two Scots in the consolation final. Junior Teagan McCullough rounded out that heat with a time of 1:09.86.

Sophomore Callum Glover was the next highest individual placer, taking sixth in the 100 freestyle at 45.55. The sophomore cut about a half second off his previous lifetime best in the event, and he remains second in program history for time. Junior Ryan Gross touched at 47.96 for 17th.

Bellefleur also took sixth with a 2:26.18 in the 200 breaststroke, and that marked the junior's second time making the program's top-10 list of the day. McCullough touched at 2:39.84 for 13th.

Sophomore Flynn Cowie improved upon the sixth-fastest 100 individual medley time in program history and touched seventh at 54.07. Junior Parker Robinson went 56.11 to take 14th.

First-year Charlotte Helm led the 200 backstrokers with the eighth-place time of 2:10.10, which rates as the 10th-fastest in program history. Wooster's cards were stacked in the consolation final, taking four of the nine scoring spots. Sophomore Emma Humbert (11th, 2:11.26), junior Mariam Zayour (12th, 2:13.47), first-year Tara McGovern (13th, 2:14.33), and sophomore Ainsley Rogers (16th, 2:25.48) were Wooster's contingent. Of note, McGovern cut over seven seconds off the prelim time.

Junior Max Likins scored in the championship final, touching at 1:58.00 for ninth. Sophomore Will Laymon captured first in the consolation final at 1:57.46. Junior Aiden Lentz went 2:00.67 for the 12th-place time.

Junior Cady Eakins tallied 201.65 points for 10th in women's three-meter diving. Drappatz's 16:57.88 was Wooster's top showing in the men's 1,650 freestyle. That was good for a 12th-place showing.

In relays, Findlan, Becker, Connors, and Bream swam to the fourth-place time of 3:33.22 in the 400 freestyle relay. Glover, Gross, Sullivan, and Cowie had the fifth-place time of 3:08.02 on the men's side.

Kenyon College swept the team titles, downing Denison 1,889-1,845 (men) and 2,039.5-1,968.5 (women). Wabash College's men scored 1,218.5 points, while Wooster came in at 1,165.5 points. DePauw University had the third-place haul of 1,313 points on the women's side. Wooster finished with 1,259 points.

Next, a select group of swimmers will compete at the Kenyon Fast Chance Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 24. Action is slated to start at noon.