OHIO STATE vs PENN STATE (MEN’S & WOMEN’S DUAL)
Friday, November 8, 2024
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Columbus, OH
SCY (25 Yards)
RESULTS
TEAM SCORES
WOMEN
Ohio State – 243
Penn State – 57
MEN
Ohio State – 173
Penn State – 127
Ohio State hosted Penn State for a mixed Large Ten twin meet this previous Friday on the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The Buckeyes emerged victorious in each the boys’s and girls’s meets, dominating on the ladies’s facet in a 243-57 determination, whereas the Ohio State males’s staff gained out 173-127.
This meet did loads to focus on the place the Ohio State ladies’s program is at. On the ladies’s facet, the Buckeyes have an incredible group of seniors and fifth years, and an outstanding freshman class, however they’re a bit skinny within the center. For instance, Ohio State kicked off the meet by successful the ladies’s 200 medley relay with a staff that featured 3 freshmen and a fifth 12 months. Delia Lloyd (freshman) led off in 24.68, Maria Ramos (freshman) cut up 27.57 on breaststroke, then KitKat Zenick (fifth 12 months) clocked a 23.54 on the fly leg, and Rachel Bockrath (freshman) anchored in 22.08. They hit the wall in 1:37.87, touching forward of their ‘B’ staff, which got here in 2nd in 1:39.68.
The ladies’s 400 free relay highlighted Ohio State’s roster much more, because the successful OSU ‘A’ staff was made up totally by freshmen. Erin Little (48.98), Sienna Angove (48.46), Lloyd (49.45), and Bockrath (48.40) mixed for a 3:15.29. The Buckeyes confirmed how a lot depth they’ve within the 100 free on Friday, as Teresa Ivan (48.95), Paige Corridor (48.79), Nyah Funderburke (49.22), and Tia Lindsay (49.95) made up the ‘B’ staff, which completed 2nd in 3:16.91.
Along with the freshmen exhibiting out on the relays, Ohio State freshman Mila Nikanorov was improbable within the distance occasions. She kicked off her meet with a decisive victory within the ladies’s 1000 free, ripping a 9:30.49. She swam an incredible race, getting out to a 4:44.63 on the primary 500 of the race, then coming house in 4:45.86 on the again half. Along with the win, Nikanorov’s efficiency marks an Ohio State program file within the occasion, beating the earlier mark of 9:31.81, which was set again in 2020. Nikanorov then went on to win the five hundred free by a large margin as nicely, clocking a 4:42.73.
Transferring again to the 1000 for a second, Ohio State seems to be very robust there. Behind Nikanorov’s 9:30.49, Gwen Woodbury got here in 2nd with a 9:40.14, whereas Emma Finlin, one other freshman, clocked a 9:49.01 for third, and Mia Rankin was 9:51.49.
Previous to serving to the 400 free relay to victory, Ohio State freshman Sienna Angove took the ladies’s 200 free in an incredible race with teammate Erin Little, who can be a freshman. Little was out quick, splitting 24.78 on the opening 50 to Angove’s 25.24. Little then expanded her lead on the 2nd 50, splitting 26.86 to Angove’s 27.00, which put Little into the 100 in 51.64, whereas Angove was 52.24. Angove then started battling again on the third 50, splitting 26.63 to Little’s 27.01. Angove then got here house in 26.30, whereas little was 27.16. In the long run, Angove gained with a 1:45.17, touching simply forward of Little, who clocked a 1:45.81.
Little would go on to win the ladies’s 50 free, swimming a 22.73. Lloyd got here in 2nd in 22.82, whereas Ohio State senior Paige Corridor was third in 23.10.
Sharing the wealth a bit, freshman Rachel Bockrath then gained the ladies’s 100 free, clocking a 48.78. Lloyd was an in depth 2nd as soon as once more, touching in 48.81. Angove was within the 100 free as nicely, ending third with a 49.65.
Transferring previous the freshmen, Ohio State senior Nyah Funderburke had an incredible meet as nicely. Funderburke gained the ladies’s 100 again in 51.82, touching 1st by precisely 2 seconds. She then went on to win the 100 fly in 53.27 after getting out to the early lead.
Within the males’s occasions, Penn State had the early momentum, taking the boys’s 200 medley relay in 1:25.41. Cooper Morley (21.26), Mariano Lazzerini (24.01), Matthew Bittner (20.96), and Tylor Kim (19.18) teamed as much as get the job performed.
Following the relay victory, Morley was glorious for the Nittany Lions. He gained the boys’s 100 again in 46.21, getting out to an early lead due to a 22.42 on the opening 50. Morley then went on to win the 100 fly in 47.19.
Ohio State’s Alex Axon put up a powerful efficiency within the males’s 500 free, successful the occasion by a big margin with a 4:19.68. He was locked in a race with teammate Mason Edmund by the 300, however pulled away rapidly over the ultimate 200 yards.
Buckeye junior Tristan Jankovics swept the boys’s breaststroke occasions on the day. Jankovics gained the boys’s 100 breast in 53.38, touching out Penn State’s Filipe Pinheiro (53.42) and Mariano Lazzerini (53.51). He then went on to win the boys’s 200 breast in 1:55.94, as soon as once more touching out Lazzerini (1:56.00).
Ohio State sophomore Tylor Kim swept the dash free occasions on the day, taking the boys’s 50 free in 19.77, then successful the 100 free in 43.27.
Buckeye freshman Martin Perecinsky put up a really promising efficiency within the males’s 200 again, successful the race in 1:43.53. Including to the promise within the occasion for Ohio State, fellow freshman Cornelius Jahn got here in a really shut 2nd with a 1:43.57.
OTHER EVENT WINNERS
Ladies’s 100 breast: Reese Dehen (Ohio State) – 1:00.64
Ladies’s 200 fly: Jessica Eden (Ohio State) – 1:58.52
Ladies’s 200 again: Jessica Eden (Ohio State) – 1:58.37
Ladies’s 200 breast: Ava DeAngelis (Ohio State) – 2:10.65
Ladies’s 200 IM: Paige Delma (Ohio State) – 1:59.35
Ladies’s 1-meter diving: Paola Pineda (Ohio State) – 3:28.50
Ladies’s 3-meter diving: Lena Hentschel (Ohio State) – 349.43
Males’s 1000 free: Mason Edmund (Ohio State) – 9:01.26
Males’s 200 free: Tomas Navikonis (Ohio State) – 1:34.71
Males’s 200 fly: Alex Karahalis (Penn State) – 1;45.57
Males’s 1-meter diving: Hayden Elliott (Penn State) – 329.10
Males’s 3-meter diving: Kylie Flory (Ohio State) – 349.05
Males’s 200 IM: Alex Karahalis (Penn State) – 1:45.94
Males’s 400 free relay: Ohio State ‘A’ (Navikonis, Fentress, McDonald, Baltes) – 2:55.05
