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Spartans Defeat Ohio Northern on Senior Day

Spartans Defeat Ohio Northern on Senior Day

From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

The Case Western Reserve University men's swimming and diving team picked up a 197-91 victory over Ohio Northern University on Saturday

Prior to the start of the meet, the swimming and diving team recognized its three senior men's members – Andrew Henning, David Merriman and John Tomko.

The win raised the Spartan men's record to 7-2 on the season.

The men claimed 12 of the 16 events on Saturday, including a sweep of the relays. The 200-yard medley relay team of freshman John Libert, freshman Mason Beck, junior Aaron Pang and junior Oliver Hudgins won the event with a mark of 1:37.68, while Hudgins, junior Drew Hamilton, sophomore Brody Schmidt and Henning ended the meet with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:11.85.

Three different Spartan men won a pair of individual events, with Hamilton finishing first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.20) and 500-yard freestyle (4:46.93), Hudgins claiming the win in both the 100-yard backstroke (53.21) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.84), and sophomore Neil Orton sweeping the two diving events.

Adding wins on Saturday for the men were sophomore Keith Erichsen in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:57.31), Beck in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.87), Pang in the 200-yard butterfly (1:56.41), Schmidt in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.18) and Libert in the 100-yard butterfly (52.98).