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Spartans Win over Baldwin Wallace and Ursuline on Senior Day

Spartans Win over Baldwin Wallace and Ursuline on Senior Day
Posted: Feb 03, 2018

From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

The Case Western Reserve University women's swimming and diving team defeated Baldwin Wallace 243-56 and defeated NCAA Division III program Ursuline College 252-21 in the Veale Natatorium.

Prior to the start of the meet, the Spartans recognized its 10 graduating men's team members – Drew Hamilton, Oliver Hudgins, John Kilbane, Dominic Kizek, Ondrej Maxian, Aaron Pang, Stefan Roeseler, Evan Rose, Jared Shanks and Logan Smith – and the eight graduating women's squad members – Abigail Dessart, Jennifer Eurich, Kaitlyn Gorski, Sophia Hestad, Brooke Hortness, Taylor Johnson, Mary Katherine Millerand Inez Moore – prior to the start of the meet.

The CWRU women picked up first-place finishes in 15 of the 16 events during the meet, while the men tallied 14 titles in 16 events.

Senior Brooke Hortness, with scores of 226.35 in the three-meter dive and 214.20 in the one-meter dive, took first place in both events. Junior Suhan Mestha, sophomore Olivia Picchione and freshman Caitlyn VonFeldt each gathered two individual wins during the meet. Mestha won the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.18) and the 100-yard backstroke (58.82), Olivia Picchione won the 100-yard butterfly (59.52) and the 100-yard individual medley (1:02.33), and VonFeldt won the 50-yard backstroke (27.34) and the 100-yard freestyle (54.86).

Also picking up first place titles for the Spartan women, freshman Sophia Vaccaro in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:09.35), junior Alli Drohosky in the 50-yard breaststroke (31.30), junior Bhavya Kumaran in the 50-yard freestyle (25.69), sophomore Sarah Taekman in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.59) and junior Kelsey Holmberg in the 50-yard butterfly (27.42).

The women's 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Olivia Love, freshman Caroline Dudenhoeffer, senior Mary Katherine Miller and sophomore Julia Ver Voort won the event with a mark of 1:46.38. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Kumaran, junior Renee Decker, junior Lauren Homack and Holmberg won the event with a time of 1:45.21.