WHEATON, Ill. – The No. 2 Olivet Nazarene University women's swimming and dive team traveled to NCAA Division Three opponent Wheaton College for a Saturday afternoon dual.  The Tigers defeated the Thunder, 158-87.

The Tigers saw 11 first-place finishes and nine second-place finishes on the day.  The first, first-place finish was at the start of the meet when the team of Paige Howell, Megan Schroeder, Ashley Parry, and Allison Pearson won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:50.63.  Halle Briner then followed that up with a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.37.  Marcail McBride and Carley Logan finished second and third.  Howell then won the 100-yard backstroke and Pearson won the 100-yard breaststroke.  Helina Reyes then continued the success for the Tigers as she beat out 14 other swimmers to win the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.95.

Parry then took first place in the 100-yard freestyle while Pearson and McBride finished second and third.  Howell then continued her impressive day in the pool with a victory in the 200-yard backstroke and Logan captured the 500-yard freestyle title.  Parry, Julie Vega, and Reyes then took the first three spots in the 100-yard butterfly.  The Tigers were not done yet as Briner and Vega touched the pad first and second in the 200-yard IM. 

The Tigers finished the meet with claiming the top two spots in the 200-yard freestyle relay as they easily won the dual, 158-87.      

Below are the top four finishers for the Tigers

WHAT'S NEXT?

The No. 2 Tigers travel to Fremont, Neb. to compete in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Championships on Thursday, February 3rd through Saturday, February 5th.  Please visit onutigers.com for more information in the coming weeks. 

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*Contact: Sam Viebrock, Sports Information Director, stviebrock@olivet.edu