RESULTS

GAMBIER, Ohio – The Kenyon College women's swimming and diving team competed in their first dual meet of the season on Friday night and fell to NCAA Division I The Ohio State University by a 173-115 score at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The 115 points were the most points totaled since the 2012-13 team registered 119 on October 26, 2012.
 
Despite being on the short end in points, the Ladies still had several finishes including five first-place spots.
 
Second-year swimmer Hannah Orbach-Mandel continued her fine start to the season as she secured the Ladies' first event win of the night in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:49.99.
 
Kenyon's next first-place mark came from freshman Summer Otazu in the 100 backstroke as she registered a 57.37 mark.
 
Three events after Otazu claimed first, Orbach-Mandel struck again with a first-place time of 51.33 in the 100-freestyle event. Fellow sophomore Abby Wilson came in third in the same event as she touched the wall in 53.22.
 
The Ladies also saw senior Ellie Crawford claim first in the 200 individual medley. There were five other OSU swimmers in that race, but they were competing in exhibition mode. Kenyon's 400-yard freestyle relay team – Orbach-Mandel, Wilson, Princess Vilan Ferguson-Nguyen, Zoe Toscos – also took first with OSU once again racing in exhibition format.
 
Rounding out Kenyon's best individual marks included Delaney Ambrosen's runner-up finish in the 200 backstroke with teammate Caitlin Foley taking third. Juniors Kanchi Desai and Cecina Babich Morrow came in second and third, respectively, during the 100 butterfly while Marysol Arce and Toscos took third place in the 500 freestyle and 50 free, respectively.
 
Claiming the final highest mark was the 200-yard medley relay team of Otazu, Orbach-Mandel, Laura Duncan and Hollie Hopf. That group finished in second with a time of1:44.43.

In diving competition, Madeline Carlson came in third in both 1-meter and 3-meter events.
 
Kenyon will get back in the pool again November 12 when they travel to Denison University.