GAMBIER, Ohio -- The Kenyon College women's swimming and diving team claimed a pair of decisive victories in a double-dual against Oberlin College and Cleveland State University. The Owls won every individual swimming event and took first place in 13 of the day's 16 total competitions, as Kenyon started 2024 on a high note at home.

The Owls narrowly missed out on a clean sweep of the swimming events after Kenyon's A team was disqualified for an early take-off in the 200-yard medley relay. After settling for second and third in the dual's first event, Kenyon took the top spot in each of the remaining 13 races. When the final scores were tallied, Kenyon earned a 239-61 victory against Cleveland State, an NCAA Division I institution, and a 287-12 win over Oberlin, a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) foe.

Gabrielle Wei led the way for the Owls, tallying three first-place finishes as an individual. The junior took top billing in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events and the 200-yard individual medley. In the 100 breaststroke, Wei clocked in at 1:04.17, 0.07 seconds ahead of fellow junior Jennah Fadely. The classmates went back-to-back in the 200 breaststroke, where Wei won with a time of 2:19.51 and Fadely finished at 2:20.40. All four times came in under the NCAA 'B' Cut threshold. Wei ended her triumphant day with a winning time of 2:08.57 in the 200 IM, an event where the Owls claimed the top six spots.

Kenyon first-year Bengisu Caymaz also claimed multiple individual victories. The distance swimmer touched first in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 10:09.15 early in the meet before taking the top spot in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:58.71 a little later. Caymaz had already secured a superior 'B' Cut time in the 500 freestyle, but her time today still came under the 5:00.37 cutoff.

Other Owls to win individual races included Molly Haag (200-yard freestyle), Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault (100-yard backstroke), Sophie Schmitz (200-yard butterfly), Gwen Eisenbeis (50-yard freestyle), Sydney Geboy (100-yard freestyle), Caleigh Wukitch (200-yard backstroke), and Celia Ford (100-yard butterfly). Overall, there were only two events, the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard backstroke, where the Owls did not manage to take at least the top two times.

Kenyon put the cherry on top of the double-dual with a win in the final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay. The Owls A and B teams went 1-2, and the quartet of Eisenbeis, Torrecillas-Jouault, Kate Bogan, and Geboy paced the field with a time of 1:36.04.

Cleveland State fended off the Owls in a pair of diving events during the contest as the Vikings' Brooke Eichel came out on top from both one and three meters up. Kenyon first-year Olive O'Dorisio placed second in the one-meter dive (211.85) and fourth in the three-meter event (187.45), while sophomore Bryn Tiernan finished third at each height with scores of 207.65 and 204.00, respectively.

The victories boosted Kenyon's record to 3-2 overall this season, and the Owls closed their NCAC slate with a 2-1 mark in conference contests. Kenyon still has two outings on its schedule before the NCAC Championship, which runs from February 14-17. Next, the Owls take on DI Miami University (OH) in Oxford, Ohio, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 20.