First Victories of the 12 months for Oakland Swim and Dive

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Oakland University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving program took dwelling its first victories of the 12 months over Youngstown State throughout a two-day duel meet at Beeghly Natatorium.

DAY ONE

Oakland rapidly took cost on Friday, showcasing a number of spectacular particular person and relay performances. The diving occasions started with Hannah Clark main the Golden Grizzlies, securing a second-place end within the girls’s three-meter dive. Owen Cox and Liam James positioned third and fifth within the males’s one-meter competitors.

The girls kicked off the swimming occasions with a victory within the 200 medley relay. The staff of Lydia Soldatke, Maya Dobry, Ava McNamara, and Kendra Venter completed with a successful time of 1:44.28. The males’s prime relay squad of Harry Nicholson, Christopher Palvadre, Micah Scheffer, and Charles Brown simply missed first by lower than a second, ending runner-up.

Karel Subagyo clinched the highest spot within the 1650 freestyle (15:47.55), edging YSU’s prime swimmer by simply eight-hundredths of a second. On the ladies’s aspect, Megan Donnelly and Kelley Hassett completed second and fourth in the identical occasion.

The Golden Grizzlies continued their momentum within the backstroke and dash occasions, with Soldatke successful the 100 again (54.94) and 200 again (1:59.64), whereas Nicholson swept the boys’s 100 again (49.07) and contributed key relay splits. Scheffer dominated the 50 free with a time of 20.42, adopted intently by Charlie Brown and Caleb Rohacs.

Chris Palvadre, the reigning breaststroke Horizon League champion, swept each distances on the boys’s aspect, successful the 100 (53.79) and 200 (1:58.88). Charisse Hickman adopted go well with for the ladies, capturing the 200 breaststroke (2:17.96) and inserting second within the 100 (1:04.56).

The girls’s 400 freestyle relay concluded the night with one other victory. Grace Albrecht, Viviane Partridge, Kendra Venter, and Erika Pietras mixed for a time of three:26.78.

At the tip of Day One, the Golden Grizzlies have been up towards the Penguins, with the boys forward 167-114 and the ladies up 150-130.

DAY TWO

Oakland returned to the pool Saturday morning, persevering with to win a number of occasions throughout each groups and demonstrating spectacular depth.

The Golden Grizzlies began sturdy with a sweep within the 400 medley relay. The girls’s “A” staff of Soldatke, Dobry, McNamara, and Pietras secured first place with a time of three:49.37, whereas the boys’s relay of Ezzat, Palvadre, Haney, and Nicholson claimed gold with a time of three:14.86, ending three seconds forward of the competitors.

In the person medley occasions, Kelley Hassett and Charisse Hickman completed first and second within the girls’s 400 IM, clocking occasions of 4:33.85 and 4:36.02. Cooper Dillman adopted with a victory within the males’s race at 4:03.20, contributing to an Oakland sweep of the highest 4 positions.

Subagyo continued his standout weekend by successful the 200 freestyle (1:37.93) and the five hundred freestyle (4:29.81). Teammates Ike Martinez and Victor Teeters completed intently behind within the 500, taking second and third.

The Grizzlies flexed their dash dominance as soon as once more, with Micah Scheffer and Charlie Brown main a one-two end within the 50 freestyle (20.61, 20.71). On the ladies’s aspect, Kendra Venter and Avery Beal mirrored this success by ending first and second within the 50 free (23.70, 23.86) earlier than Beal gained the 100 free with a time of 52.21.

Ajjuub Ezzat added to Oakland’s victories by successful the 50 again (22.76), 100 again (49.24), and 100 IM (50.97). Palvadre accomplished one other breaststroke sweep, successful each the 50 (25.08) and the 100 (55.10) for a second time.

The meet concluded with an exhilarating end as Oakland’s 200 freestyle relay groups each claimed victories. Scheffer, Nicholson, Palvadre, and Brown clocked 1:21.62, narrowly out-touching YSU by simply seven-hundredths of a second. The girls’s staff of Albrecht, Soldatke, Pietras, and Beal took the win in 1:36.53, edging YSU by a tenth of a second.

The Oakland males triumphed with a rating of 196-85, and the ladies claimed a 187-94 victory, finishing a dominant two-day efficiency to open the 2025-26 season.

Complete outcomes of the duel meet can be found for each day one and day two.

UP NEXT: The Golden Grizzlies will host a tri-meet towards Cincinnati and Purdue on the OU Aquatic Center on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

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