Hiram Swimming Opens Competitors At Malone Invitational

By: John Alfes, Hiram SID

CANTON, Ohio – November 20, 2025 – Both Hiram swimming groups opened competitors on the Malone Invitational on Thursday, which includes six periods (preliminaries and finals) over three days at Branin Natatorium on the campus of Division II Malone University.

 

Not solely is it a midseason barometer to see the place every staff is acting at this level within the prolonged season, nevertheless it additionally follows the identical format because the convention championships later within the 12 months.

 

The males’s staff presently ranks tenth, whereas the ladies’s staff is thirteenth.

 

The males’s 200-yard freestyle relay staff of Ethan O’Malley, David Slovenkay, Owen Pastorius and Jon Hybil posted a time of 1:30.61 to rank thirteenth in a area that was topped by Division II Gannon University. One occasion later, Pastorius returned to the pool and ranked seventh within the 500-yard freestyle (4:51.01), coming even nearer to the program-record mark set by Santiago Morales in 2009 (4:43.53).

 

Rounding out the night for the Terriers was the 400-yard medley relay staff, which consisted of Slovenkay, Hybil, Pastorius, O’Malley (3:48.64).

 

Not included within the remaining outcomes sheet was the preliminary races, which noticed a number of student-athletes from each groups soar into motion for some of the rigorous weeks of the marketing campaign.

 

Hiram will return to competitors on Friday, with prelims set to begin at 10 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m. inside Branin Natatorium.