Swimming and Diving Gears Up for PAC Championships at Wheeling Tri-Meet

WHEELING, W.Va. – The Bethany College swimming and diving staff competed within the Wheeling Senior Night Tri-Meet hosted by Wheeling (W.Va.) University within the Alma Grace McDonough Center.

Bethany wrapped up the 2025-26 common season in a rematch towards Wheeling the place the Bison confronted off towards each the Cardinals and Fairmont (W.Va.) State University. The Green and White fielded their largest staff of the season with six swimmers: three of them making their collegiate debuts. The Bison held their very own towards the 2 NCAA Division II faculties, however the host Wheeling took residence the victory as they celebrated their senior student-athletes.

The Bison have been led by JulieAnne Humpe (Yorkville, Ohio/Wheeling Central) who completed fourth within the 200-yard backstroke by recording a time of two:37.85. She additionally swam the 50-yard freestyle the place she completed sixth with a time of 29.45 and clocked a 1:11.76 within the 100-yard freestyle to complete fifth.

Also competing for the ladies’s staff have been freshman Jailyn Cline (Brilliant, Ohio/Buckeye Local) who completed eighth within the 50-yard freestyle by swimming a 39.70, and in addition swam the 100-yard backstroke the place she completed with a time of 1:56.62

Freshman Aaliyah Heureaux (Hyattsville, Md./Northwestern) and sophomore Angelina Clayborn (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) every swam of their first meet for the ladies’s staff the place they swam a 47.43 and 52.74 within the 50-yard freestyle, respectively. 

Freshman Corbin Henry (Martinsburg, W.Va.) led the lads’s staff as soon as once more as he completed seventh within the 200-yard freestyle with a time of two:21.51. The Bison first-year additionally swam a 26.55 within the 50-yard freestyle and a 1:00.41 within the 100-yard freestyle.

Another Bison making his debut, freshman Simon Ginnelly (Connellsville, Pa.), competed within the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 38.03 and within the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:20.41.

Bethany Finishers

50-yard Freestyle

Women’s

• sixth – Humpe (29.45)
• eighth – Cline (39.70)
• ninth – Heureaux (47.43)
• tenth – Clayborn (52.74)

Men’s

• twelfth – Henry (26.55)
• thirteenth – Ginnelly (38.03)

100-yard Freestyle
Men’s

• twelfth – Henry (1:00.41)
• thirteenth – Ginnelly (1:20.41)

200-yard Freestyle
Men’s

50-yard Backstroke
Women’s

100-yard Backstroke
Women’s

• fifth – Humpe (1:11.76)
• seventh – Cline (1:56.62)

200-yard Backstroke
Women’s

The Bison are again in motion on Wednesday, February 18 as they journey to Grove City, Pennsylvania to compete within the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships in James E. Longnecker Competition Pool.