Swim and Dive Begin 2026 Robust at Oakland

ROCHESTER, Mich. — The Miami University swimming and diving crew hit the highway to begin the 2026 calendar yr robust at Oakland University on Friday, Jan. 9. After day one, the RedHawk ladies are main in opposition to each Oakland and Dennison with equivalent scores of 124-62.  The males are down in opposition to Oakland 86-100 however up in opposition to Dennison 131-55.
 
How it Happened:

• The RedHawks’ first meet of the 2026 calendar yr kicked off with the ladies’s 200-yard medley, the place the ladies’s A crew completed first. Ella Ziegert, Madison Watschke, Natalie Gilson and Jenna Halliday turned in a mixed time of 1:42.08.
• The males’s 200-yard medley adopted, the place the A crew completed third. Jensen Nelson, Ian Wihebrink, Duncan Salmen and Tegan Barrier posted a mixed time of 1:27.48.
• Next was the ladies’s 400-yard IM, the place Gracie Gregory earned a time of 4:22.85, good for second place.
• Owen Hoban completed first within the males’s 400-yard IM with a time of three:52.26. Michal Piela and Elijah Rolfsen adopted in second and third, with instances of three:55.16 and three:55.25, respectively.
• Herbet completed first within the ladies’s 200-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 1:48.78. Waechter completed in third place with a time of 1:51.31.
• Next got here the boys’s 200-yard freestyle, the place Bryce Menchhofer was fourth with a time of 1:38.03.
• The ladies’s 100-yard butterfly adopted, as Ziegert got here in first by incomes a time of 55.66. Gilson was second, delivering a time of 56.03.
• Salmen was first within the males’s 100-yard butterfly, recording a time of 47.98. Allen Cotton was proper behind him in second place with a time of 47.99.
• After that got here the ladies’s 100-yard breaststroke, the place Gilson was third, clocking a time of 1:04.00.
• The males’s 100-yard breaststroke adopted, the place Benjamin Eichberg was fifth, delivering a time of 55.68
• Next was the ladies’s 50-yard freestyle, the place Herbet completed first with a time of twenty-two.93. Waechter was third, incomes a time of 23.52.
• In the boys’s 50-yard freestyle, Barrier completed first, recording a time of 20.24.
• Audrey Conley was first within the ladies’s 500-yard freestyle, incomes a time of 4:57.42. Casey Stephens was proper behind her in second, recording a time of 4:58.21.
• The males’s 500-yard freestyle was subsequent, the place Elijah Rolfsen completed first, posting a time of 4:25.28.
• The ladies’s 100-yard backstroke adopted, the place Ziegert completed second, recording a time of 54.81.
• After that was the boys’s 500-yard backstroke, the place Jensen Nelson completed second, delivering a time of 48.24. Cotton completed third with a time of 48.36.
• The ladies’s 400-yard freestyle relay was subsequent, the place the ladies’s A crew completed first. Gracie Gregory, Waechter, Halliday and Herbet turned in a mixed time of three:22.01.
• Swimming occasions concluded with the boys’s 400-yard freestyle, the place the boys’s A crew completed second. Rodrigues-Kmiliauski, Cotton, Salmen and Barrier posted a mixed time of two:56.49.
• For diving occasions, Mia Meinhardt earned a primary place end within the ladies’s 1M dive, posting a rating of 266.80. Sydney Rice completed second with a rating of 272.20. Gretchen Osmun was third, incomes a rating of 245.30.
• Paul Hong completed first within the males’s 3M dive, delivering a rating of 307.2. Tuck Gregory was second with a rating of 300.20.

 
UP NEXT: The Miami swimming and diving crew will hit the pool once more for day two of the meet in opposition to Oakland and Denison Saturday, Jan. 10. Events will start at 10 a.m.