Swim and Dive Finish Second at Northwestern

Saturday, October 11

Evanston, Ill.

12 p.m.

Miami University

Northwestern [with SIU] (Co-Ed)

Swim and Dive Finish Second at Northwestern

10/11/2025 3:29:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Final Results

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Miami University swimming and diving team hit the road to start the 2025-2026 season at Northwestern University on Saturday Oct. 11, 2025. The RedHawks women finished second of three teams, as they defeated SIU 174-120 and dropped to Northwestern 224-76. The men were second of three teams with a 200-99 victory over SIU and a 203-97 loss to Northwestern.

How it Happened:

The RedHawks first meet of the 2025-2026 season kicked off with the women's 200-yard medley where the women's A team finished fourth. Ella Ziegert, Natalie Gilson, Gracie Gregory and Julie Waechter turned in a combined time of 1:42.35.
The men's 200-yard medley followed where the A team finished fourth as well. Jensen Nelson, Ian Wihebrink, Duncan Salmen and Tegan Barrier posted a combined time of 1:27.87.
Casey Stephens finished third in the women's 600-yard freestyle, earning a time of 6:00.62. Sarah Pophal finished fourth with a time of 6:00.65.
The men's 600-yard freestyle was next, where Luke Pugh was second, turning in a time of 5:30.47.
After that came the women's 200-yard freestyle, where Chrisna Bezuidenhout finished fifth, recording a time of 1:52.06.
Next came the men's 200-yard freestyle. Allen Cotton came in sixth with a time of 1:39.02
The women's 100-yard backstroke was next, where Ziegert was fourth, putting up a time of 54.89.
Nelson finished second in the men's 100-yard backstroke, turning in a time of 48.09.
After that was the women's 100-yard breaststroke. Madison Watschke came in fifth earning a time of 1:03.31.
The men's 100-yard breaststroke followed, where Pablo Silva turned in a time of 55.09.
Gregory finished third in the women's 200-yard butterfly, putting up a time of 2:04.10
Up next was the men's 200-yard butterfly, where Owen Hoban was first, earning a time of 1:47.44.
After that was the women's 50-yard freestyle where Gilson finished fourth, turning in a time of 23.41.
The men's 50-yard freestyle was next, where Salmen finished second, clocking a time of 20.23. Barrier was right behind him with a time of 20.25. Ian Rodrigues-Kmiliauski was fourth posting a time of 20.34.
Jenna Halliday finished sixth in the women's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 51.14.
Rodrigues-Kmiliauski was fourth in the men's 100-yard freestyle putting up a time of 44.67.
Next was the women's 200-yard backstroke where Bezuidenhout finished first, posting a time of 1:56.49
The men's 200-yard backstroke followed, where Nelson was third, turning in a time of 1:46.73.
After that was the women's 200-yard breaststroke, where Watschke finished third with a time of 2:15.28.
Silva and Hoban finished first and second in the men's 200-yard breaststroke, posting times of 1:59.22 and 2:02.45 respectively.
The women's 300-yard freestyle was next, where Gregory finished fourth, turning in a time of 2:55.17.
The men's 300-yard freestyle followed, where Hendrik Bechtel finished third with a time of 2:38.07. Bryce Menchhofer was fourth, earning a time of 2:39.05.
Next was the women's 100-yard butterfly . Ziegert was third, posting a time of 55.40.
Salmen finished second in the men's 100-yard butterfly earning a time of 48.11.
The women's 200-yard IM was next where Watschke finished third, posting a time of 2:04.72.
Hoban finished first in the men's 200-yard IM with a time of 1:48.80. Michal Piela was third, turning in a time of 1:49.31.
The women's 400-yard freestyle relay was next, where the women's A team finished third. Ziegert, Waechter, Halliday and Gilson turned in a combined time of 3:24.97.
Swimming events concluded with the men's 400-yard freestyle, where the men's A team finished third. Rodrigues-Kmiliauski, Cotton, Salmen and Barrier posted a combined time of 2:57.81.
For diving events, Sydney Rice earned a first place finish in the women's 1M dive with a score of 253.60
The men's 1M dive was next where Paul Hong posted a score of 273.00, which was good for third place.
Mia Meinhardt earned a sixth place finish in the women's 3M dive with a score of 236.80.
Noam Kulbak was fourth in the men's 3M dive, scoring 314.90.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks swimming and diving team will hit the road and head to Cincinnati to take on the University of Cincinnati, Oct. 17. Diving events start at 12:30 p.m. while swimming events begin later at 3 p.m.