Swim and Dive Fall to Akron and Pitt

Saturday, November 8

Akron, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

Akron (Women)/Pitt (Co-Ed)

11/8/2025 7:22:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Final Results (PDF)

OXFORD, Ohio— The Miami University swimming and diving team hit the road to take on the University of Akron and the University of Pittsburgh at Akron on Saturday. The RedHawk women fell to Akron, with a score of 118 to 182 . They also fell to Pittsburgh with a score of 91 to 209. The men fell to Pittsburgh as well, with a score of 121 to 171.

How it Happened:

The meet kicked off with the women's 200-yard medley, where the women's A team (Ella Ziegert, Madison Watschke, Natalie Gilson and Julia Waechter) finished fifth.
The men's 200-yard medley followed where the A team finished second. Jensen Nelson, Benjamin Eichberg, Duncan Salmen and Tegan Barrier had a combined time of 1:27.75.
Casey Stephens finished fourth in the women's 1000-yard freestyle, earning a time of 10:05.11.
The men's 1000-yard freestyle was next, where Elijah Rolfsen finished first, turning in a time of 9:10.50.
After that came the women's 200-yard freestyle, where Kaylin Herbet finished third, recording a time of 1:49.15.
Bryce Menchhofer finished first in the men's 200-yard freestyle, earning a time of 1:37.77.
The women's 100-yard backstroke was next and Ziegert finished fourth with a time of 54.21.
Nelson finished second in the men's 100-yard backstroke, turning in a time of 47.15.
The women's 100-yard breaststroke followed where Gilson earned a time of 1:02.41, good for third place.
Next was the men's 100-yard breaststroke, where Ian Wihebrink finished first, turning in a time of 54.74. Eichberg was second with a time of 54.82.
Next was the women's 200-yard butterfly where Gracie Gregory finished fourth, earning a time of 2:02.69.
Owen Hoban finished second in the men's 200-yard butterfly, turning in a time of 1:46.01.
After that was the women's 50-yard freestyle, where Waechter and Jenna Halliday tied for fifth, turning in times of 23.46.
The men's 50-yard freestyle followed, where Tegan Barrier finished first, clocking a time of 20.12. Wihebrink was second with a time of 20.51.
After that was the women's 100-yard freestyle, where Herbet finished fourth, posting a time of 50.17.
Up next was the men's 100-yard freestyle, where Ian Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis finished second, recording a time of 44.45. Barrier was third with a time of 44.70.
The women's 200-yard backstroke was next, and Chrisna Bezuidenhout finished in second place with a time of 1:55.36.
Nelson finished second in the men's 200-yard backstroke, turning in a time of 1:44.75. Drew Watson was third with a time of 1:49.36.
The women's 200-yard breaststroke followed where Watschke earned a time of 2:15.86, good for third.
Next was the men's 200-yard breaststroke, where Pablo Silva finished first by turning in a time of 1:57.85. Hoban was second with a time of 2:01.25.
Gregory was first in the women's 500-yard freestyle, recording a time of 4:52.05.
The men's 500-yard freestyle followed and Rolfsen finished first, posting a time of 4:24.68.
Next was the women's 100-yard butterfly where Gilson finished sixth, earning a time of 55.59.
Salmen finished third in the men's 100-yard butterfly, turning in a time of 48.18.
Rebekah Gurley finished first in the women's 200-yard IM, posting a time of 2:03.04.
Up next was the men's 200-yard IM, where Hoban finished second with a time of 1:47.74.
The women's 200-yard freestyle relay was after that. Waechter, Halliday, Gilson and Herbet turned in a combined time of 1:32.00.
Swimming events concluded with the men's 200-yard freestyle relay. Barrier, Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis, Salmen and Owen Fowler posted a combined time of 1:20.14.
For diving events, Sydney Rice earned a second-place finish in the women's 1M dive with a score of 276.45.
The men's 1M dive was next, where Noam Kulbak posted a score of 315.80, good for second place. Paul Hong was third with a score of 296.80.
Mia Meinhardt earned a fourth-place finish in the women's 3M dive with a score of 262.90.
Hong was second in the men's 3M dive, scoring 365.85.