RedHawks Earn a Pair of Victories Over Ball State and EMU

Friday, January 16

Oxford, Ohio

2 p.m.

Miami University

Eastern Michigan (Women)/Ball State (Men)

RedHawks Earn a Pair of Victories Over Ball State and EMU

1/16/2026 10:14:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Results

OXFORD, Ohio — The Miami University swimming and diving team competed in its first home meet of 2026 on Friday, Jan. 16. The RedHawk women took on and defeated Eastern Michigan 178-116. The men were tasked with Ball State and defeated the Cardinals 163.5-135.5.

How it Happened:

The meet began with the women's 200-yard medley relay. The women's A team finished first. Ella Ziegert, Natalie Gilson, Kaylin Herbet and Julia Waechter turned in a combined time of 1:44.28. The women's B team finished second. Madison Camden, Rebekah Gurley, Audrey Conley and Gracie Gregory turned in a combined time of 1:49.20.
The men's 200-yard medley relay followed where the men's A team finished first. Jensen Nelson, Ben Eichberg, Duncan Salmen and Tegan Barrier posted a combined time of 1:29.00
The women's 1000-yard freestyle followed, where Sarah Pophal finished in second-place, posting a time of 10:08.11.
Elijah Rolfsen finished first in the men's 1000-yard freestyle, earning a time of 9:27.29.
The women's 200-yard freestyle was next. Audrey Conley finished second, turning in a time of 1:57.94.
After that was the men's 200-yard freestyle where Michal Piela finished second with a time of 1:40.98. Owen Hoban was third, recording a time of 1:41.79.
Ziegert finished first in the women's 100-yard backstroke, posting a time of 56.17. Camden was second with Gurley behind her in third-place, earning times of 58.29 and 58.46 respectively.
The men's 100-yard backstroke followed. Jett Dooley finished second, turning in a time of 51.85.
The women's 100-yard breaststroke was next where Gilson finished first with a time of 1:04.90
After that was the men's 100-yard breaststroke. Ian Wihebrink finished second, clocking a time of 57.10. Drew Watson finished in third, earning a time of 58.01.
Next up was the women's 200-yard butterfly where Gregory finished first, earning a time of 2:07.18. Kenadie Glasgow was in third-place, with a time of 2:14.86.
Allen Cotton finished in first-place in the men's 200-yard butterfly, turning in a time of 1:51.14.
Herbet was first in the women's 50-yard freestyle, recording a time of 23.80. Waechter finished second with a time of 24.13.
The men's 50-yard freestyle followed where Barrier finished first, posting a time of 20.39.
After that was the women's 100-yard freestyle, where Waechter was first, turning in a time of 52.17.
The men's 100-yard freestyle was next. Ian Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis finished in first-place with a time of 45.20. Salmen was second, earning a time of 45.25.
After that was the Women's 200-yard backstroke where Mady Bachmeier finished in first-place, recording a time of 2:04.07. Chrisna Bezuidenhout was third with a time of 2:07.56.
Nelson finished first in the men's 200-yard backstroke, posting a time of 1:47.79. Pablo Silva finished second, with Rolfsen in third, turning in times of 1:51.73 and 1:53.47 respectively.
Gurley was first in the women's 200-yard breaststroke, earning a time of 2:25.75.
The men's 200-yard breaststroke was next. Eichberg finished first with a time of 2:05.58.
The women's 500-yard freestyle followed. Gregory finished first, recording a time of 4:59.67. Camden was third with a time of 5:09.96.
After that was the men's 500-yard freestyle where Luke Pugh came in second-place. He earned a time of 4:42.80. Hendrik Bechtel was third, turning in a time of 4:43.38.
The women's 100-yard butterfly followed, where Ziegert finished second with a time of 57.01. Herbet was third, posting a time of 57.30
Next was the men's 100-yard butterfly. Hoban finished in second-place, clocking a time of 49.67.
Gilson came in first in the women's 200-yard IM, recording a time of 2:06.00. Lauren Gualtieri finished in third-place, earning a time of 2:14.00
Up next was the men's 200-yard IM. Cotton finished first, turning in a time of 1:51.61. Watson was second, with Silva in third, earning times of 1:53.92 and 1:56.35 respectively.
The women's 400-yard freestyle relay was next. The women's A team finished first, earning a time of 3:31.96.
Swimming events concluded with the men's 400-yard freestyle relay. The men's A team finished first. Hoban, Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis, Bryce Menchhofer and Barrier turned in a combined time of 3:01.63.
For diving events, Sydney Rice finished second in the women's 1M dive with a score of 252.00.
Tuck Gregory was second in the men's 1M dive, turning in a score of 297.65. Noam Kulbak finished in third-place with a score of 295.60.
Rice was first in the women's 3M dive, earning a score of 297.45. Avery Potrzebowski finished in third-place, posting a score of 241.90.
Paul Hong finished in second-place in the men's 3M dive with a score of 315.60. Gregory was third, earning a score of 297.70