Swim and Dive Sweep on Senior Day

Saturday, January 24

Oxford, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

Kenyon/Xavier (Co-Ed)

Photo by: Will Corey

1/24/2026 4:50:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Final Results

OXFORD, Ohio — The Miami University swimming and diving team hosted Xavier and Kenyon for Senior Day. The final home meet of the season took place in Oxford on Saturday, Jan. 24. The Women defeated Xavier 206.5-82.5. They also defeated Kenyon 175-121. The men took down Xavier 212-77. They also defeated Kenyon 193-106.

How it Happened:

The meet began with the women's 400-yard medley relay. The women's A team finished first. Chrisna Bezuidenhout, Natalie Gilson, Kaylin Herbet and Julia Waechter turned in a combined time of 3:40.70.
The men's 400-yard medley relay followed where the men's A team finished first. Jensen Nelson, Brady Miller, Allen Cotton and Ian Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis posted a combined time of 3:14.12. The men's B team finished in second. Kevin Donaldson, Drew Watson, Owen Hoban and Duncan Salmen had a combined time of 3:16.58.
The women's 1000-yard freestyle followed, where Casey Stephens finished in first-place, posting a time of 10:08.39.
Hendrik Bechtel finished first in the men's 1000-yard freestyle, earning a time of 9:27.25.
The women's 200-yard freestyle was next. Herbet finished second, turning in a time of 1:50.10. Gracie Gregory was third, turning in a time of 1:51.60
After that was the men's 200-yard freestyle where Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis finished first with a time of 1:38.46.
Bezuidenhout finished first in the women's 100-yard backstroke, posting a time of 54.65. Gilson was third with a time of 56.22.
The men's 100-yard backstroke followed. Jett Dooley finished first, turning in a time of 49.82
The women's 100-yard breaststroke was next where Madison Watschke finished first with a time of 1:03.75.
After that was the men's 100-yard breaststroke. Ben Eichberg finished first, clocking a time of 55.09. Clark Pabst finished in third, earning a time of 56.98.
Next up was the women's 200-yard butterfly where Ella Ziegert finished third, earning a time of 2:04.70.
Luke Pugh finished in second-place in the men's 200-yard butterfly, turning in a time of 1:49.31.
The women's 50-yard freestyle was after that where Waechter finished in second, recording a time of 23.80. Halliday finished third with a time of 23.38.
The men's 50-yard freestyle followed where Nelson finished second, posting a time of 20.69. Cotton was third with a time of 20.76.
After that was the women's 100-yard freestyle, where Herbet was first, turning in a time of 50.60. Ziegert finished third clocking a time of 51.63.
The men's 100-yard freestyle was next. Owen finished in second-place with a time of 45.59.
Piper Prince finished in first-place in the women's 200-yard backstroke, recording a time of 2:00.99. Madison Camden was third with a time of 2:01.57.
Hoban finished first in the men's 200-yard backstroke, posting a time of 1:46.72. Watson finished second, turning in a time of 1:48.29.
The women's 200-yard breaststroke followed. Watschke earned a time of 2:25.75, which was good for second-place.
The men's 200-yard breaststroke was next. Pablo Silva finished first with a time of 2:01.63. Liam Quigley was third, clocking a time of 2:03.80.
The women's 500-yard freestyle followed. Casey Stephens finished third, recording a time of 5:03.68.
Elijah Rolfsen finished first in the men's 500-yard freestyle, earning a time of 4:26.79. Bryce Menchhofer was second with a time of 4:34.87.
The women's 100-yard butterfly followed, where Gilson finished first with a time of 54.66. Halliday was second, posting a time of 56.48.
Next was the men's 100-yard butterfly. Salmen finished in first-place, clocking a time of 47.03.
Gregory came in first in the women's 400-yard IM, recording a time of 4:23.42. Rebekah Gurley finished in second-place, earning a time of 4:26.11.
Up next was the men's 400-yard IM. Michal Piela finished first, turning in a time of 3:52.62. Cotton finished second, earning a time of 3:56.83.
The women's 200-yard freestyle relay was next. The women's A team finished second. Camden, Ziegert, Gilson and Halliday posted a combined time of 1:33.65.
Swimming events concluded with the men's 200-yard freestyle relay. The men's A team finished first. Hoban, Salmen, Rodrigues-Kmiliauskis and Owen Fowler turned in a combined time of 1:20.09.
For diving events, Sydney Rice finished first in the women's 1M dive with a score of 289.58. Mia Meinhardt was second with a score of 279.46. Gretchen Osmun finished third, turning in a score of 258.53.
Paul Hong was first in the men's 1M dive, turning in a score of 344.33. Noam Kulbak finished in second-place with a score of 298.50.
Meinhardt was first in the women's 3M dive, earning a score of 295.20. Rice finished in second-place, posting a score of 281.25. Nora Kowalski was third with a score of 274.88.
Paul Hong finished in first-place in the men's 3M dive with a score of 372.08. Rowen Bishop was second, earning a score of 326.78.

UP NEXT: The Miami University women's swimming and diving team hits the road to wrap up the regular season. They will face off with Buffalo on Saturday, Jan. 31. Events will start at 11 a.m.