Undefeated Buckeyes Back in Action Against Michigan Emergency USA

COLUMBUS, Ohio –The No. 11 Ohio State men’s swimming and diving team and No. 13 women’s swimming and diving team are back in action this weekend, heading to Ann Arbor for a dual meet against rival Michigan at noon on Saturday, Jan. 18.
 
Women’s Meet Notes

• The Buckeyes are 5-0 in dual meets heading into this weekend’s competition.
• Ohio State’s last NCAA competition was the Ohio State Fall Invitational, where the Buckeyes placed second with 2,413.5 points.
• Mila Nikanorov has already qualified for the NCAA Championships; she swam an NCAA A cut time of 15:49.26 in the 1650 free at the Fall Invite. She set a program record in the 1000 free earlier this season with a time of 9:30.49.
• Four Buckeye relay teams have also turned in NCAA automatic qualifying times in the first half of the season; the 200 free relay team of Teresa Ivan, Nyah Funderburke, Erin Little and Rachel Bockrath (1:27.59), the 400 free relay team of Little, Sienna Angove, Ivan and Bockrath (3:11.53), the 800 free relay team of Angove, Tia Lindsay, Little and Bockrath (7:00.77) and the 200 medley relay team of Funderburke, Maria Ramos, Paige Hall and Ivan (1:36.00).
• Paola Pineda Vazquez and Lena Hentschel have qualified for NCAA Zones on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform. Michelle Mazzara and Mia Prusiecki have both qualified on the 1-meter and the 3-meter.
• Multiple Buckeyes have been honored with weekly Big Ten awards. Nikanorov has been named the Freshman of the Week three times, Pineda Vazquez has earned Diver of the Week honors twice and Hentschel has earned the award once so far this season.

Men’s Meet Notes

• The Buckeye men are also undefeated in dual meets, heading into this weekend’s meet 4-0.
• Ohio State most recently competed at the Ohio State Fall Invitational, where the team placed third with 2,164 points.
• Divers Tyler Read, Kylie Flory and Dom Roberto have already qualified for NCAA Zones on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform. Clayton Chaplin has qualified on the 1-meter.
• Two program records were set in the first half of the season. Cornelius Jahn set a record in the 200 back, taking down a record that had previously stood for 10 years with a time of 1:40.66. Tomas Navikonis swam a program-record time of 1:31.55 in the 200 free.
• The Buckeyes have collected multiple weekly Big Ten awards. Navikonis and Tristan Jankovics have been named the Swimmer of the Week, Joseph Roth, Martin Perecinsky and Jahn have earned Freshman of the Week honors and Kylie Flory has been named the Diver of the Week once so far this season.

Up Next

• The Buckeyes head to Notre Dame for the Tim Welsh Classic Jan. 24-25.

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