Women’s Swimming Announces 2002 Recruiting Class – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/4/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swim & Dive
June 4, 2002
Columbus, Ohio- Ohio State women’s swimming head coach Jeanne Fleck today announced her recruiting class for the 2002-03 season. The class features ten new recruits, three from Florida and Ohio, two from Pennsylvania and one from New York and Kentucky. Coach Fleck emphasized this is her best class of recruits since her arrival at Ohio State three years ago.
The class includes Kim Reinhardt (Henryville, Pa.), Morgan O’Connor (Fremont, Ohio), Meaghan Mahoney (Plantation, Fla.), Nicole Maglich (Sarasota, Fla.), Erin Greene (Crawfordville, Fla.), Vanessa Grass (Rye Brook, N.Y.), Deanna Strunk (West Lawn, Pa.), Natalie Bojko (North Canton, Ohio), Marianne Sharp (Louisville, Ky.) and Lindsey Smith (Wyoming, Ohio). These recruits will add great depth to a young, up-and-coming Buckeye squad.
“I am very excited about this class,” Fleck said. “We have good recruits that should come in and help us score more points in dual meets and at the conference meet. This is the best class I have recruited since being at Ohio State.”
Reinhardt, Maglich and Mahoney are expected to contribute in the freestyle events immediately. Reinhardt, a product of East Stroudsburg High School, took second in the 50 freestyle at the Pennsylvania state championships with a time of 24.30. She will contribute in the backstroke events as well. Maglich, who will compete in the distance and freestyle events, placed fifth at the Florida state championships in the 200 freestyle with at time of 1:52. She also was a YMCA national qualifier in 2002. Mahoney was a Florida state finalist in the 200 and 500 freestyle events for Saint Thomas High School and a U.S. Open qualifier.
Strunk is very strong in the 100 and 200 individual medley and in the backstroke events. At Wilson High School she finished sixth in the 200 I.M. her junior year and sixth in the 100 backstroke at the Pennsylvania state championships. Strunk was once again a state finalist in 2002. New York native Vanessa Grass is expected to contribute in the butterfly and freestyle events. Grass was a senior national qualifier and state qualifier for Blind Brook High School.
Natalie Bojko will compete along side sister Kim Bojko (Sr., North Canton, Ohio) for the Buckeyes in the freestyle and butterfly events next season. O’Connor, Greene, Smith and Sharp are all expected to contribute for the Buckeyes in 2002-03. Both Greene and Sharp finished 11th at their state competitions in the butterfly and breaststroke events, respectively.
