NCAA B Cuts Abound as Ohio State Defeats Penn State

Friday, November 8

Columbus, OH

3:00 PM

Ohio State

173

127

Penn State University

NCAA B Cuts Abound as Ohio State Defeats Penn State

11/8/2024 7:04:00 PM | Men's Swim & Dive

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – It was a strong day for the No. 11 Ohio State women's swimming and diving team (5-0) and the No. 12 men's swimming and diving team (4-0) as both picked up wins over Penn State to remain undefeated. The women dominated the Nittany Lions, winning 243-57. The men earned a win, 173-127.

Prior to the start of the meet, the Buckeyes honored the Class of 2025: Daniel Baltes, Will Bansberg, Clayton Chaplin, Ava DeAngelis, Reese Dehen, Makenzie DeWitt, Allie Fenska, Servaas Fick, Nyah Funderburke, Paige Hall, Karl Helmuth, Teresa Ivan, Tia Lindsay, Alex Metzler, Mairin O'Brien, Luke Paxton, Paola Pineda Vazquez, Mia Rankin and Gwen Woodbury, as well as head manager Elaine Smith.

Women's Meet Notes

The Buckeyes opened the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay. The team of Delia Lloyd, Maria Ramos, Katherine Zenick and Rachel Bockrath finished in 1:37.87. The team of Ivan, DeAngelis, Hall and Annie Krusinski finished second with a time of 1:39.68.
The 1000 free race was an exciting one, as freshman Mila Nikanorov set a school record. She finished in 9:30.49, beating the previous school record of 9:31.81 set by Molly Kowal in 2020 by over one second. She won the event. Woodbury finished second with a time of 9:40.14.
Sienna Angove and Erin Little finished first and second in the 200 free, respectively. Angove turned in a time of 1:45.17 and Little finished in 1:45.81. Both are NCAA B standard times.
Funderburke turned in an NCAA B standard time of 51.82 in the 100 back en route to a first-place finish.
Dehen won the 100 breast with an NCAA B cut time of 1:00.64. Ramos placed second; her time of 1:01.26 is just four milliseconds shy of an NCAA B standard. Nell Cagle (1:01.38) and Paige Delma (1:01.68) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Jessica Eden swam an NCAA B cut time of 1:58.52 in the 200 fly and won the event. Lucy Malys finished second with a time of 2:00.82.
Little (22.73), Lloyd (22.82) and Hall (23.10) finished 1-2-3 in the 50 free.
Lena Hentschel won the 3-meter dive with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 349.43. Pineda Vazquez (345.45) and Michelle Mazzara (312.68) placed second and third and also recorded NCAA Zones qualifying scores.
Bockrath (48.78), Lloyd (48.81), Angove (49.65) and Julia Bartoszewicz (51.42) finished 1-2-3-4 in the 100 free. Bockrath and Lloyd's times are NCAA B cuts.
Eden picked up another win, taking first in the 200 back with a time of 1:58.37.
DeAngelis swam an NCAA B cut of 2:10.65 in the 200 breast as she placed first. Dehen also turned in an NCAA B cut; she finished in 2:13.06 and placed second.
Nikanorov was the winner of the 500 free, touching the wall at 4:42.73, which is an NCAA B standard time.
Funderburke picked up her second win of the day in the 100 fly, touching the wall at 53.27, which is an NCAA B cut. Hall placed second with a time 54.01.
Pineda Vazquez won the 1-meter dive with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 328.50. Hentschel (291.53) and Mia Prusiecki (287.40) placed second and third and recorded NCAA Zones qualifying scores.
Delma won the 200 IM, hitting the exact time for an NCAA B standard with a 1:59.35.
Ohio State ended the night finishing 1-2 in the 400 free relay. Little, Angove, Lloyd and Bockrath placed first with a time of 3:15.29. The team of Ivan, Hall, Funderburke and Lindsay placed second with a time of 3:16.91.

Men's Meet Notes

The Buckeyes placed second and third in the 200 medley relay. Coming in second with a time of 1:26.53 was the team of Cornelius Jahn, Rylan McDaniel, Henry Dvorak and Mario McDonald. The team of Matt Klinge, Helmuth, Evan Fentress and Baltes finished third with a time of 1:27.35.
Mason Edmund (9:01.26), Sam Campbell (9:03.49) and TJ Frost (9:09.65) finished 1-2-3 in the 1000 free.
Tomas Navikonis once again swam an NCAA B standard time in the 200 free, touching the wall at 1:34.71 to place first. Jordi Vilchez placed second, finishing in 1:36.33.
Jahn swam an NCAA B standard time in the 100 back; he touched the wall at 46.94 and placed second.
Tristan Jankovics won the 100 breast; his time of 53.38 is an NCAA B standard time.
Metzler was the top finisher for the Buckeyes in the 200 fly, finishing second with a time of 1:46.35. Caleb Ellis (1:46.46) and Fick (1:46.91) finished third and fourth.
Klinge (19.92), Baltes (19.96), Dvorak (20.48), McDonald (20.53) and Tim Brown (20.63) finished 2-3-4-5-6 in the 50 free.
Kylie Flory was the winner of the 3-meter dive with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 349.05. Dom Roberto placed third with a score of 336.98 and Tyler Read placed fourth with a score of 307.50. Both of their scores are also NCAA Zones qualifiers.
Baltes (43.95), Fentress (44.17) and McDonald (44.98) placed second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 100 free.
Martin Perecinsky was the winner of the 200 back, touching the wall at 1:43.53, which is an NCAA B standard time. Jahn finished second with an NCAA B standard time of 1:43.57.
Jankovics earned his second win of the day, taking the 200 breast with an NCAA B cut of 1:55.94.
Alex Axon won the 500 free with an NCAA B standard time of 4:19.68. Edmund finished second with a time of 4:24.22.
Fick (47.41) and Fentress (47.48) placed second and third, respectively, in the 100 fly.
Read (326.40) and Roberto (320.93) placed second and third on the 1-meter springboard. Their scores are both NCAA Zones qualifiers.
Bansberg finished second in the 200 IM with a time of 1:46.49. Metzler placed third, finishing in 1:46.58.
The Buckeyes closed the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay. The team of Navikonis, Fentress, McDonald and Baltes finished in a time of 2:55.05.