Ouachita Baptist Swimming falls at Delta State

The Ouachita Baptist University swimming and diving teams took the pool, opening the 2009 portion of its schedule at the Delta State Aquatics Club Saturday with a pair of losses.
 
The Ouachita men were defeated, 129-102, by Delta State and the Lady TigerSharks fell, 141-98.
 
Ouachita’s women got off to a fast start in the first event, taking the 200 Relay (Sarah Watson, Jenny Christensen, Summer Morris and Trina May) in a time of 1:49.83. The men’s team (Nelson Silva, Razvan Goga, Daniel Karkoska and Radu Badalac) followed suit by capturing first in the same event in a time of 1:38.18. The “B” team of Kyle Bartlett, Matthew Pope, John Ragland and Harrison Tomlinson took third in event.
 
Freshman Megan Young placed first in the 1,000 Free (10:43.65), while teammate freshman Catlin Boren was third (11:08.05). Will Wood took second in the men’s 1,000 Free in 10:01.98.
 
Sarah Watson captured the fifth event for the Lady TigerSharks in the 200 Free (1:57.03) and on the men’s side, Badalac placed first in 1:39.52.
 
Despite not winning the 50 Free, Brittany Norton (24.82) and May (24.98) finished second and third, respectively in the event. Karkoska touched the line in 21:73 for second in the 50 Free, while Hal Eubanks was third (21.87).
 
In the ninth event, Katie Patterson captured first in the 400 IM in 4:37.46. Silva and Matthew Pope went second and third in the men’s 400 IM in 4:04.45 and 4:23.28.
 
In diving, Kelli Caldwell took second in the 1-meter diving with a 218.47, while Chris Hull placed second on the men’s side with a 199.12.
 
Norton placed second in the 200 Fly in 2:13.48 and Karkoska was first in the men’s event in 1:56.55.
 
May and Young went second and third, respectively in the 100 Free with times of 54.72 and 54.94.
 
Watson claimed first in the 200 Back in 2:06.82. Silva was first in the event, making the “A” Cut in 1:50.78, while Bartlett placed third in 2:03.38.
 
Patterson was second in the 500 Free in 5:15.60, while on the men’s side, Vicente Condorelli and Wood were second and third in times of 4:48.10 and 4:51.58.
 
Caldwell, in 3-meter diving, was second with a 223.55 and Hull also placed second in 202.72.
 
Christensen placed second in the 200 Breast in 2:32.80, while Goga took second in 2:10.47.
 
In the last event for the men and women – the 200 Free Relay, Ouachita’s women (Norton, Young, Patterson and Ruth Megli) were second in 1:41.75. The men’s team (Eubanks, Max Heinze, Austin Teague and Badalac), captured first with a time of 1:25.61.
 
Ouachita completes the home portion of its schedule 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23 against rival Henderson State during Senior Night at Waggoner Pool.

Delta State Swimming and Diving Sweep Ouachita Baptist
The Delta State University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team received some much needed momentum Friday afternoon, sweeping conference rival Ouachita Baptist University at the DSU Aquatics Center.

The Lady Statesmen won 141-98, while the Statesmen earned a close victory 129-102.

The Lady Statesmen picked up eight first place victories on the afternoon led by Jennifer Gerasimos, who took the top spot in the 1 and 3 meter diving events.

Sam Farjardo picked up the first win for the home team in 50-freestyle (24.73) followed by Amanda Guidry in the 200-butterfly (2:10.56).

Mary Katherine Waddell (100-freestyle), Dawn Thomson (500-freestyle), and Ashley Thompson (200-breaststroke) also picked up individual wins. The Lady Statesmen also finished first in the 200-freestyle relay in (1:40.12).

The Statesmen also picked up eight first place nods. Wolfgang Mairinger got things going in the 1000-freestyle (9:44.79) while also nabbing the 500-freestyle (4:45.84). Justin Ingvolstad continued to stay in fine form, taking the 50-freestyle in 21.34.

Stefan Lackner (400-IM), Roman Sereda (100-freestyle) and David Struble (200-breaststroke) also grabbed first place victories.

Both squads will be in action Saturday afternoon as they take on Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The meet will begin at 1 p.m.