The Youngstown State men's and women's swimming and diving programs were back in action as they took the trip to Niagara for a dual with the Purple Eagles.

The Penguin women collected 12 top-three finishes during the meet. Miriam Frass finished second in the 1000 free, as she swam a time of 10:35.79. She was followed by her teammate Olivia Sweetman, who clocked a time of 10:38.54. Oliwia Kaniak put together a good performance in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a time of 1:06.07, good enough for a second-place finish. Allison Ramirez Romero finished third in the 200 butterfly, clocking a time of 2:13.10.8.

The Penguin women were well-represented towards the top of the leaderboard in the 200 breaststroke, as they finished two-three-four in the event. Oliwia Kaniak's time of 2:24.47 was good enough for a runner-up finish, Macy Wang finished third with a time of 2:33.15, and Eloise Fisher finished closely behind Wang in fourth place, swimming a time of 2:34.20. The Penguins also had great performances in the 500 free as well, where they had a second-place finish from Miriam Frass (5:15.56), third-place finish from Hailey Clark (5:18.22), and fourth-place finish from Morgan Glass (5:21.31). Three Penguins in the top four were also duplicated in the 100 butterfly, as Natalia Andres finished second as she swam a time of 1:01.13, Allison Ramirez Romero finished third with a time of 1:02.28, and Zoe Gallagher rounded out Penguins in the top four as she finished with a time of 1:04.23. The final individual swimming event of the day, the 200 IM, was very good for the Youngstown State women as well. Macy Wang finished runner-up in this event as she clocked a time of 2:14.41, Sydnie Collins finished third as she swam a time of 2:17.71, and Eloise Fisher finished behind her in fourth as she clocked a time of 2:21.02.

The women's relay teams also finished in the top three in their respective events. The 200-medley relay squad of Anna Kozinska, Eloise Fisher, Allison Ramirez Romero, and Chiara Vetter finished third as they had an overall time of 1:52.32. The 400 relay group of Madelyn Mahoney, Olivia Sweetman, Miriam Frass, and Oliwia Kaniak also finished third, as they swam a collective time of 3:52.62.

The women fell to the Purple Eagles in the overall team score, which was 186-72.

Poyraz San Askin highlighted the performances for the men during the meet, as his winning time of 9:43.99 in the 1000 free set a new pool record, while also setting a new personal-best time for San Askin in the event. Gavin Webb finished runner-up to San Askin, swimming a time of 9:56.25.

Webb and San Askin flip-flopped in the 500 free, as this time it was Webb finishing first, clocking a time of 4:42.57, and his counterpart in San Askin finishing second, swimming a time of 4:47.83.

The Penguins had two men finish in the top three in the 100 butterfly, as Jacob Gramer won the event with a time of 49.97, and Lorenz Beck finished third, as he finished in 52.04, just seven-hundredths of a second behind Gramer.

James Slessor won the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 57.17, just seven-hundredths of a second ahead of second place. Another win on the day came from Lorenz Beck, finished first in the 200 butterfly, as he finished in 1:57.74.

The Penguins swam strong in the 100 backstroke, as Elliot Elmore finished second with a time of 52.30, and Ales Zupanec finished third, swimming a time of 53.34.

The Penguin men also got top-three finishes individually from Jacob Gramer, who finished second in the 50 free as he clocked a time of 21.16, Rares Druga, who finished second in the 100 free, as he swam a time of 46.95, Dominic Bono in the 200 backstroke, who swam a time of 1:54.92, and James Slessor, who's time of 2:06.76 in the 200 breaststroke was good enough for a second-place finish.

The 200-medley relay team of Elliot Elmore, James Slessor, Lorenz Beck, and Jacob Gramer finished second in the event as they clocked an overall time of 1:32.31, which was just six-hundredths of a second behind first place. The 400 free relay team of Rares Druga, Gavin Redden, Jacob Gramer, and Darren Laing capped off the afternoon with a second-place finish, finishing just over one-tenth of a second behind first place, as the Penguins swam a collective time of 3:05.25.

The men fell to Niagara in the overall team score of 154-108.

Up Next

The Penguins will return home to the Beeghly Natatorium on Nov. 2 when they host Cleveland State on Senior Day. The meet will begin at 11 a.m.

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