WOOSTER, Ohio – The Heidelberg University Swim teams battled the College of Wooster in a dual meet. The men lost, 152-61, while the women fell, 166.5-55.5. The day was highlighted by two broken school records, the women's 400yd IM by Darby Nelson, and the men's 200yd back by Cooper Lutz.

WOMEN

The women opened the meet with a third place finish in the 200yd medley relay. The team of Kara Hansen, Cassy Connare, Emma Osborne, and Hannah Robinson swam a time of 2:06.19.

The first Heidelberg win came in the fifth event, the 200yd freestyle. Addison Fortney took the gold with a time of 2:09.3. Fortney added a third place finish in the 200yd breaststroke at 2:50.24.

In the 50yd freestyle, Elli Mayer and Delaney Buxton swept second and third (26.33, 26.85). Buxton later on went to finish second in the 100yd freestyle at 1:00.04.

Freshman Darby Nelson took second in the 400yd IM, at a new school record time of 5:01.31. She returned to the pool four events later for the 200yd butterfly, in which she took third (2:34.01). 

In the 500yd freestyle, Emma Osborne took second at 6:04.19.

The Student Princes dominated the 200yd freestyle relay, finishing the meet with a win. The team of Mayer, Nelson, Fortney, and Buxton covered the distance in 1:45.39.

MEN

Zach MacDonald kicked off the scoring on the men's side. MacDonald took third in the 200yd freestyle in a time of 1:53.46. He later won the 100yd freestyle with a time of 50.08.
 
In the 50yd freestyle, Andrey Pilipchuk took first place with a mark of 23.25.

Caleb Owens put points on the board in the 100yd freestyle with a third place mark at 53.60.

Cooper Lutz added another first place finish for the men's side. Lutz swam a new school record 2:08.56 in the 200yd backstroke to clinch the win. 

The men also finished the dual-meet with a 200yd freestyle relay victory. The team of Lutz, Pilupchuk, MacDonald, and Owens swam a season best time of 1:31.15 for the win. 

The Student Princes are back in the pool on Saturday, Nov. 14 traveling to Albion, Michigan to compete against the Albion College Britons. The first event is slated for 1 p.m.