RIPON, Wis. - Beloit College swept most of today's events against host Ripon, winning 24 of 26 events.
The Buccaneers won all four relays, starting with the 200 medley relays. The women's A team of Hanna Logan (Gorham, ME), Leadell Schmitt (Rockford, IL), Lydia Nordgren (South Beloit, Ill.) and Lylah Murrah (North Pole, AK) finished in 2:01.32. The men's A team of Jeremy Mueller, Joel Brown, Parker Zaucha and Torin Schott won in 1:46.01.
The 200 free relays closed the meet with two more wins. Beloit's women's A team of Nordgren, Murrah, Kelsey Gerstler, Maya Delgadillo (Sioux City, IA)) won in 1:53.45. Ripon A ( was second at 1:57.96, and Beloit B made up of Elsa Gregory, Mia Duran (Beloit, Wis.), Riva Choudry (Evanston, IL), Vivianne Prerost) was third at 2:22.97.
For the men, Beloit A with
Matthew McCoy (Sedalia, MO),
Toka Meparishvili (Georgia),
Alex Nowak (Addison, IL),
Aiden Daoud (Aurora, IL) won in 2:01.12. Ripon A was second at 2:05.94.
Other top individual performers for the Bucs included
Parker Zaucha (Onondaga, MI), who led the men with wins in the 200 free (1:59.07) and 500 free (5:19.16), plus the medley relay.
Torin Schott (Fairfield, CT) took the 50 free (23.38) and 100 free (58.04) and also swam on the winning medley relay.
Jeremy Mueller (Loves Park, Ill.) won the 200 IM (1:58.74) and 100 back (53.95) and joined the medley relay win.
Alex Nowak (Addison, IL) claimed the 1000 free (12:59.20) and 100 fly (1:06.76) and swam on the winning 200 free relay.
Joel Brown (Chicago, IL) won the 100 breast (1:03.54), placed second in the 50 free (25.69) and swam on the medley relay. On the women's side, Schmitt won the 200 IM (2:19.07) and 100 breast (1:17.22), Nordgren won the 100 fly (58.43) and swam on two winning relays, and Gerstler won the 1000 free (12:35.15) and 100 free (1:03.17) and swam on the winning free relay. Murrah won the 200 free (2:13.65) and contributed to both winning women's relays. Logan took the 100 back (1:03.80), was second in the 200 IM (2:42.37) and swam on the medley relay. Delgadillo won the 500 free (6:18.38), placed second in the 200 free (2:19.92) and swam on the winning free relay.
Beloit's divers also did well. Gregory won both women's 1-meter events, scoring 148.55 points in the five-dive event and 184.20 in the six-dive event. Jacob Fuller (Beloit, Wis.) won the men's five-dive event with 119.80 points, ahead of Ripon's Leighton Cooper (115.00) and Beloit's Matthew McCoy (107.95).
The Buccaneers host Carroll on October 24th for their first home meet of the year. Action from Robert G. Nicholls Natatorium kicks off at 4 pm.
