Ohio Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Competition at 2022 CSCAA National Invitational

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EKHART, Ind. – The Ohio women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up competition this weekend at the 2022 CSCAA National Invitational Championship at the Beacon Health Aquatic Center in Elkhart, Ind. The Bobcats placed 15^th out of 43 teams with 140 points. 
 
The Bobcats opened competition with the 200 free relay, where the squad of junior McKenzie Grau (Mason, Ohio), junior Emma Fortman (Madeira, Ohio), sophomore Caroline Dunigan (Lansdale, Pa.) and sophomore Meg Voigt (Bryan, Ohio) placed 13^th with a time of 1:33.63. 
 
In the 500-yard freestyle. Fortman placed seventh in the ‘B’ final, and 17^th overall, touching in with a time of 4:57.70. In the 200-yard IM, sophomore Gabrielle Brust (Granville, Ohio) placed eighth in the ‘B’ final, and 18^thoverall, finishing with a time of 2:02.94.
 
In the 50 free ‘B’ final, Dunigan finished fifth, 15^th overall, wrapping up the event with a time of 23.31. 
 
In the 400-yard medley relay, the Ohio squad of senior Athena Aravantinou (North Bethesda, Md.), freshman Edie Sawyer (Cranberry Township, Pa.), Brust and Grau finished 12^th with a time of 3:43.14. The in the 200-yard medley relay, the Bobcats team of Aravantinou, freshman Julia Strine (Cranberry Township, Pa.), Brust and Dunigan finished 10^th with a time of 1:42.00. 
 
Then in the 800 free relay, the Bobcats’ squad of Fortman, junior Madeline Marks (Bentonville, Ark.), Aravantinou and Grau finished in eighth place with a time of 7:27.98. 
 
Aravantinou was back in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing fifth in the ‘B’ final anf 15^th overall, touching in with a time of 2:00.42. In the 200 fly, Marks finished sixth in the ‘B’ final and 16^th overall, finishing the race in 2:01.96. 
 
In the final event of the competition, the Ohio 400-yard freestyle relay team of Dunigan, Fortman, Grau and senior Kendra Sheehan (Columbus, Ohio) finished 10^th with a time of 3:22.39. 
 
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