Swimming | 11/7/2026 4:46:00 PM

Oberlin, Ohio – The Oberlin College swim and dive teams swept Washington & Jefferson in the Pride Meet on Saturday, with the women winning 178-102 and the men 180-100. Zach Black and Kye Marrero each won three individual events for the Yeomen, and Gretchen Lotter did the same for the Yeowomen, while Aubrey Chisholm won twice and swam on both winning A relays.

Black won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.12), the 100-yard freestyle (48.99) and the 100-yard butterfly (54.79). His 100-yard freestyle win came with John Polylogidis just nine-hundredths behind in 49.08. Marrero took the 50-yard freestyle (22.60), the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.95) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.48). He also anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay, where he, Black, Polylogidis and Mark Sferra won in 1:29.17 and finished 9.93 seconds ahead of W&J's B team.

Martin Gomez won the 1000-yard freestyle (10:48.90) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.87), and was second in the 100-yard backstroke (57.11). Timothy Freel was second in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:06.03). Jackson Shepler won the 500-yard freestyle (5:14.71) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:44.68). Shepler, Sferra (5:16.87) and Freel (5:17.57) swept the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing within three seconds of each other. Philip Cauwels was second in the 400-yard individual medley (4:51.92) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:21.21). Emerson Rutherford-Parish won the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.47) and was second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:29.93). Sferra was third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:12.68), three-hundredths behind W&J's swimmer. Washington & Jefferson won the opening 200-yard medley relay (1:38.93), with Oberlin's A team second in 1:44.02.

The women opened with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, where Maya Edwards, Yoo Soomin, Chisholm and Ari Marrero finished in 1:56.37. Lotter won the 200-yard freestyle (2:09.94), the 100-yard freestyle (58.64) and the 400-yard individual medley (5:15.85). Her 100-yard freestyle win came by one-hundredth of a second over Edwards (58.65), with Cadyn Blanchard third (1:00.03) to give Oberlin the top three spots. Chisholm won the 200-yard butterfly (2:42.11) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:08.33). Marrero won the 50-yard freestyle (25.48), with Edwards third (26.46), and led off the 200-yard freestyle relay. There, she, Edwards, Chisholm and Yoo won in 1:44.69, and Oberlin's B team of Blanchard, Hailey Hamilton, Kat Heck and Lotter was second (1:51.92).

Hamilton won the 500-yard freestyle (5:52.53) by nearly 30 seconds and was second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:14.34) behind Lotter. Heck won the 1000-yard freestyle (12:12.47), edging W&J by 3.47 seconds. In the backstroke events, Katie Caplinger (1:09.12) and Yasmeen Boulaknadal (1:10.08) went second and third in the 100-yard race, and Tripp Hawkins (2:30.04) and Boulaknadal (2:33.08) were second and third in the 200-yard race. Yoo was second in both breaststroke events, finishing in 1:11.65 in the 100-yard and 2:39.73 in the 200-yard. 

In diving, Kallista Rivera won the 3-meter board (153.00), with Elizabeth Huettig second (151.82). On the 1-meter board, Rivera was second (147.91) behind W&J's and Huettig (128.25) and Ila Karp (127.65) were third and fourth. For the men, Sebastian Lagasse was second on the 3-meter board (191.33) and third on the 1-meter board (181.28). Yuan Wang was third on the 3-meter board (157.43) and fourth on the 1-meter board (146.03). W&J won the 1-meter board (200.25), and Zachary Lloyd won the 3-meter board (195.00).

The Crimson and Gold stay home to host the Oberlin Mid-Season Invitational at Carr Pool from Friday, November 20, through Sunday, November 22. Competition begins at 9:30 a.m. each day.

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