Last Saturday the men and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted a dual meet against Wittenberg University. Wittenberg came out on top on both ends – 146-67 for the women, and 152-85 in men’s competition.

On the men’s side, the Yeomen were able to produce five winners out of the 11 individual events. First-year diver Daniel Timchak won both the one and three-meter diving events. Both times he edged out Cody Nicely from Wittenberg, 214.65-191.12 in the one-meter and 196.65-170.95 in the three-meter.

Senior Ben Pierce was also a multiple event winner for the Yeomen. He destroyed the competition in the 200-yard freestyle, winning by more than eight seconds with a time of 1:51.41. The 100-yard freestyle was another story; Pierce had to edge out Wittenberg’s Sean Wolf by .07 seconds, winning in a time of 50.57.

The only other individual winner for the Yeomen won junior Thomas Limouze. Limouze was the 200-yard butterfly and barely missed out on winning the 500-yard freestyle. After swimming for over five minutes, Limouze finished in a time of 5:11.95 to be touched out by six hundredths of a second. Limouze’s one other individual event was the 400-yard medley in which he finished in second place (4:35.30).

The Yeowomen were only able to win three events. Sophomore Emily Spence won the 50-yard freestyle in 26.12 seconds, adding nine points to the Yeowomen’s overall score.

The story of the meet for the Yeowomen was cenetered on first-year Kiri Ulmschneider. Ulmschneider broke the 200-yard butterfly record of 2:21.92 set by Sharon Ross in 1981. Ulmschneider won the event easily in 2:17.93, far ahead of second place finisher Jen Mulligan of Wittenberg, who finished in 2:26.64.

“I was really happy with the win. It felt really good. I’ve swum the 200 butterfly before, but it’s never been one of my main events. Now it will likely be a regular event for me,” said Ulmschneider.

Ulmschneider also won the 400-yard individual medley. With a time of 4:47.68, she beat Wittenberg’s Becca Searcy by nearly three seconds. “I think I’ve been swimming a lot better at Oberlin than I did for the past two years of high school,” Ulmschneider added.

In terms of team performance, Ulmschneider had this to say: “Our conference is really competitive because the top two teams in our conference are also the top two teams in the country right now, so as a team sometimes we are a little outmatched, but individually, I think we have the chance do really well.”

The men’s and women’s next meet takes place at Case Western Reserve University on Saturday at 1 p.m.