Titans Win All But One Event In Victory Over Green Knights

Titans Win All But One Event In Victory Over Green Knights

Paige Betthauser, Sydney Challoner, Hannah Cunningham and Danielle Tesky each claimed a pair of victories to help the UW-Oshkosh's women's swimming & diving team defeat St. Norbert College, 152-75, on Saturday (Jan. 11) in Albee Hall.

Betthauser won the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles with times of 5:54.22 and 20:13.39, respectively, while Cunningham recorded winning times of 25.75 seconds in the 50- and 56.81 seconds in the 100-yard freestyles.

Challoner took first place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:16.03 and the 200-yard breaststroke with a swim of 2:33.86 while Tesky dove to a pair of wins with her scores of 192.97 off the 1-meter board and 186.37 off the 3-meter plank.

UW-Oshkosh also received winning performances of 2:07.59 in the 200-yard freestyle from Rachel Jaworski and 2:20.17 in 200-yard backstroke from Jennifer Lutz. 

The Titans won both relays as Betthauser, Jaworski, Brianna Beseler and Cortney Claypool combined for a time of 4:06.03 in the 400-yard freestyle while Challoner, Cunningham, Lutz and Alyssa Hassel worked together for a time of 4:14.62 in the 400-yard medley.

UW-Oshkosh's six second-place listings included scores of 160.05 in the 1- and 169.87 in the 3-meter diving by Allison Wucak.

Other second-place results belonged to Beseler in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 21:03.31, Hassel in the 400-yard individual medley at 5:16.52, Jaworski in the 100-yard freestyle at 58.89 seconds and Lutz in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:21.90.

Claypool, Hassel and Lexi Gray all earned third-place finishes for the Titans. Claypool registered a time of 2:28.77 in the 200-yard backstroke while Hassel went 2:47.93 in the 200-yard breaststroke and Gray 21:16.40 in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

The Titans' top-four mentions concluded with the fourth-place times of 6:11.99 in the 500-yard freestyle by Beseler and 2:46.67 in the 200-yard butterfly by Emma Wilcher.

St. Norbert College's lone victory in the 13-event meet was in the 400-yard individual medley.

UW-Oshkosh performs at UW-La Crosse next Saturday (Jan. 18).

Written by Sarah Witherspoon, UW-Oshkosh Sports Information